Pakistan Economic Indicators - May 16, 2011
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DAILY INDICATORS
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SATURDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 85.25/85.30 85.18/85.23
Rupee/US $ (kerb market) 85.15/85.30 85.10/85.30
Karachi 100-share index 11,967.34 11,962.18
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 41,442 41,785
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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: May 04 Apr 20
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Three-months bills 13.0697 13.2542
Six-month bills 13.4841 13.6213
12-months bills 13.7905 13.8684
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) Auction Results:
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Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Apr 27 Mar 16
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11.25 pct coupon, three-Year PIB 14.0036 14.0789
11.50 pct coupon, five-Year PIB 14.0718 14.1108
11.75 pct coupon, seven-year PIB B/Rejected B/Rejected
12.00 pct coupon, 10-Year PIB 14.0995 14,1190
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 May 07 April 30
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Total liquid forex reserves $17.01 bln $17.11 bln
Forex held by central bank $13.59 bln $13.70 bln
Forex held by other banks $ 3.42 bln $ 3.41 bln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Consumer price index Apr N/A N/A
Change mth/mth (pct) Apr 1.62 1.48
Change Yr/Yr (pct) Apr 13.04 13.16
Wholesale price index Apr N/A N/A
Change mth/mth (pct) Apr 2.26 3.34
Change Yr/Yr (pct) Apr 25.92 25.41
Trade Balance Apr $-870 mln $-920 mln
Exports Apr $2.3 bln $2.49 bln
Imports Apr $3.24 bln $3.41 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 23.3 pct
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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