TABLE - Pakistan economic indicators - Aug 13

Wed Aug 13, 2008 8:57am IST

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                  ====== DAILY INDICATORS ======

                               TUESDAY       PREVIOUS
 Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)   73.70/73.80   73.35/73.39
 Rupee/US $ (kerb market)         74.20/74.40   74.20/74.30
Karachi 100-share index          9,963.58      10,171.86
 Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm          19,730        20,745

                 ======CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS======
 Treasury Bills Auction Results:
 Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on:   July 30   July 16
 Three-months bills                   12.1954   11.7825
 Six-month bills             Bids no received   Bids no
received  12-months bills                Bids Rejected  
11.8392
 Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) Auction Results:
 Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: June 28 (2008)  Mar
29(2008)
 9.10 pct coupon, three-Year PIB     12.2964          10.6044
 9.30 pct coupon, five-Year PIB Bids Rejected         10.7995
 9.60 pct coupon, 10-Year    PIB     13.4201          11.4494
10 pct coupon,    15-Year PIB        13.6104          11.9893
10.50 pct coupon, 20-Year PIB        13.9399          12.1296
11.00 Pct coupon, 30-Year PIB        14.2496          12.4938

                        ======WEEKLY INDICATORS======
 Week ending                       Aug 02         July 26
 Total liquid frx reserves       $10.159 bln    $10.487 bln
 Forex held by central bank      $ 6.968 bln    $ 7.448 bln
 Forex held by other banks       $ 3.191 bln    $ 3.039 bln

            ======MONTHLY INDICATORS======

                                 LAST         PVS Consumer
price index               182.39      176.50 Change mth/mth
(pct)         July    3.34        2.10 Change Yr/Yr   (pct)

 July   24.33       21.53 Wholesale price index             
206.53      197.92 Change mth/mth (pct)         July    4.35

 2.98 Change Yr/Yr   (pct)         July   34.02       30.62
Trade Balance          (FBS) July  $-1.64 bln  $-1.97 bln
Exports                (FBS) July  $ 1.9  bln  $ 2.05 bln
Imports                (FBS) July  $ 3.54 bln  $ 4.02 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