Pakistan Economic Indicators

Pakistan Economic Indicators - March 12, 2012.

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DAILY INDICATORS

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                                            FRIDAY           PREVIOUS

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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)         90.70/90.78        90.81/90.86

Rupee/US$ (kerb market)                90.90/91.10        90.90/91.10

Karachi 100-share index                  13,352.74          13,271.39

Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm                     50,314             50,314

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CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS

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Treasury bill auction results:

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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on          March 7             Feb 22

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Three-months bills                         11.8283            11.7367

Six-month bills                            11.8970            11.8070

12-month bills                             11.9396         B/Rejected

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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results

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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on           Feb 15             Dec 21

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11.25 percent coupon, three-year PIB       12.4459            12.4531

11.50 percent coupon, five-year PIB        12.8089            12.6993

11.75 percent coupon, seven-year PIB         -             B/Rejected

12.00 percent coupon, 10-year PIB          12.9091            12.6993

12.50 percent coupon, 15-year PIB               No         B/Received

13.00 percent coupon, 20-Year PIB               No                 No

                                        B/Received         B/Received

13.75 percent coupon, 30-year coupon            No         B/Received

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WEEKLY INDICATORS

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Week ending                                March 2             Feb 24

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Total liquid frx reserves                  $16.336 bln     $16.42 bln

Forex held by central bank                 $11.897 bln     $12.06 bln

Forex held by commercial banks              $4.439 bln      $4.36 bln

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MONTHLY INDICATORS

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                                              LAST                PVS

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Consumer price index Feb                       n/a                n/a

Change mth/mth (pct) Feb                      0.30               1.54

Change yr/yr (pct)   Feb                     11.05              10.10

Wholesale price indexFeb                       n/a                n/a

Change mth/mth (pct) Feb                       n/a                n/a

Change yr/yr (pct)   Feb                       n/a                n/a

Trade Balance        Dec                    $-2.41 bln     $-2.17 bln

Exports              Dec                     $1.85 bln      $1.55 bln

Imports              Dec                     $1.26 bln      $3.72 bln

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ANNUAL INDICATORS

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FISCAL YEAR                                2010/11            2009/10

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Population (millions)                      *177.18             173.51

Per capita income                           $1,254             $1,073

External debt (billion dlr)                *$59.53             $55.90

Total F.debt as pct of GDP                     n/a                n/a

Domestic debt (billion rupees)              *5,594              4,894

Total domestic debt as pct of GDP              n/a                n/a

Gross domestic product growth                 *2.4 pct        3.8 pct

Manufacturing sector growth                   *1.7 pct        4.9 pct

Services sector growth                        *4.1 pct        2.9 pct

Agricultural sector growth                     n/a                n/a

Commodity producing sector growth              n/a                n/a

Average consumer price inflation             *14.1 pct       11.5 pct

Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP)                    4.3 pct        6.3 pct

Trade balance (FBS July-June)              $-15.59 bln    $-15.42 bln

Exports                                     $24.83 bln     $19.29 bln

Imports                                     $40.41 bln     $34.71 bln

Current a/c balance                           $268 mln    $-3.456 bln

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