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TABLE - Pakistan economic indicators - Nov 4

Wed Nov 4, 2009 10:32am IST
 
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                  ====== DAILY INDICATORS ======
                                 TUESDAY        PREVIOUS
 Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)     83.68/83.78    83.65/83.70
 Rupee/US $ (kerb market)           84.10/84.15    84.00/84.10
 Karachi 100-share index            8,938.99       8,872.40
 Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm            28,808         28,684
          ======CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS======
 Treasury Bills Auction Results:
 Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on:  Oct 21       Oct 07     
Three-months bills                 12.4712       12.4252   
Six-month bills                    12.5970       12.5970   
12-months bills                    12.6091       12.6091  
Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) Auction Results:
 Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Sept 02 (2009)  May 27
(2009)
 11.25 pct coupon, three-Year PIB   12.2961        12.5018
 11.50 pct coupon, five-Year PIB    12.3689        12.4151
 11.75 pct coupon, seven-year PIB   12.4593        12.5807
 12.00 pct coupon, 10-Year PIB      12.5000        12.6303
 12.50 pct coupon, 15-Year PIB      12.9295        13.3900
 13.00 pct coupon, 20-Year PIB      13.2993        13.8004
 13.75 Pct coupon, 30-Year PIB      13.7493        14.3003
                        ======WEEKLY INDICATORS======
 Week ending                       Oct 24         Oct 17
 Total liquid frx reserves       $14.429 bln    $14.480 bln
 Forex held by central bank      $10.859 bln    $10.910 bln
 Forex held by other banks       $ 3.570 bln    $ 3.570 bln
            ======MONTHLY INDICATORS======
                                 LAST         PVS Consumer
price index         Sept  207.14       206.21 Change mth/mth
(pct)         Sept    0.45         1.7 Change Yr/Yr   (pct)    
 Sept   10.12        10.69 Wholesale price index        Sept
 212.53       212.16 Change mth/mth (pct)         Sept    0.17 
    2.21 Change Yr/Yr   (pct)         Sept    0.72        
0.26 Trade Balance                Sept $-897 mln    $1.04 bln
Exports                      Sept $ 1.52 bln   $ n/a bln
Imports                      Sept $ 2.41 bln   $ n/a 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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