Pakistan Economic Indicators - Wednesday (April 29, 2020).
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DAILY INDICATORS
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WEDNESDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 161.50/162.00 161.30/161.50
Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 160.50 159.50
Karachi 100-share Index 33,158.84 32,553.39
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 82,990.42 82,905.25
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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 April 22 April 9
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Three-month bills 8.3996 10.8995
Six-month bills 7.9997 10.3000
12-month bills 7.4750 9.6490
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on April 15 March 4
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Three-year PIB 8.5600 11.5888
Five-year PIB 8.8300 10.9900
10-year PIB 9.0000 10.8500
20-Year PIB 10.7000 11.7999
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending April 10 PVS
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Total liquid forex reserves $17,300.3m $17,295.5mln
Forex held by central bank $10,889.2m $10,974.6mln
Forex held by commercial banks $6,411.1m $6,320.9mln
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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) March 0.04 1.0
Change yr/yr (pct) March 10.2 12.4
Wholesale price index March
Change mth/mth (pct) March 0.9 0.8
Change yr/yr (pct) March 9.2 12.6
Trade Balance March N/A N/A
Exports March N/A N/A
Imports March N/A N/A
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ANNUAL INDICATORS
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FISCAL YEAR 2019/20 2018/19
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Population (millions) 196.17 191.71
Per capita income $1,516 $1,652
External debt (billion rupees) 15,087.5 6,692.5
Domestic debt (billion rupees) 22,649.9 15,437.4
Gross domestic product growth 5.4 pct 4.24 pct
Manufacturing sector growth 5 pct 4.40
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 11.11 pct N/A
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) 5.8 pct 4.16
Trade balance (FBS July-June) $-26,568bn $-19,283bn
Exports $171,511m $186,384m
Imports $462,763m $494,721m
Current a/c deficit $13.5bn $19.9bn
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* = Provisional
SBP = State Bank of Pakistan
FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics