KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Thursday (November 5, 2020).
=================================================================DAILY INDICATORS================================================================= THURSDAY PREVIOUS=================================================================Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 159.40/159.50 159.75/159.85Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 159.40 159.75Karachi 100-share Index 41,071.30 40,281.96Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 98,251.85 97,394.42-----------------------------------------------------------------CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS-----------------------------------------------------------------Treasury bill auction results:-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Oct 5 Oct 21-----------------------------------------------------------------Three-month bills 7.1597 7.1750Six-month bills 7.2000 7.200012-month bills 7.2900 Bids rejected-----------------------------------------------------------------Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Nov 5 Sept-----------------------------------------------------------------Three-year PIB Bids rejected 8.2400Five-year PIB Bid rejected Bids rejected10-year PIB Bid rejected Bids rejected20-Year PIB 10,0000 10.0000-----------------------------------------------------------------WEEKLY INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------Week ending Oct 29 PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Total liquid forex reserves $19,353.6m $19,296.5mlnForex held by central bank $12,182.6m $12,121.5mlnForex held by commercial banks $7,171.0m $7,175.0mln-----------------------------------------------------------------MONTHLY INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------Consumer price index LAST PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Change mth/mth (pct) Oct 1.7 1.5Change yr/yr (pct) Oct 8.9 9.0Wholesale price index OctChange mth/mth (pct) Oct 2.9 1.0Change yr/yr (pct) Oct 5.1 4.3Trade Balance Oct N/A N/AExports Oct N/A N/AImports Oct N/A N/A-----------------------------------------------------------------ANNUAL INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------FISCAL YEAR 2020/21 2019/20-----------------------------------------------------------------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