KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Wednesday (September 02, 2020).
=================================================================DAILY INDICATORS================================================================= WEDNESDAY PREVIOUS=================================================================Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 165.50/165.70 165.60/165.80Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 166.00 166.00Karachi 100-share Index 41,834.85 41,377.26Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 98,765.21 100,909.25-----------------------------------------------------------------CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS-----------------------------------------------------------------Treasury bill auction results:-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Aug 26 Aug 12-----------------------------------------------------------------Three-month bills 7.1498 6.9900Six-month bills 7.1800 7.180012-month bills 7.3000 7.1500-----------------------------------------------------------------Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Aug 20 July 21Three-year PIB 8.2000 7.3700Five-year PIB 8.4500 8.370010-year PIB 8.9900 8.990020-Year PIB 9.9800 9.7500-----------------------------------------------------------------WEEKLY INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------Week ending Aug 13 PVSTotal liquid forex reserves $19,655.5m $19,518.3mlnForex held by central bank $12,608.4m $12,469.3mlnForex held by commercial banks $7,047.1m $7,049.0mln-----------------------------------------------------------------MONTHLY INDICATORS----------------------------------------------------------------- LAST PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Consumer price indexChange mth/mth (pct) Aug 0.6 2.5Change yr/yr (pct) Aug 8.2 9.3Wholesale price index AugChange mth/mth (pct) Aug 1.3 5.4Change yr/yr (pct) Aug 3.3 2.3Trade Balance Aug N/A N/AExports Aug N/A N/AImports Aug 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