Pakistan Economic Indicators - December 21, 2015.
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DAILY INDICATORS
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FRIDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 104.70/104.75 104.80/104.90
Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 106.30/106.50 106.30/106.50
Karachi 100-share index 32,777.04 33,109.54
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 37,928 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 Dec 09 Nov 25
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Three-month bills 6.3933 6.3933
Six-month bills 6.3946 6.3946
12-month bills Bids Bids
Rejected Rejected
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Dec 16 Nov 18
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Three-year PIB 7.0251 7.0270
Five-year PIB 7.9997 7.9999
10-year PIB 9.1011 9.1507
20-Year PIB No Bids No Bids
Received Received
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending Dec 11 PVS
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Total liquid forex reserves $20.709 bln $20.450 bln
Forex held by central bank $15.719 bln $15.441 bln
Forex held by commercial banks $4.990 bln $5.009 bln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Consumer price index Nov 204.22 203.03
Change mth/mth (pct) Nov 0.6 0.5
Change yr/yr (pct) Nov 2.7 1.6
Wholesale price index Nov 208.72 208.69
Change mth/mth (pct) Nov 0.01 0.5
Change yr/yr (pct) Nov 1.7 2.7
Trade Balance Nov $-2.255 bln $-2.197 bln
Exports Nov $1.662 bln $1.729 bln
Imports Nov $3.917 bln $3.926 bln
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ANNUAL INDICATORS
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FISCAL YEAR 2014/15 2013/14
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Population (millions) *191.71 188.2
Per capita income $1,512 $1,333
External debt (billion dlr) *$62.649 $63.960
Domestic debt (billion rupees) 12,226 12,083
Gross domestic product growth 4.24 pct 4.03 pct
Manufacturing sector growth N/A 5.55 pct
Services sector growth 5.0 pct 4.4 pct
Agricultural sector growth 2.9 pct 2.7 pct
Commodity producing sector growth 3.24 3.55
Average consumer price inflation N/A 8.6 pct
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) N/A N/A
Trade balance (FBS July-June) $-22.095 bln $-19.963 bln
Exports $23.885 bln $25.110 bln
Imports $45.980 bln $45.073 bln
Current A/C balance $-2.627 bln $-3.130 bln
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