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TABLE - Pakistan economic indicators - Sept 30

Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:42am IST
 
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                  ====== DAILY INDICATORS ======
                               MONDAY        PREVIOUS
 Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)   78.10/78.20   78.15/78.20
 Rupee/US $ (kerb market)         78.00/78.30   78.00/78.30
Karachi 100-share index          9,182.80      9,184.15
 Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm          n/a           21,642
                 ======CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS======
 Treasury Bills Auction Results:
 Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on:   Sept 24   Sept 10
 Three-months bills                   12.5631   12.5631
 Six-month bills                      12.6876   Bids Rejected
12-months bills                Bids Rejected   Bids no
Reecived
 Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) Auction Results:
 Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Aug 29 (2008)  June
28(2008)
 11.25 pct coupon, three-Year PIB   13.6973        12.2964
 11.50 pct coupon, five-Year PIB    B/Rejected     B/Rejected
 11.75 pct coupon, seven-year PIB   14.3398        -------
 12.00 pct coupon, 10-Year PIB      14.5493        13.4201
 12.50 pct coupon, 15-Year PIB      14.7500        13.6104
 13.00 pct coupon, 20-Year PIB      No B/Received  13.9399
 13.75 Pct coupon, 30-Year PIB      14.9384        14.2496
                        ======WEEKLY INDICATORS======
 Week ending                       Sept 20        Sept 13
 Total liquid frx reserves       $ 8.823 bln    $ 8.913 bln
 Forex held by central bank      $ 5.407 bln    $ 5.525 bln
 Forex held by other banks       $ 3.416 bln    $ 3.388 bln
            ======MONTHLY INDICATORS======
                                 LAST         PVS Consumer
price index              186.29      182.39 Change mth/mth
(pct)         Aug    2.14        3.34 Change Yr/Yr   (pct)     
Aug   25.33       24.33 Wholesale price index            
211.60      206.53 Change mth/mth (pct)         Aug    2.45    
4.35 Change Yr/Yr   (pct)         Aug   35.73       34.02
Trade Balance          (FBS) Aug  $-1.87 bln  $-1.64 bln
Exports                (FBS) Aug  $ 1.58 bln  $ 1.9  bln
Imports                (FBS) Aug  $ 3.46 bln  $ 3.54 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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