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TABLE - Pakistan economic indicators - May 14
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====== DAILY INDICATORS ======
WEDNESDAY PREVIOUS Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 80.68/80.75 80.46/80.52 Rupee/US $ (kerb market) 80.60/80.70 80.50/80.70 Karachi 100-share index 7,242.60 7,296.90 Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 23,652 n/a
======CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS====== Treasury Bills Auction Results: Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: May 06 Apr 22 Three-months bills 12.9775 12.9775 Six-month bills 13,1876 13.0737 12-months bills 13,2995 13,2738 Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) Auction Results: Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Apr 15 (2009) Feb 18 (2009) 11.25 pct coupon, three-Year PIB 12.9385 13.9530 11.50 pct coupon, five-Year PIB 12.9495 14.3692 11.75 pct coupon, seven-year PIB 13.1395 14.7973 12.00 pct coupon, 10-Year PIB 13.2409 14.9444 12.50 pct coupon, 15-Year PIB 13.8007 15.4995 13.00 pct coupon, 20-Year PIB 14.2492 15.8998 13.75 Pct coupon, 30-Year PIB 14.4995 16.4496
======WEEKLY INDICATORS====== Week ending May 02 Apr 25 Total liquid frx reserves $11.109 bln $11.150 bln Forex held by central bank $ 7.750 bln $ 7.831 bln Forex held by other banks $ 3.359 bln $ 3.319 bln
======MONTHLY INDICATORS======
LAST PVS Consumer price index Apr 197.28 194.50 Change mth/mth (pct) Apr 1.41 1.37 Change Yr/Yr (pct)
Apr 17.19 19.07 Wholesale price index Apr 198.28 195.00 Change mth/mth (pct) Apr 1.68
0.42 Change Yr/Yr (pct) Apr 8.30 11.08 Trade Balance Apr $-1.43 bln $1-04 mln Exports
Apr $ 1.36 bln $1.31 bln Imports
Apr $ 2.79 bln $2.35 bln
======ANNUAL INDICATORS====== FISCAL YEAR 2007/08 2006/07 Population (millions) **160.9 156.77 Per capita income **$1085 $925 External debt (billion dlr) **45.0 $40.5 Total F.Debt as pct of GDP **24.7 27.1 Domestic debt (billion rupees) **3,020 2,610 Total domestic debt as pct of GDP **30.3 30.0 Gross domestic product growth **5.8 pct 6.8 pct Manufacturing sector growth **5.4 pct 8.2 pct Services sector growth **8.2 pct 9.6 pct Agricultural sector growth **1.5 pct 3.7 pct Commodity Producing sector growth **3.2 pct 6.0 pct Average consumer price inflation 12 pct 7.77 pct Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) **7.0 pct 4.3 pct Trade balance (FBS July-June) $-20.74 bln $-13.56 bln Exports $19.22 bln $16.98 bln Imports $39.96 bln $30.54 bln Current a/c balance $-14.016 bln $-6.878 bln * = revised ** = provisional SBP= State (central) Bank of Pakistan FBS= Federal Bureau of Statistics
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