Pakistan Economic Indicators - Monday (October 22, 2018).
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DAILY INDICATORS
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Monday PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 133.50/133.89 133.50/133.72
Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 133.30 132.80
Karachi 100-share Index 38,345.42 38,430.27
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 52,726.00 52,726.00
CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS
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Treasury bill auction results:
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Oct 10 Sept 26
Three-month bills 8.8000 7.7500
Six-month bills 8.8492 Bids not received
12-month bills Bids not received Bids not received
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Oct 17 -
Three-year PIB 3,652.592 -
Five-year PIB 2,549.552 -
10-year PIB 1,239.944 -
20-Year PIB No Bids Received No Bids Received
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending Oct 12 PVS
Total liquid forex reserves $14,613.9 mln $14,852.1 mln
Forex held by central bank $8,088.9 mln $8,307.8 mln
Forex held by commercial banks $6,525.0 mln $6,544.3 mln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Consumer price index
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Change mth/mth (pct) Sept 0.1 0.2
Change yr/yr (pct) Sept 5.1 5.8
Wholesale price index Sept - -
Change mth/mth (pct) Sept 0.8 1.0
Change yr/yr (pct) Sept 9.2 11.0
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 2018/19 2017/18
Population (millions) 196.17 191.71
Per capita income $1,561 $1,512
External debt (billion rupees) 7,795.8 6,692.5
Domestic debt (billion rupees) 16,415.2 15,437.4
Gross domestic product growth 5.3 pct 4.24 pct
Manufacturing sector growth 4.40 pct N/A
Services sector growth N/A N/A
Agricultural sector growth 4.1 pct 5.5 pct
Commodity producing sector growth N/A N/A
Average consumer price inflation 4.16 N/A
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) 5.8 pct 4.16
Trade balance (FBS July-June) $-26,568 bln $-19,283 bln
Exports $171,511 mln $186,384 mln
Imports $462,763 mln $494,721 mln
Current a/c balance $2.7 bln $2.47 bln
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