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TABLE - Pakistan economic indicators - Feb 1

Mon Feb 1, 2010 10:18am IST

                  ====== DAILY INDICATORS ======
                                 SATURDAY      PREVIOUS
 Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)     85.05/85.10   84.80/84.85
 Rupee/US $ (kerb market)           86.20/86.30   86.10/86.20
 Karachi 100-share index            9,614.19      9,579.81
 Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm            30,518        30,518
         ======CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS======          Treasury
Bills Auction Results:
 Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Jan 27        Jan13
 Three-months bills                 11.8742      11.9201
Six-month bills                    11.8970      12.0547   
12-months bills                    12.0150      12.0527  
Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) Auction Results:
 Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Nov 11 (2009)  Sept 02
(2009)
 11.25 pct coupon, three-Year PIB   12.2606        12.2961
 11.50 pct coupon, five-Year PIB    12.4005        12.3689
 11.75 pct coupon, seven-year PIB   12.4289        12.4593
 12.00 pct coupon, 10-Year PIB      12.4406        12.5000
 12.50 pct coupon, 15-Year PIB      12.8624        12.9295
 13.00 pct coupon, 20-Year PIB      13.2106        13.2993
 13.75 Pct coupon, 30-Year PIB      13.7423        13.7493
                        ======WEEKLY INDICATORS======
 Week ending                       23 Jan         Jan 16
 Total liquid frx reserves       $15.104 bln    $15.244 bln
 Forex held by central bank      $11.330 bln    $11.439 bln
 Forex held by other banks       $ 3.774 bln    $ 3.805 bln
            ======MONTHLY INDICATORS======
                                 LAST         PVS Consumer
price index         Dec   210.99       212.02 Change mth/mth
(pct)         Dec    -0.49         1.39 Change Yr/Yr   (pct)   
  Dec    10.52        10.51 Wholesale price index        Dec
  221.43       220.98 Change mth/mth (pct)         Dec     0.20
     2.78 Change Yr/Yr   (pct)         Dec    14.96       
12.46 Trade Balance                Dec $-1.33 bln   $-986 mln
Exports                      Dec $1.58 bln    $1.54 bln Imports
                  Dec $2.91 bln    $2.52 bln
             ======ANNUAL INDICATORS======
 FISCAL YEAR                         2008/09       2007/08
 Population (millions)               *163.67       160.9
 Per capita income                   *$1046        $1042
 External debt (billion dlr)         *50.1         $46.3
 Total F.Debt as pct of GDP          *30.2         28.1
 Domestic debt (billion rupees)      *3,758        n/a
 Total domestic debt as pct of GDP   *23.3 pct     28.7pct
 Gross domestic product growth       *2.0  pct     4.1 pct
 Manufacturing sector growth         *-3.3 pct     4.8 pct
 Services sector growth              *3.6  pct     6.6 pct
 Agricultural sector growth          *4.7  pct     1.1 pct
 Commodity Producing sector growth    n/a          3.2 pct
 Average consumer price inflation     20.77 pct    12.00 pct
 Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP)         *4.3 pct      7.4 pct
 Trade balance (FBS July-May)        $-15.23 bln   $-18.79 bln
 Exports                             $ 16.24 bln   $ 17.14 bln
 Imports                             $ 31.48 bln   $ 35.94 bln
 Current a/c balance                 $-8.22  bln   $-12.48 bln
 * = provisional
 SBP= State (central) Bank of Pakistan
 FBS= Federal Bureau of Statistics

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