KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Monday (October 5, 2020).
=================================================================DAILY INDICATORS================================================================= MONDAY PREVIOUS=================================================================Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 163.95/164.05 164.40/164.60Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 164.20 165.00Karachi 100-share Index 39,072.47 40,070.83Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 96,450.60 96,022.25-----------------------------------------------------------------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 25 PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Total liquid forex reserves $19,534.8m $19,903.7mForex held by central bank $12,359.7m $12,701.6mForex held by commercial banks $7,175.1m $7,202.1m-----------------------------------------------------------------MONTHLY INDICATORS----------------------------------------------------------------- LAST PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Consumer price indexChange mth/mth (pct) Sept 1.5 0.6Change yr/yr (pct) Sept 9.0 8.2Wholesale price index SeptChange mth/mth (pct) Sept 1.0 1.3Change yr/yr (pct) Sept 4.3 3.3Trade Balance Sept n/a n/aExports Sept n/a n/aImports Sept 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 pc 4.24 pcManufacturing sector growth 5 pct 4.40Services sector growth n/a n/aAgricultural sector growth 4.1 pc 5.5 pcCommodity producing sector growth n/a n/aAverage consumer price inflation 11.11 pct n/aFiscal deficit (pct of GDP) 5.8 pc 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