Pakistan Economic Indicators

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Wednesday (November 11, 2020).

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DAILY INDICATORS
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                                     WEDNESDAY           PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)   158.37/158.47      158.65/158.75
Rupee/US$ (kerb market)                 158.00             158.35
Karachi 100-share Index              41,197.32          41,153.05
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm              96,022.86          98,108.21
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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        Oct 5             Oct 21
Three-month bills                       7.1597             7.1750
Six-month bills                         7.2000             7.2000
12-month bills                          7.2900      Bids rejected
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on        Nov 5               Sept
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Three-year PIB                   Bids rejected             8.2400
Five-year PIB                     Bid rejected      Bids rejected
10-year PIB                       Bid rejected      Bids rejected
20-Year PIB                            10.0000            10.0000
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending                             Oct 29                PVS
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Total liquid forex reserves        $19,353.6 m         $19,296.5m
Forex held by central bank          $12,182.6m         $12,121.5m
Forex held by commercial banks       $7,171.0m          $7,175.0m
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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Consumer price index                      LAST                PVS
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Change mth/mth (pct) Oct                   1.7                1.5
Change yr/yr (pct) Oct                     8.9                9.0
Wholesale price index Oct
Change mth/mth (pct) Oct                   2.9                1.0
Change yr/yr (pct) Oct                     5.1                4.3
Trade Balance Oct                          n/a                n/a
Exports Oct                                n/a                n/a
Imports Oct                                n/a                n/a
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ANNUAL INDICATORS
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FISCAL YEAR                            2020/21            2019/20
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Population (millions)              207,774,520        207,774,520
Per capita income                          n/a             $1,433
External debt (billion rupees)        17,000.0           15,087.5
Domestic debt (billion rupees)         23.5 tr           22,649.9
Gross domestic product growth           1.0 pc            1.33 pc
Manufacturing sector growth               -5.4              5 pct
Services sector growth                    -0.6                n/a
Agricultural sector growth            2.67 pct             4.1 pc
Commodity producing sector growth          n/a                n/a
Average consumer price inflation      11.11 pc                n/a
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP)             8.1 pc             5.8 pc
Trade balance (FBS July-June)      $-1,740 bln          $-1,673bn
Exports                                    n/a          $147,000m
Imports                                    n/a          $235,295m
Current a/c deficit                      $792m            $2.97bn
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• = Provisional

SBP = State Bank of Pakistan

FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics