KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Monday (October 12, 2020).
=================================================================DAILY INDICATORS================================================================= MONDAY PREVIOUS=================================================================Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 163.75/163.85 163.80/164.00Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 163.80 163.90Karachi 100-share Index 40,209.82 40,798.43Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 99,880.25 98,080.12-----------------------------------------------------------------CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS-----------------------------------------------------------------Treasury bill auction results:-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Oct 8 Sept 24-----------------------------------------------------------------Three-month bills 7.1898 7.1292Six-month bills 7.2189 7.180012-month bills 7.2990 7.3090-----------------------------------------------------------------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 Oct 2 PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Total liquid forex reserves $19,351.0m $19,534.8mForex held by central bank $12,154.7m $12,359.7mForex held by commercial banks $7,196.3m $7,175.1m-----------------------------------------------------------------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 pc 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 pc 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