Pakistan Economic Indicators - October 08, 2012.
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DAILY INDICATORS
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FRIDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 95.46/95.51 95.35/95.55
Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 95.20/95.50 95.00/95.30
Karachi 100-share index 15,754.39 15,788.96
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 54,428 N/A
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CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS
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Treasury bill auction results:
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Oct 3 Sept 19
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Three-months bills 9.7291 10.2293
Six-month bills 9.7583 10.2446
12-month bills 9.7601 10.2574
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Sept 26 Aug 15
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three-year PIB 10.6252 11.2994
five-year PIB 11.1744 11.6990
10-year PIB 11.5996 12.0487
20-Year PIB No Bids Received No Bids Received
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending Sept 28 Sept 21
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Total liquid forex reserves $14.900 bln $14.841 bln
Forex held by central bank $10.360 bln $10.322 bln
Forex held by commercial banks $4.540 bln $4.519 bln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Change mth/mth (pct) Sept 0.79 0.9
Change yr/yr (pct) Sept 8.79 9.1
Change mth/mth (pct) Sept 0.3 1.0
Change yr/yr (pct) Sept 7.8 7.7
Trade Balance Aug $-1.774 bln $-1.605 bln
Exports Aug $1.911 bln $2.057 bln
Imports Aug $3.685 bln $3.662 bln
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ANNUAL INDICATORS
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FISCAL YEAR 2011/12 2010/11
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Population (millions) *178.91 175.31
Per capita income $1,372 $1,258
External debt (billion dlr) *$65.562 $65.814
Total F.debt as pct of GDP N/A N/A
Domestic debt (billion rupees) *7,995 7,880
Gross domestic product growth *3.7 pct 3.0 pct
Manufacturing sector growth *3.6 pct 3.1 pct
Services sector growth *4.0 pct 4.4 pct
Agricultural sector growth *3.1 pct 2.4 pct
Commodity producing sector growth *3.3 pct 1.5 pct
Average consumer price inflation *10.8 pct N/A
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) *5.0 pct 5.5 pct
Trade balance (FBS July-June) $-21.271 bln $-15.604 bln
Exports $23.641 bln $24.810 bln
Imports $44.912 bln $40.414 bln
Current A/C balance $4.52 bln $214 mln
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