Pakistan Economic Indicators

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Wednesday (June 24, 2020).

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DAILY INDICATORS
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                                     WEDNESDAY           PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)   167.90/168.20      167.50/167.70
Rupee/US$ (kerb market)                 167.00             167.40
Karachi 100-share Index              34,034.65          34,052.61
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm              90,106.17          88,391.94
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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        May 3             May 20
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Three-month bills                       8.1298             8.1496
Six-month bills                         7.9757             7.8050
12-month bills                          7.7101             7.7499
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on     April 15            March 4
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Three-year PIB                          8.5600            11.5888
Five-year PIB                           8.8300            10.9900
10-year PIB                             9.0000            10.8500
20-Year PIB                            10.7000            11.7999
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending                            June 12                PVS
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Total liquid forex reserves         $16,775.3m         $16,705.3m
Forex held by central bank          $10,107.1m         $10,095.8m
Forex held by commercial banks       $6,668.2m          $6,609.5m
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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                                          LAST                PVS
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Consumer price index
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Change mth/mth (pct) May                   0.3                0.8
Change yr/yr (pct) May                     8.2                8.5
Wholesale price index May
Change mth/mth (pct) May                   2.1                2.1
Change yr/yr (pct) May                     1.5                5.1
Trade Balance May                          n/a                n/a
Exports May                                n/a                n/a
Imports May                                n/a                n/a
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ANNUAL INDICATORS
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FISCAL YEAR                            2019/20            2018/19
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Population (millions)                   196.17             191.71
Per capita income                       $1,516             $1,652
External debt (billion rupees)        15,087.5            6,692.5
Domestic debt (billion rupees)        22,649.9           15,437.4
Gross domestic product growth          5.4 pct            4.24 pc
Manufacturing sector growth               5 pc               4.40
Services sector growth                     n/a                n/a
Agricultural sector growth             4.1 pct             5.5 pc
Commodity producing sector growth          n/a                n/a
Average consumer price inflation      11.11 pc                n/a
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP)             5.8 pc               4.16
Trade balance (FBS July-June)       $-26,568bn         $-19,283bn
Exports                              $171,511m          $186,384m
Imports                              $462,763m          $494,721m
Current a/c deficit                    $13.5bn            $19.9bn
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• = Provisional

SBP = State Bank of Pakistan

FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics