KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Wednesday (November 18, 2020).
=================================================================DAILY INDICATORS================================================================= WEDNESDAY PREVIOUS=================================================================Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 157.70/159.90 158.25/158.35Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 159.70 158.05Karachi 100-share Index 40,514.67 40,652.67Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 96,708.38 96,493.87-----------------------------------------------------------------CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS-----------------------------------------------------------------Treasury bill auction results:-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Oct 5 Oct 21Three-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 11 Nov 5-----------------------------------------------------------------Three-year PIB 8.2400 Bids rejectedFive-year PIB 9.9800 Bids rejected10-year PIB 10.5498 Bids rejected20-Year PIB 10.0000 10.0000-----------------------------------------------------------------WEEKLY INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------Week ending Nov 6 PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Total liquid forex reserves $19,906.9m $19,353.6mlnForex held by central bank $12,740.5m $12,182.6mlnForex held by commercial banks $7,166.4m $7,171.0mln-----------------------------------------------------------------MONTHLY INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------Consumer price index LAST PVSChange mth/mth (pct) Oct 1.7 1.5Change yr/yr (pct) Oct 8.9 9.0-----------------------------------------------------------------Wholesale price index Oct-----------------------------------------------------------------Change 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) 207,774,520 207,774,520Per capita income N/A $1,433External debt (billion rupees) 17,000.0 15,087.5Domestic debt (billion rupees) 23.5 tr 22,649.9Gross domestic product growth 1.0 pct 1.33 pctManufacturing sector growth -5.4 5 pctServices sector growth -0.6 N/AAgricultural sector growth 2.67 pct 4.1 pctCommodity producing sector growth N/A N/AAverage consumer price inflation 11.11 pct N/AFiscal deficit (pct of GDP) 8.1 pct 5.8 pctTrade balance (FBS July-June) $-1,740bn $-1,673bnExports N/A $147,000mImports N/A $235,295mCurrent a/c deficit $792m $2.97bn=================================================================SBP = State Bank of Pakistan
FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics