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TABLE - Pakistan economic indicators - July 3

Fri Jul 3, 2009 9:07am IST
 
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                  ====== DAILY INDICATORS ======
                                 THURSDAY     PREVIOUS
 Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)     81.52/81.59   n/a
 Rupee/US $ (kerb market)           81.25/81.40   81.25/81.35
Karachi 100-share index            7,498.34      7,270.72
 Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm            24,458        24,432
         ======CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS======
 Treasury Bills Auction Results:
 Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on:   June 17    June 03     
Three-months bills            Bids Rejected     Bids Rejected 
  Six-month bills                    12,4385      13.1420 
12-months bills                    12,2418      13.2481  
Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) Auction Results:
 Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: May 27 (2009)  Apr 15
(2009)
 11.25 pct coupon, three-Year PIB   12.5018        12.9385
 11.50 pct coupon, five-Year PIB    12.4151        12.9495
 11.75 pct coupon, seven-year PIB   12.5807        13.1395
 12.00 pct coupon, 10-Year PIB      12.6303        13.2409
 12.50 pct coupon, 15-Year PIB      13.3900        13.8007
 13.00 pct coupon, 20-Year PIB      13.8004        14.2492
 13.75 Pct coupon, 30-Year PIB      14.3003        14.4995
                        ======WEEKLY INDICATORS======
 Week ending                       June 20      June 13
 Total liquid frx reserves       $11.770 bln  $11.643 bln
 Forex held by central bank      $ 8.452 bln  $ 8.301 bln
 Forex held by other banks       $ 3.318 bln  $ 3.342 bln
            ======MONTHLY INDICATORS======
                                 LAST         PVS Consumer
price index         May  197.74      197.28 Change mth/mth
(pct)         May    0.23        1.41 Change Yr/Yr   (pct)     
May   14.39       17.19 Wholesale price index        May 
198.28      197.28 Change mth/mth (pct)         May    1.52    
1.68 Change Yr/Yr   (pct)         May    4.73        8.30
Trade Balance                May  $-1.06 bln  $1-43 bln Exports
                  May  $ 1.49 bln  $1.36 bln Imports        
          May  $ 2.56 bln  $2.79 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

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