TABLE - Pakistan economic indicators - Sept 30
====== 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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