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TABLE - Pakistan economic indicators - July 1
====== DAILY INDICATORS ======
TUESDAY PREVIOUS Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 81.39/81.49 81.40/81.49 Rupee/US $ (kerb market) 81.35/81.65 81.50/81.60 Karachi 100-share index 7,162.18 7,206.17 Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 24,577 24,630
======CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS====== Treasury Bills Auction Results: Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: June 17 June 03 Three-months bills Bids Rejected Bids Rejected Six-month bills 12,4385 13.1420 12-months bills 12,2418 13.2481 Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) Auction Results: Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: May 27 (2009) Apr 15 (2009) 11.25 pct coupon, three-Year PIB 12.5018 12.9385 11.50 pct coupon, five-Year PIB 12.4151 12.9495 11.75 pct coupon, seven-year PIB 12.5807 13.1395 12.00 pct coupon, 10-Year PIB 12.6303 13.2409 12.50 pct coupon, 15-Year PIB 13.3900 13.8007 13.00 pct coupon, 20-Year PIB 13.8004 14.2492 13.75 Pct coupon, 30-Year PIB 14.3003 14.4995
======WEEKLY INDICATORS====== Week ending June 20 June 13 Total liquid frx reserves $11.770 bln $11.643 bln Forex held by central bank $ 8.452 bln $ 8.301 bln Forex held by other banks $ 3.318 bln $ 3.342 bln
======MONTHLY INDICATORS======
LAST PVS Consumer price index May 197.74 197.28 Change mth/mth (pct) May 0.23 1.41 Change Yr/Yr (pct)
May 14.39 17.19 Wholesale price index May 198.28 197.28 Change mth/mth (pct) May 1.52
1.68 Change Yr/Yr (pct) May 4.73 8.30 Trade Balance May $-1.06 bln $1-43 bln Exports
May $ 1.49 bln $1.36 bln Imports
May $ 2.56 bln $2.79 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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