KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Thursday (December 24, 2020).
=================================================================DAILY INDICATORS================================================================= THURSDAY PREVIOUS=================================================================Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 160.20/160.30 160.50/160.60Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 160.20 160.50Karachi 100-share Index 43,416.77 43,087.70Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 96,665.17 96,499.17-----------------------------------------------------------------CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS-----------------------------------------------------------------Treasury bill auction results:-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Dec 17 Dec 3-----------------------------------------------------------------Three-month bills 7.1202 7.1408Six-month bills 7.1701 7.184912-month bills 7.2400 7.2989-----------------------------------------------------------------Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Dec 16 Dec 2-----------------------------------------------------------------Three-year PIB 99.6467 8.2400Five-year PIB 99.2323 9.980010-year PIB Bids rejected 10.549820-Year PIB 95.2853 10.0000-----------------------------------------------------------------WEEKLY INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------Week ending Dec 18 PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Total liquid forex reserves $20,131.1m $20,379.6mlnForex held by central bank $13,216.2m $13,298.8mlnForex held by commercial banks $7,096.9m $7,080.8mln-----------------------------------------------------------------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 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