KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Wednesday (December 16, 2020).
=================================================================DAILY INDICATORS================================================================= WEDNESDAY PREVIOUS=================================================================Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 160.30/160.40 160.55/160.65Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 160.30 160.55Karachi 100-share Index 43,360.19 43,250.84Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 95,808.64 95,165.42-----------------------------------------------------------------CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS-----------------------------------------------------------------Treasury bill auction results:-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Dec 3 Oct 18Three-month bills 7.1408 7.1525Six-month bills 7.1849 7.199812-month bills 7.2989 7.2498-----------------------------------------------------------------Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Dec 2 Nov 11-----------------------------------------------------------------Three-year PIB 99.6408 8.2400Five-year PIB 99.2230 9.980010-year PIB 98.0119 10.549820-Year PIB 95.2731 10.0000-----------------------------------------------------------------WEEKLY INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------Week ending Dec 4 PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Total liquid forex reserves $20,402.4m $20,241.8mForex held by central bank $13,298.5m $13,110.9mForex held by commercial banks $7,103.9m $7,130.9m-----------------------------------------------------------------MONTHLY INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------Consumer price index LAST PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Change mth/mth (pct) Nov 0.8 1.7Change yr/yr (pct) Nov 8.3 8.9Wholesale price index NovChange mth/mth (pct) Nov 0.9 2.9Change yr/yr (pct) Nov 5.0 5.1Trade Balance Nov n/a n/aExports Nov n/a n/aImports Nov 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 pc 1.33 pcManufacturing sector growth -5.4 5 pcServices sector growth -0.6 n/aAgricultural sector growth 2.67 pc 4.1 pcCommodity producing sector growth n/a n/aAverage consumer price inflation 11.11 pc n/aFiscal deficit (pct of GDP) 8.1 pc 5.8 pcTrade balance (FBS July-June) $-1,740 bn $-1,673 bnExports n/a $147,000mImports n/a $235,295mCurrent a/c deficit $792m $2.97bn=================================================================SBP = State Bank of Pakistan
FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics