Pakistan Economic Indicators - October, 05 2009
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DAILY INDICATORS
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SATURDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 83.27/83.33 83.19/83.24
Rupee/US $ (kerb market) 83.00/83.10 82.95/83.05
Karachi 100-share index 9,455.15 9,301.18
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm N/A 26,614
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CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS
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Treasury Bills Auction Results:
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Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Sept 25 Sept 09
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Three-months bills 12.4929 12.5171
Six-month bills 12.5996 12.7783
12-months bills 12.5384 12.4822
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) Auction Results:
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Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Sept 02 (2009) May 27 (2009)
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11.25 pct coupon, three-Year PIB 12.2961 12.5018
11.50 pct coupon, five-Year PIB 12.3689 12.4151
11.75 pct coupon, seven-year PIB 12.4593 12.5807
12.00 pct coupon, 10-Year PIB 12.5000 12.6303
12.50 pct coupon, 15-Year PIB 12.9295 13.3900
13.00 pct coupon, 20-Year PIB 13.2993 13.8004
13.75 Pct coupon, 30-Year PIB 13.7493 14.3003
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending Sept 26 Sept 19
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Total liquid frx reserves $14.491 bln $14.476 bln
Forex held by central bank $10.935 bln $10.941 bln
Forex held by other banks $ 3.556 bln $ 3.535 bln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Consumer price index Aug 206.21 202.77
Change mth/mth (pct) Aug 1.7 1.54
Change Yr/Yr (pct) Aug 10.69 11.17
Wholesale price index Aug 212.16 207.57
Change mth/mth (pct) Aug 2.21 0.70
Change Yr/Yr (pct) Aug 0.26 0.50
Trade Balance July $-1.15 bln $1-80 bln
Exports July $ 1.49 bln $1.54 bln
Imports July $ 2.64 bln $3.34 bln
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ANNUAL INDICATORS
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FISCAL YEAR 2008/09 2007/08
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Population (millions) *163.67 160.9
Per capita income *$1046 $1042
External debt (billion dlr) *50.1 $46.3
Total F.Debt as pct of GDP *30.2 28.1
Domestic debt (billion rupees) *3,758 n/a
Total domestic debt as pct of GDP *23.3 pct 28.7pct
Gross domestic product growth *2.0 pct 4.1 pct
Manufacturing sector growth *-3.3 pct 4.8 pct
Services sector growth *3.6 pct 6.6 pct
Agricultural sector growth *4.7 pct 1.1 pct
Commodity Producing sector growth n/a 3.2 pct
Average consumer price inflation 20.77 pct 12.00 pct
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) *4.3 pct 7.4 pct
Trade balance (FBS July-May) $-15.23 bln $-18.79 bln
Exports $ 16.24 bln $ 17.14 bln
Imports $ 31.48 bln $ 35.94 bln
Current a/c balance $-8.22 bln $-12.48 bln
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