Pakistan Economic Indicators - April 14, 2012
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DAILY INDICATORS
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FRIDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 96.35/96.40 97.25/97.30
Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 98.30/98.50 99.00/99.25
Karachi 100-share index 29,249.44 29,250.54
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 42,771 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 Apr 2 Mar 19
Three-months bills 9.9564 9.9564
Six-month bills 9.9791 9.9791
12-month bills 9.9900 9.9900
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Mar 26 Feb 26
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three-year PIB 12.0951 12.0962
five-year PIB 12.5508 12.5522
10-year PIB 12.9014 12.9093
20-Year PIB No Bids No Bids
Received Received
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending April 4 March 28
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Total liquid forex reserves $9.713 bln $9.864 bln
Forex held by central bank $4.943 bln $5.171 bln
Forex held by commercial banks $4.770 bln $4.693 bln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Consumer price index Feb N/A N/A
Change mth/mth (pct) Feb 0.96 0.3
Change yr/yr (pct) Feb 8.53 7.9
Wholesale price index Feb N/A N/A
Change mth/mth (pct) Feb N/A 0.1
Change yr/yr (pct) Feb N/A 7.6
Trade Balance Feb $-1.433 bln $-2.076 bln
Exports Feb $2.167 bln $2.061 bln
Imports Feb $3.600 bln $4.137 bln
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ANNUAL INDICATORS
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FISCAL YEAR 2012/13 2011/12
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Population (millions) *184.35 180.71
Per capita income $1,368 $1,323
External debt (billion dlr) *$60.9 $65.8
Total F.debt as pct of GDP N/A N/A
Domestic debt (billion rupees) *9,081 N/A
Total domestic debt as pct of GDP N/A N/A
Gross domestic product growth *3.6 pct 4.4 pct
Manufacturing sector growth *3.5 pct 2.1 pct
Services sector growth *3.7 pct 5.3 pct
Agricultural sector growth *3.3 pct 3.5 pct
Commodity producing sector growth *3.4 pct 3.1 pct
Average consumer price inflation *7.5 pct 10.9 pct
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) 8.8 pct N/A
Trade balance (FBS July-June) $-20.432 bln $-21.288 bln
Exports $24.518 bln $23.624 bln
Imports $44.950 bln $44.912 bln
Current A/C balance $2.29 bln $4.65 bln
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