Pakistan Economic Indicators

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Monday (September 28, 2020).

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DAILY INDICATORS
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                                        MONDAY           PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)   165.85/165.95      165.70/165.80
Rupee/US$ (kerb market)                 165.90             165.85
Karachi 100-share Index              40,740.95          41,701.23
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm                    n/a          95,850.60
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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 24            Sept 10
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Three-month bills                       7.1292             7.1399
Six-month bills                         7.1800             7.1800
12-month bills                          7.3090             7.3000
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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                            10.9800             9.7500
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending                            Sept 18                PVS
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Total liquid forex reserves         $19,903.7m         $19,959.0m
Forex held by central bank          $12,701.6m         $12,820.4m
Forex held by commercial banks       $7,202.1m          $7,138.6m
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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                                          LAST                PVS
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Consumer price index
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 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