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Pakistan Economic Indicators

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Monday (September 21, 2020)....
Published September 22, 2020

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Monday (September 21, 2020).

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DAILY INDICATORS
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                                        MONDAY           PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)   166.30/166.40      165.75/165.85
Rupee/US$ (kerb market)                 166.10             166.80
Karachi 100-share Index              42,174.13          42,504.76
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm              98,337.17          98,337.42
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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 10              Aug 26
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Three-month bills                      7.1399              7.1498
Six-month bills                        7.1800              7.1800
12-month bills                         7.3000              7.3000
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on     Sept 16              Aug 20
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Three-year PIB                         8.2000              8.2000
Five-year PIB                          8.4500              8.4500
10-year PIB                            8.9900              8.9900
20-Year PIB                           10.5498              9.9800
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending                           Sept 11                 PVS
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Total liquid forex reserves        $19,959.0m          $19,961.3m
Forex held by central bank         $12,820.4m          $12,807.8m
Forex held by commercial banks      $7,138.6m           $7,153.5m
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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Consumer price index                     LAST                 PVS
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Change mth/mth (pct) Aug                  0.6                 2.5
Change yr/yr (pct) Aug                    8.2                 9.3
Wholesale price index                     Aug
Change mth/mth (pct) Aug                  1.3                 5.4
Change yr/yr (pct) Aug                    3.3                 2.3
Trade Balance Aug                         n/a                 n/a
Exports Aug                               n/a                 n/a
Imports Aug                               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 pc             4.24 pc
Manufacturing sector growth              5 pc                4.40
Services sector growth                    n/a                 n/a
Agricultural sector growth             4.1 pc             5.5 pct
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

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