Pakistan Economic Indicators - May 20, 2013.
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FRIDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 98.45/98.50 98.50/98.55
Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 99.75/100.00 99.75/100.00
Karachi 100-share index 20,537.03 20,416.60
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 45,000 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 May 15 April 30
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Three-months bills 9.4114 9.4568
Six-month bills 9.4280 9.4500
12-month bills 9.4470 9.4571
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on April 24 March 13
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three-year PIB 10.7519 Bids Rejected
five-year PIB Bids Rejected Bids Rejected
10-year PIB Bids Rejected Bids Rejected
20-Year PIB No Bids No Bids
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Received Received
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending May 10 May 3
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Total liquid frx reserves $11.601 bln $11.863 bln
Forex held by central bank $6.525 bln $6.772 bln
Forex held by commercial banks $5.076 bln $5.091 bln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Consumer price index Apr n/a n/a
Change mth/mth (pct) Apr 1.09 0.41
Change yr/yr (pct) Apr 5.8 6.57
Wholesale price index Apr n/a n/a
Change mth/mth (pct) Apr 0.8 0.3
Change yr/yr (pct) Apr 6.8 7.9
Trade Balance Apr $-1.779 bln $-1.553 bln
Exports Apr $2.130 bln $2.134 bln
Imports Apr $3.909 bln $3.687 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
Total domestic debt as pct of GDP n/a n/a
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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