Pakistan Economic Indicators

Pakistan Economic Indicators - September 19, 2011

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DAILY INDICATORS

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                                              SATURDAY       PREVIOUS

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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)             87.72/87.80    87.75/87.78

Rupee/US$ (kerb market)                    88.60/88.80    88.25/88.45

Karachi 100-share index                      11,353.46      11,302.22

Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm                         52,114         51,428

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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               Sept 7         Aug 24

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Three-months bills                             13,0697        13.0697

Six-month bills                                13.3015        13.2787

12-month bills                                 13.4026        13.3768

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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results

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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on              Sept 14         Aug 17

11.25 percent coupon, three-year PIB           13.2218        13,4767

11.50 percent coupon, five-year PIB            13.2356        13,4984

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

12.00 percent coupon, 10-year PIB              13.2504        13,5094

12.50 percent coupon, 15-year PIB        No B/Received        13,5011

13.00 percent coupon, 20-Year PIB        No B/Received     B/Rejected

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

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WEEKLY INDICATORS

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Week ending                                    Sept 10         Sept 3

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Total liquid forex reserves                    $17.794         $18.06

Forex held by central bank                     $14.340         $14.60

Forex held by commercial banks                  $3.454          $3.46

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MONTHLY INDICATORS

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                                                  LAST            PVS

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Consumer price index July                          N/A            N/A

Change mth/mth July (pct)                         1.80           0.55

Change yr/yr July (pct)                          13.77          13.13

Wholesale price index July                         N/A            N/A

Change mth/mth (pct) July                         0.64           0.56

Change yr/yr (pct) July                          18.75          24.37

Trade Balance Aug                          $-1.842 bln    $-1.486 bln

Exports Aug                                     $1.964           $2.2

Imports Aug                                     $3.806           $3.6

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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                                $1254          $1073

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

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-xx)                $-15.59 bln     $15.42 bln

Exports                                     $24.83 bln     $19.29 bln

Imports                                     $40.41 bln     $34.71 bln

Current A/C balance                          $-784 mln    $-3.456 bln

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