Pakistan Economic Indicators - May 21, 2012.
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DAILY INDICATORS
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FRIDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 90.73/90.93 90.88/90.95
Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 91.95/92.15 91.90/92.10
Karachi 100-share index 13,857.78 14,063.08
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 47,314 46,285
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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 May 16 May 2
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Three-months bills 11.8742 11.8742
Six-month bills 11.9420 11.9420
12-month bills 11.9522 B/Rejected
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on May 9 March 14
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11.25 percent coupon, three-year PIB 12.6198 12.5890
11.50 percent coupon, five-year PIB 13.0521 12.9389
11.75 percent coupon, seven-year PIB - -
12.00 percent coupon, 10-year PIB 13.3218 13.1999
12.50 percent coupon, 15-year PIB - -
13.00 percent coupon, 20-Year PIB B/Rejected No B/Received
13.75 percent coupon, 30-year coupon - -
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending May 11 May 4
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Total liquid forex reserves $16.103 bln $16.416 bln
Forex held by central bank $11.784 bln $11.978 bln
Forex held by commercial banks $4.319 bln $4.438 bln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Change mth/mth (pct) Apr 1.83 1.17
Change yr/yr (pct) Apr 11.30 10.79
Trade Balance Apr $-1.517 bln $-1.496 bln
Exports Apr $2.240 bln $2.001
Imports Apr $3.757 bln $3.497
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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
Domestic debt (billion rupees) *5,594 4,894
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
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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