Pakistan Economic Indicators - February 01, 2016.
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FRIDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 104.87/104.92 104.90/104.95
Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 106.60/106.90 106.60/106.90
Karachi 100-share index 31,298.60 31,193.73
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm N/A 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 Jan 20 Jan 6
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Three-month bills 6.1697 6.3038
Six-month bills 6.1812 6.3092
12-month bills 6,2306 6.3098
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Jan 27 Dec 16
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Three-year PIB 6.5002 7.0251
Five-year PIB 7.5484 7.9997
10-year PIB 8.8509 9.1011
20-Year PIB No Bids No Bids
Received Received
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending Jan 22 PVS
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Total liquid forex reserves $20.502 bln $20.689
Forex held by central bank $15.647 bln $15.752
Forex held by commercial banks $4.855 bln $4.937
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Consumer price index Dec 203.06 204.22
Change mth/mth (pct) Dec 0.6 0.6
Change yr/yr (pct) Dec 3.2 2.7
Wholesale price index Dec 207.37 208.72
Change mth/mth (pct) Dec 0.7 0.01
Change yr/yr (pct) Dec 0.4 1.7
Trade Balance Dec $-2.055 bln $-2.204 bln
Exports Dec $1.788 bln $1.662 bln
Imports Dec $3.843 bln $3.866 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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