TABLE - Pakistan economic indicators - Aug 13

====== 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