Pakistan Economic Indicators

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Wednesday (July 15, 2020).

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DAILY INDICATORS
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                                     WEDNESDAY           PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)   166.60/166.75      166.60/166.80
Rupee/US$ (kerb market)                 166.70             166.60
Karachi 100-share Index              36,679.03          36,745.22
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm              93,707.34          93,364.30
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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      June 30             May 20
Three-month bills                       6.8488             8.1298
Six-month bills                         6.6599             7.9757
12-month bills                          6.8500             7.7101
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on      June 25           April 15
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Three-year PIB                          7.9700             8.5600
Five-year PIB                           8.4400             8.8300
10-year PIB                             8.9900             9.0000
20-Year PIB                             9.9000            10.7000
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending                             July 3                PVS
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Total liquid forex reserves         $18,790.1m         $17,971.9m
Forex held by central bank          $12,041.6m         $11,231.0m
Forex held by commercial banks       $6,748.5m          $6,740.0m
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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) June                  0.8                0.3
Change yr/yr (pct) June                    8.6                8.2
Wholesale price index June
Change mth/mth (pct) June                  0.3                0.9
Change yr/yr (pct) June                    0.9                1.5
Trade Balance June                         n/a                n/a
Exports June                               n/a                n/a
Imports June                               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 pct
Manufacturing sector growth              5 pct               4.40
Services sector growth                     n/a                n/a
Agricultural sector growth             4.1 pct            5.5 pct
Commodity producing sector growth          n/a                n/a
Average consumer price inflation     11.11 pct                n/a
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP)            5.8 pct               4.16
Trade balance (FBS July-June)     $-26,568 bln       $-19,283 bln
Exports                           $171,511 mln       $186,384 mln
Imports                           $462,763 mln       $494,721 mln
Current a/c deficit                  $13.5 bln          $19.9 bln
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• = Provisional

SBP = State Bank of Pakistan

FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics