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TABLE - Pakistan economic indicators - Feb 8
====== DAILY INDICATORS ======
SATURDAY PREVIOUS Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 84.96/85.01 84.91/84.95 Rupee/US $ (kerb market) 86.30/86.50 86.20/86.40 Karachi 100-share index 9,769.73 9,627.63 Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm n/a n/a
======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: Feb 3 (2010) Nov 11 (2009) 11.25 pct coupon, three-Year PIB 12.3000 12.2606 11.50 pct coupon, five-Year PIB 12.4077 12.4005 11.75 pct coupon, seven-year PIB 12.5002 12.4289 12.00 pct coupon, 10-Year PIB 12.5389 12.4406 12.50 pct coupon, 15-Year PIB 12.8977 12.8624 13.00 pct coupon, 20-Year PIB 13.0993 13.2106 13.75 Pct coupon, 30-Year PIB 13.5507 13.7423
======WEEKLY INDICATORS====== Week ending Jan 30 Jan 23 Total liquid frx reserves $14.517 bln $15.104 bln Forex held by central bank $10.719 bln $11.330 bln Forex held by other banks $ 3.798 bln $ 3.774 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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