KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Monday (September 28, 2020).
=================================================================DAILY INDICATORS================================================================= MONDAY PREVIOUS=================================================================Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 165.85/165.95 165.70/165.80Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 165.90 165.85Karachi 100-share Index 40,740.95 41,701.23Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm n/a 95,850.60-----------------------------------------------------------------CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS-----------------------------------------------------------------Treasury bill auction results:-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Sept 24 Sept 10-----------------------------------------------------------------Three-month bills 7.1292 7.1399Six-month bills 7.1800 7.180012-month bills 7.3090 7.3000-----------------------------------------------------------------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 10.9800 9.7500-----------------------------------------------------------------WEEKLY INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------Week ending Sept 18 PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Total liquid forex reserves $19,903.7m $19,959.0mForex held by central bank $12,701.6m $12,820.4mForex held by commercial banks $7,202.1m $7,138.6m-----------------------------------------------------------------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) $-26,568 bln $-19,283 blnExports $171,511 mln $186,384 mlnImports $462,763 mln $494,721 mlnCurrent a/c deficit $13.5 bln $19.9 bln=================================================================SBP = State Bank of Pakistan
FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics