Pakistan Economic Indicators - April 18, 2016.
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DAILY INDICATORS
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Monday PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 104.75/104.80 104.67/104.72
Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 105.35 105.30
Karachi 100-share index 33,759.97 33,767.12
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 42,085.43 42,042.85
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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 April 1 PVS
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Total liquid forex reserves $20,884.9 mln $20,423.6 mln
Forex held by central bank $16,078.1 mln $15.588.0 bln
Forex held by commercial banks $4,806.8 mln $4.891 bln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Consumer price index Mar 3.94 202.98
Change mth/mth (pct) Mar 0.2 0.3
Change yr/yr (pct) Mar 3.9 3.3
Wholesale price index Mar 204.22 205.05
Change mth/mth (pct) Mar 0.40 0.6
Change yr/yr (pct) Mar 0.16 0.6
Trade Balance Mar $1,852 mln $-1,513 mln
Exports Mar $1,742 mln $1,791 mln
Imports Mar $3,594 $3.304 mln
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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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