Pakistan Economic Indicators - October 16, 2017.
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DAILY INDICATORS
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Monday PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 105.32/105.40 105.31/105.38
Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 106.90 107.20
Karachi 100-share Index 40,791.39 39,846.78
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 45,600.12 45,300.42
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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 o Oct 11 Sept 27
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Three-month bills 5.9910 5.9910
Six-month bills 6.0109 6.0109
12-month bills Bids not received 6.0273
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction o Aug 24 July 26
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Three-year PIB Bids Rejected 6.4091
Five-year PIB Bids Rejected 6.8961
10-year PIB Bids Rejected 7.9360
20-Year PIB No Bids Received No Bids Received
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending Sept 29 PVS
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Total liquid forex reserves $19,763.2 mln $20,051.6 mln
Forex held by central bank $13,857.0 mln $14,132.7 mln
Forex held by commercial banks $5,906.2 mln $5,918.9 mln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Consumer price index Sept 3.86 3.42
Change mth/mth (pct) Sept 0.8 0.3
Change yr/yr (pct) Sept 4.0 0.3
Wholesale price index Sept 1.9 0.5
Change mth/mth (pct) Sept 2.1 0.2
Change yr/yr (pct) Sept 1.8 0.5
Trade Balance Sept n/a n/a
Exports Sept n/a n/a
Imports Sept n/a n/a
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ANNUAL INDICATORS
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FISCAL YEAR 2014/16 2014/15
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Population (millions) 191.71 191.71
Per capita income $1,561 $1,512
External debt (billion dlr) *$62.649 $62.649
Domestic debt (billion rupees) 12,226 12,226
Gross domestic product growth 4.71 pct 4.24 pct
Manufacturing sector growth 5.0 pct n/a
Services sector growth n/a n/a
Agricultural sector growth -0.19 pct 2.9 pct
Commodity producing sector growth 3.24 3.24
Average consumer price inflation n/a n/a
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) 3.4 pct n/a
Trade balance (FBS July-June) $-19.283 bln $-22.095 bln
Exports $21,972 bln $25.110 bln
Imports $41,255 bln $45.073 bln
Current a/c balance $-2.709 bln $-3.130 bln
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