Pakistan Economic Indicators - January, 31 2011.
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 85.72/85.78 85.51/85.56
Rupee/US $ (kerb market) 86.05/86.20 86.10/86.30
Karachi 100-share index 12,481.44 12,477.00
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 37,457 37,114
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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: Jan 26 Jan 12
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Three-months bills 13.6699 13.4389
Six-month bills 13.7128 13.5527
12-months bills 13.8814 Bids Rejected
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) Auction Results:
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Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Dec 23 Oct 13
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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
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending Jan 22 Jan 15
Total liquid frx reserves $17.30 bln $17.28 bln
Forex held by central bank $13.74 bln $13.66 bln
Forex held by other banks $ 3.56 bln $ 3.62 bln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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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 Dec $2.13 bln $1.77 bln
Imports Dec $3.75 bln $3.12 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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