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TABLE - Pakistan economic indicators - Nov 26
DAILY INDICATORS
FRIDAY PREVIOUS
Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 96.01/96.07 95.93/95.98
Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 96.90/97.20 96.80/97.10
Karachi 100-share index 16,237.59 16,251.00
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm n/a 53,957
CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS
Treasury bill auction results:
Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Nov 14 Oct 31
Three-months bills 9.2754 9.2301
Six-month bills 9.3181 9.2742
12-month bills 9.3751 9.3511
Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction
results
Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Nov 21 Oct 23
three-year PIB 10.3521 10.3935
five-year PIB 10.9397 10.9563
10-year PIB 11.4209 11.4495
20-Year PIB No Bids No Bids
Received Received
WEEKLY INDICATORS
Week ending Nov 16 Nov 9
Total liquid frx reserves $13.814 bln $13.845 bln
Forex held by central bank $9.125 bln $9.242 bln
Forex held by commercial banks $4.689 bln $4.602 bln
MONTHLY INDICATORS
LAST PVS
Consumer price index Oct n/a n/a
Change mth/mth (pct) Oct 0.38 0.79
Change yr/yr (pct) Oct 7.66 8.79
Wholesale price index Oct n/a n/a
Change mth/mth (pct) Oct 0.1 0.3
Change yr/yr (pct) Oct 7.55 7.8
Trade Balance Oct $-1.774 bln $-1.287 bln
Exports Oct $2.016 bln $2.219 bln
Imports Oct $3.709 bln $3.506 bln
ANNUAL INDICATORS
FISCAL YEAR 2011/12 2010/11
Population (millions) *178.91 175.31
Per capita income $1,372 $1,258
External debt (billion dlr) *$65.562 $65.814
Total F.debt as pct of GDP n/a n/a
Domestic debt (billion rupees) *7,995 7,880
Total domestic debt as pct of GDP n/a n/a
Gross domestic product growth *3.7 pct 3.0 pct
Manufacturing sector growth *3.6 pct 3.1 pct
Services sector growth *4.0 pct 4.4 pct
Agricultural sector growth *3.1 pct 2.4 pct
Commodity producing sector growth *3.3 pct 1.5 pct
Average consumer price inflation *10.8 pct n/a
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) *5.0 pct 5.5 pct
Trade balance (FBS July-June) $-21.271 bln $-15.604 bln
Exports $23.641 bln $24.810 bln
Imports $44.912 bln $40.414 bln
Current a/c balance $4.52 bln $214 mln
* = provisional
SBP = State (central) Bank of Pakistan
FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics
(Compiled by the Karachi newsroom)
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