KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Wednesday (August 5, 2020).
=================================================================DAILY INDICATORS================================================================= WEDNESDAY PREVIOUS=================================================================Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 168.00/168.20 167.60/167.80Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 168.30 167.80Karachi 100-share Index 39,882.78 39,577.62Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 110.340.41 106.224.34-----------------------------------------------------------------CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS-----------------------------------------------------------------Treasury bill auction results:-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on July 30 July 15-----------------------------------------------------------------Three-month bills 6.9501 6.5598Six-month bills 7.0995 6.570012-month bills 7.1400 6.6001-----------------------------------------------------------------Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on July 21 June 25-----------------------------------------------------------------Three-year PIB 7.3700 7.9700Five-year PIB 8.3700 8.440010-year PIB 8.9900 8.990020-Year PIB 9.7500 9.9000-----------------------------------------------------------------WEEKLY INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------Week ending July 17 PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Total liquid forex reserves $19,047.3m $18,952.6mlnForex held by central bank $12,121.6m $12,054.9mlnForex held by commercial banks $6,925.7m $6,897.7mln-----------------------------------------------------------------MONTHLY INDICATORS----------------------------------------------------------------- LAST PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Consumer price index-----------------------------------------------------------------Change mth/mth (pct) July 2.5 0.8Change yr/yr (pct) July 9.3 8.6Wholesale price index JulyChange mth/mth (pct) July 5.4 0.3Change yr/yr (pct) July 2.3 0.9Trade Balance July N/A N/AExports July N/A N/AImports July N/A N/A-----------------------------------------------------------------ANNUAL INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------FISCAL YEAR 2019/20 2018/19-----------------------------------------------------------------Population (millions) 196.17 191.71Per capita income $1,516 $1,652External debt (billion rupees) 15,087.5 6,692.5Domestic debt (billion rupees) 22,649.9 15,437.4Gross domestic product growth 5.4 pct 4.24 pctManufacturing sector growth 5 pct 4.40Services sector growth N/A N/AAgricultural sector growth 4.1 pct 5.5 pctCommodity producing sector growth N/A N/AAverage consumer price inflation 11.11 pct N/AFiscal deficit (pct of GDP) 5.8 pct 4.16Trade balance (FBS July-June) $-26,568bn $-19,283bnExports $171,511m $186,384mImports $462,763m $494,721mCurrent a/c deficit $13.5bn $19.9bn=================================================================SBP = State Bank of Pakistan
FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics