Pakistan Economic Indicators

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Monday (September 7, 2020)....
08 Sep, 2020

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Monday (September 7, 2020).

=================================================================DAILY INDICATORS=================================================================                                        MONDAY           PREVIOUS=================================================================Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)   165.80/165.95      165.75/165.85Rupee/US$ (kerb market)                 165.80             166.00Karachi 100-share Index              42,295.75          42,023.00Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm              98,594.51          98,851.86-----------------------------------------------------------------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 21-----------------------------------------------------------------Three-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 28                PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Total liquid forex reserves         $19,842.8m       $19,655.5mlnForex held by central bank          $12,712.7m       $12,608.4mlnForex held by commercial banks       $7,130.1m        $7,047.1mln-----------------------------------------------------------------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=================================================================
  • = Provisional

SBP = State Bank of Pakistan

FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics

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