Pakistan Economic Indicators - March 05, 2012
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DAILY INDICATORS
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MONDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 98.13/98.18 98.15/98.20
Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 99.05/99.25 99.00/99.25
Karachi 100-share index 18,133.13 18,185.19
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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 Feb 20 Feb 6
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Three-months bills 9.2754 9.0942
Six-month bills 9.3621 9.1645
12-month bills 9.3990 9.2553
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Feb 13 Jan 16
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three-year PIB Bids Rejected Bids Rejected
five-year PIB Bids Rejected Bids Rejected
10-year PIB Bids Rejected Bids Rejected
20-Year PIB No Bids Received No Bids Received
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending Feb 22 Feb 15
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Total liquid forex reserves $13.185 bln $13.058 bln
Forex held by central bank $8.227 bln $8.141 bln
Forex held by commercial banks $4.958 bln $4.917 bln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Change mth/mth (pct) Feb 0.3 1.67
Change yr/yr (pct) Feb 7.4 8.07
Change mth/mth (pct) Feb 0.3 1.2
Change yr/yr (pct) Feb 8.3 8.6
Trade Balance Jan $-1.740 bln $-1.703 bln
Exports Jan $2.023 bln $1.969 bln
Imports Jan $3.763 bln $3.672 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
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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