Pakistan Economic Indicators - April 02, 2012.
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FRIDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 90.61/90.66 90.62/90.67
Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 90.90/91.10 90.95/91.15
Karachi 100-share index 13,761.76 13,559.10
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 49,144 49,285
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CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS
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Treasury bill auction results:
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on March 21 March 7
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Three-months bills 11.8742 11.8283
Six-month bills 11.9420 11.8970
12-month bills 11.9396 11.9396
Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on March 14 Feb 15
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11.25 percent coupon, three-year PIB 12.5890 12.4459
11.50 percent coupon, five-year PIB 12.9389 12.8089
11.75 percent coupon, seven-year PIB - -
12.00 percent coupon, 10-year PIB 13.1999 12.9091
12.50 percent coupon, 15-year PIB - -
13.00 percent coupon, 20-Year PIB No No
B/Received B/Received
13.75 percent coupon, 30-year coupon - -
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending March 23 March 16
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Total liquid frx reserves $16.441 bln $16.39 bln
Forex held by central bank $11.767 bln $11.67 bln
Forex held by commercial banks $4.674 bln $4.72 bln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Consumer price index Feb n/a n/a
Change mth/mth (pct) Feb 0.30 1.54
Change yr/yr (pct) Feb 11.05 10.10
Wholesale price index Feb n/a n/a
Change mth/mth (pct) Feb n/a n/a
Change yr/yr (pct) Feb n/a n/a
Trade Balance Feb $-1.43 bln $-1.7 bln
Exports Feb n/a n/a
Imports Feb n/a n/a
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ANNUAL INDICATORS
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FISCAL YEAR 2010/11 2009/10
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Population (millions) *177.18 173.51
Per capita income $1254 $1073
External debt (billion dlr) *$59.53 $55.90
Total F.debt as pct of GDP n/a n/a
Domestic debt (billion rupees) *5,594 4,894
Total domestic debt as pct of GDP n/a n/a
Gross domestic product growth *2.4 pct 3.8 pct
Manufacturing sector growth *1.7 pct 4.9 pct
Services sector growth *4.1 pct 2.9 pct
Agricultural sector growth n/a n/a
Commodity producing sector growth n/a n/a
Average consumer price inflation *14.1 pct 11.5 pct
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) 4.3 pct 6.3 pct
Trade balance (FBS July-June) $-15.59 bln $-15.42 bln
Exports $24.83 bln $19.29 bln
Imports $40.41 bln $34.71 bln
Current a/c balance $268 mln $-3.456 bln
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