Pakistan Economic Indicators - March 21, 2011
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DAILY INDICATORS
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SATURDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 85.45/85.48 85.35/85.45
Rupee/US $ (kerb market) 85.40/85.55 85.40/85.55
Karachi 100-share index 11,606.61 11,858.27
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 38,914 38,828
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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: Mar 9 Feb 23
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Three-months bills 13.3927 13.4851
Six-month bills 13.6899 13.6899
12-months bills 13.8554 13.8554
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) Auction Results:
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Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Mar 16 Feb 15
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11.25 pct coupon, three-Year PIB 14.0789 14.2473
11.50 pct coupon, five-Year PIB 14.1108 14.2924
11.75 pct coupon, seven-year PIB B/Rejected B/Rejected
12.00 pct coupon, 10-Year PIB 14.1190 14,2710
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 March 12 March 5
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Total liquid forex reserves $17.61 bln $17.37 bln
Forex held by central bank $14.19 bln $13.97 bln
Forex held by other banks $ 3.42 bln $ 3.40 bln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS LAST PVS
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Consumer price index Feb N/A N/A
Change mth/mth (pct) Feb N/A N/A
Change Yr/Yr (pct) Feb 12.91 14.10
Wholesale price index Feb N/A N/A
Change mth/mth (pct) Feb N/A N/A
Change Yr/Yr (pct) Feb 24.43 22.60
Trade Balance Feb $-895 mln $-1.11 bln
Exports Feb $2.15 bln $2.32 bln
Imports Feb $3.05 bln $3.44 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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