Pakistan Economic Indicators

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Wednesday (August 26, 2020).

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DAILY INDICATORS
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                                        MONDAY           PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)   168.35/168.45      168.30/168.40
Rupee/US$ (kerb market)                 168.70             168.50
Karachi 100-share Index              40,862.59          40,292.82
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm              99,880.86          99,794.18
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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       Aug 12            July 30
Three-month bills                       6.9900             6.9501
Six-month bills                         7.1800             7.0995
12-month bills                          7.1500             6.1400
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on       Aug 20            July 21
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Three-year PIB                          8.2000             7.3700
Five-year PIB                           8.4500             8.3700
10-year PIB                             8.9900             8.9900
20-Year PIB                             9.9800             9.7500
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending                             Aug 13                PVS
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Total liquid forex reserves         $19,655.5m       $19,518.3mln
Forex held by central bank          $12,608.4m       $12,469.3mln
Forex held by commercial banks       $7,047.1m        $7,049.0mln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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                                          LAST                PVS
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Consumer price index
Change mth/mth (pct) July                  2.5                0.8
Change yr/yr (pct) July                    9.3                8.6
Wholesale price index July
Change mth/mth (pct) July                  5.4                0.3
Change yr/yr (pct) July                    2.3                0.9
Trade Balance July                         N/A                N/A
Exports July                               N/A                N/A
Imports July                               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)       $-26,568bn         $-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