Pakistan Economic Indicators - January, 17 2011.
======================================================================
DAILY INDICATORS
======================================================================
SATURDAY PREVIOUS
======================================================================
Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 85.46/85.49 85.52/85.57
Rupee/US $ (kerb market) 85.95/86.10 85.90/86.10
Karachi 100-share index 12,533.54 12,459.44
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 38,271 38,357
----------------------------------------------------------------------
CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Treasury Bills Auction Results:
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Jan 12 Dec 29
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Three-months bills 13.4389 13.2542
Six-month bills 13.5527 13.4613
12-months bills Bids Rejected 13.7775
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) Auction Results:
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Dec 23 Oct 13
----------------------------------------------------------------------
11.25 pct coupon, three-Year PIB 14.2486 13.8975
11.50 pct coupon, five-Year PIB 14.2973 13.9991
11.75 pct coupon, seven-year PIB B/Rejected B/Rejected
12.00 pct coupon, 10-Year PIB 14.3597 14,0998
12.50 pct coupon, 15-Year PIB B/Rejected B/Rejected
13.00 pct coupon, 20-Year PIB B/Rejected 14.1993
13.75 Pct coupon, 30-Year PIB B/Rejected B/Rejected
----------------------------------------------------------------------
WEEKLY INDICATORS
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Week ending Jan 08 Jan 01
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Total liquid frx reserves $17.09 bln $17.197 bln
Forex held by central bank $13.44 bln $13.528 bln
Forex held by other banks $ 3.65 bln $ 3.669 bln
----------------------------------------------------------------------
MONTHLY INDICATORS
----------------------------------------------------------------------
LAST PVS
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Consumer price index Dec 243.60 n/a
Change mth/mth (pct) Dec -0.51 n/a
Change Yr/Yr (pct) Dec 15.46 15.48
Wholesale price index Dec 278.38 n/a
Change mth/mth (pct) Dec 1.06 n/a
Change Yr/Yr (pct) Dec 25.72 24.65
Trade Balance Dec $-1.62 bln $-1.34 bln
Exports $2.13 bln $1.77 bln
ImportDec $3 bln $3.12 bln
----------------------------------------------------------------------
ANNUAL INDICATORS
----------------------------------------------------------------------
FISCAL YEAR 2009/10 2008/09
----------------------------------------------------------------------
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
======================================================================