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
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