Pakistan Economic Indicators - November, 15 2010
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DAILY INDICATORS
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FRIDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 85.63/85.70 85.37/85.42
Rupee/US $ (kerb market) 85.05/85.25 85.00/85.20
Karachi 100-share index 10,874.02 10,905.24
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 37,971 N/A
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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: Nov 3 Oct 20
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Three-months bills 12.7933 12.7933
Six-month bills 13.1648 13.1193
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 Nov 5 Oct 29
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Total liquid forex reserves $16.948 bln $16.96 bln
Forex held by central bank $13.177 bln $13.18 bln
Forex held by other banks $ 3.771 bln $ 3.78 bln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Consumer price index Oct 241.17 239.69
Change mth/mth (pct) Oct 0.62 2.65
Change Yr/Yr (pct) Oct 15.33 15.71
Wholesale price index Oct 266.19 258.22
Change mth/mth (pct) Oct 3.09 2.09
Change Yr/Yr (pct) Oct 23.80 21.50
Trade Balance Oct $-1.23 bln $-1.16 bln
Exports Oct $1.98 bln N/A
Imports Oct $3.22 bln N/A
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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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