Pakistan Economic Indicators - March 14, 2016.
===============================================================
DAILY INDICATORS
===============================================================
FRIDAY PREVIOUS
===============================================================
Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 104.64/104.69 104.66/104.73
Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 105.60/105.90 105.65/105.95
Karachi 100-share index 32,669.16 32,710.56
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm N/A 42,042
---------------------------------------------------------------
CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS
---------------------------------------------------------------
Treasury bill auction results:
---------------------------------------------------------------
Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on March 2 Feb 17
---------------------------------------------------------------
Three-month bills 6.1697 6.2144
Six-month bills 6.2026 6.2239
12-month bills 6.2192 6.2419
---------------------------------------------------------------
Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results
---------------------------------------------------------------
Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Feb 24 Jan 27
---------------------------------------------------------------
Three-year PIB 6.3469 6.5002
Five-year PIB 7.0492 7.5484
10-year PIB 8.2505 8.8509
20-Year PIB No Bids No Bids
Received Received
---------------------------------------------------------------
WEEKLY INDICATORS
---------------------------------------------------------------
Week ending March 4 PVS
---------------------------------------------------------------
Total liquid forex reserves $20.522 bln $20.352
Forex held by central bank $15.664 bln $15.506
Forex held by commercial banks $4.858 bln $4.846
---------------------------------------------------------------
MONTHLY INDICATORS
---------------------------------------------------------------
LAST PVS
---------------------------------------------------------------
Consumer price index Feb 202.98 203.49
Change mth/mth (pct) Feb 0.3 0.2
Change yr/yr (pct) Feb 4.0 3.3
Wholesale price index Feb 205.05 206.27
Change mth/mth (pct) Feb 0.6 0.5
Change yr/yr (pct) Feb 0.6 0.1
Trade Balance Jan $-1.737 bln $-2.055 bln
Exports Jan $1.772 bln $1.788 bln
Imports Jan $3.509 bln $3.843 bln
---------------------------------------------------------------
ANNUAL INDICATORS
---------------------------------------------------------------
FISCAL YEAR 2014/15 2013/14
---------------------------------------------------------------
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
===============================================================