KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Wednesday (October 7, 2020).
=================================================================DAILY INDICATORS================================================================= WEDNESDAY PREVIOUS=================================================================Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 163.80/164.00 164.00/164.10Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 163.90 163.90Karachi 100-share Index 39,849.96 39,127.48Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 96,880.25 97,136.68-----------------------------------------------------------------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 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