KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Wednesday (September 23, 2020).
=================================================================DAILY INDICATORS================================================================= WEDNESDAY PREVIOUS=================================================================Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 166.15/166.25 166.15/166.25Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 166.15 166.25Karachi 100-share Index 41,876.26 41,828.91Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 97,737.60 98,337.17-----------------------------------------------------------------CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS-----------------------------------------------------------------Treasury bill auction results:-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Sept 10 Aug 26-----------------------------------------------------------------Three-month bills 7.1399 7.1498Six-month bills 7.1800 7.180012-month bills 7.3000 7.3000-----------------------------------------------------------------Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Sept 16 Aug 20-----------------------------------------------------------------Three-year PIB 8.2000 8.2000Five-year PIB 8.4500 8.450010-year PIB 8.9900 8.990020-Year PIB 10.5498 9.9800-----------------------------------------------------------------WEEKLY INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------Week ending Sept 11 PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Total liquid forex reserves $19,959.0m $19,961.3mlnForex held by central bank $12,820.4m $12,807.8mlnForex held by commercial banks $7,138.6m $7,153.5mln-----------------------------------------------------------------MONTHLY INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------Consumer price index LAST PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Change 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