Pakistan Economic Indicators - October, 04 2010
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DAILY INDICATORS
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MONDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 85.85/85.90 85.80/85.85
Rupee/US $ (kerb market) 85.80/86.00 85.95/86.15
Karachi 100-share index 10,260.48 10,191.68
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm N/A 37,457
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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: Oct 6 Sept 22
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Three-months bills 12.8393 12.7472
Six-month bills 13.1420 12.8464
12-months bills 13.2353 Bids/Rejected
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) Auction Results:
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Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Aug 18 July 21
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11.25 pct coupon, three-Year PIB B/Rejected B/Rejected
11.50 pct coupon, five-Year PIB B/Rejected B/Rejected
11.75 pct coupon, seven-year PIB B/Rejected B/Rejected
12.00 pct coupon, 10-Year PIB B/Rejected B/Rejected
12.50 pct coupon, 15-Year PIB B/Rejected B/Rejected
13.00 pct coupon, 20-Year PIB B/Rejected B/Rejected
13.75 Pct coupon, 30-Year PIB B/Rejected B/Rejected
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending Oct 1 Sept 24
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Total liquid forex reserves $16.993 bln $16.789 bln
Forex held by central bank $13.156 bln $12.992 bln
Forex held by other banks $ 3.837 bln $ 3.797 bln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS LAST PVS
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Consumer price index Aug 233.50 227.79
Change mth/mth (pct) Aug N/A 1.23
Change Yr/Yr (pct) Aug 13.23 12.34
Wholesale price index Aug 252.93 246.48
Change mth/mth (pct) Aug N/A 1.67
Change Yr/Yr (pct) Aug 19.22 18.75
Trade Balance Aug $-1.24 bln $-1.45 bln
Exports Aug $1.77 bln $1.78 bln
Imports Aug $3.00 bln $3.24 bln
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ANNUAL INDICATORS
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FISCAL YEAR 2009/10 2008/09
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Population (millions) *169.84 163.67
Per capita income N/A $1046
External debt (billion dlr) *53.01 $50.1
Total F.Debt as pct of GDP N/A 30.2
Domestic debt (billion rupees) *4,633 3,758
Total domestic debt as pct of GDP N/A 23.3pct
Gross domestic product growth *4.1 pct 1.2 pct
Manufacturing sector growth *4.4 pct 3.3 pct
Services sector growth *4.6 pct 1.6 pct
Agricultural sector growth *2.0 pct 4.0 pct
Commodity Producing sector growth *3.6 pct N/A
Average consumer price inflation *11.73 pct 20.77 pct
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) 6.3 pct 5.2 pct
Trade balance (FBS July-May) $-15.327 bln $-17.134 bln
Exports $ 19.382 bln $ 17.688 bln
Imports $ 34.709 bln $ 34.822 bln
Current A/C balance $-3.507 bln $-9.3 bln
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