Pakistan Economic Indicators - October, 18 2010
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DAILY INDICATORS
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MONDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 86.02/86.07 85.95/86.00
Rupee/US $ (kerb market) 86.00/86.20 86.00/86.20
Karachi 100-share index 10,431.84 10,409.02
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 37,971 38,014
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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: Oct 13 Aug 18
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11.25 pct coupon, three-Year PIB 13.8975 B/Rejected
11.50 pct coupon, five-Year PIB 13.9991 B/Rejected
11.75 pct coupon, seven-year PIB B/Rejected B/Rejected
12.00 pct coupon, 10-Year PIB 14,0998 B/Rejected
12.50 pct coupon, 15-Year PIB B/Rejected B/Rejected
13.00 pct coupon, 20-Year PIB 14.1993 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 8 Oct 1
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Total liquid forex reserves $16.969 bln $16.993 bln
Forex held by central bank $13.145 bln $13.156 bln
Forex held by other banks $ 3.824 bln $ 3.837 bln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS LAST PVS
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Consumer price index Sept 239.69 233.50
Change mth/mth (pct) Sept 2.65 N/A
Change Yr/Yr (pct) Sept 15.71 13.23
Wholesale price index Sept 258.22 252.93
Change mth/mth (pct) Sept 2.09 N/A
Change Yr/Yr (pct) Sept 21.50 19.22
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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