Pakistan Economic Indicators - March 22, 2016.
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DAILY INDICATORS
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FRIDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 104.70/104.75 104.70/104.75
Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 105.45/105.75 105.40/105.70
Karachi 100-share index 32,876.55 32,801.88
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 March 16 March 2
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Three-month bills 6.1697 6.1697
Six-month bills 6.2026 6.2026
12-month bills 6.2192 6.2192
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on March 21 Feb 24
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Three-year PIB 6.3204 6.3469
Five-year PIB 7.0000 7.0492
10-year PIB 8.2296 8.2505
20-Year PIB No Bids No Bids
Received Received
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending March 18 PVS
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Total liquid forex reserves $20.521 bln N/A
Forex held by central bank $15.630 bln N/A
Forex held by commercial banks $4.891 bln N/A
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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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 Feb $-1.513 bln $-1.712 bln
Exports Feb $1.791 bln $1.772 bln
Imports Feb $3.304 bln $3.484 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 $-2.709 bln $-3.130 bln
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