Pakistan Economic Indicators

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Wednesday (September 30, 2020).

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DAILY INDICATORS
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                                     WEDNESDAY           PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)   165.60/165.70      165.90/166.10
Rupee/US$ (kerb market)                 165.90             166.00
Karachi 100-share Index              40,571.48          41,204.36
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm              95,850.25          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       $19,959.0mln
Forex held by central bank          $12,701.6m       $12,820.4mln
Forex held by commercial banks       $7,202.1m        $7,138.6mln
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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)       $-26,568bn         $-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