KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Wednesday (October 21, 2020).
=================================================================DAILY INDICATORS================================================================= WEDNESDAY PREVIOUS=================================================================Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 162.10/162.20 162.22/162.30Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 162.30 162.25Karachi 100-share Index 41,535.92 40,956.58Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 99,623.42 99,194.25-----------------------------------------------------------------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 Sept 17 Aug 20-----------------------------------------------------------------Three-year PIB 8.2400 8.2000Five-year PIB Bid rejected 8.450010-year PIB Bid rejected 8.990020-Year PIB 10,0000 10.9800-----------------------------------------------------------------WEEKLY INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------Week ending Oct 9 PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Total liquid forex reserves $19,015.5m $19,351.0mlnForex held by central bank $11,798.4m $12,154.7mlnForex held by commercial banks $7,217.1m $7,196.3mln-----------------------------------------------------------------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) $-26,568bn $-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