Pakistan Economic Indicators - December 04, 2012
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DAILY INDICATORS
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FRIDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 97.56/97.62 97.34/97.40
Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 98.20/98.50 97.60/97.90
Karachi 100-share index 16,845.09 16,806.58
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 53,785 53,742
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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 Dec 12 Nov 28
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Three-months bills 9.2754 9.3207
Six-month bills 9.2962 9.3401
12-month bills 9.3631 9.3870
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Dec 6 Nov 21
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three-year PIB 10.3995 10.3521
five-year PIB 10.9347 10.9397
10-year PIB 11.4206 11.4209
20-Year PIB No Bids Received No Bids Received
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending Dec 7 Nov 30
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Total liquid forex reserves $13.374 bln $13.500 bln
Forex held by central bank $8.514 bln $8.705 bln
Forex held by commercial banks $4.860 bln $4.795 bln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Change mth/mth (pct) Nov 0.39 0.38
Change yr/yr (pct) Nov 6.93 7.66
Change mth/mth (pct) Nov 0.4 0.1
Change yr/yr (pct) Nov 7.7 7.55
Trade Balance Nov $-1.711 bln $-1.774 bln
Exports Nov $1.896 bln $2.016 bln
Imports Nov $3.607 bln $3.790 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 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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