Pakistan Economic Indicators

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Wednesday (October 7, 2020).

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DAILY INDICATORS
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                                     WEDNESDAY           PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)   163.80/164.00      164.00/164.10
Rupee/US$ (kerb market)                 163.90             163.90
Karachi 100-share Index              39,849.96          39,127.48
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm              96,880.25          97,136.68
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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 25                PVS
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Total liquid forex reserves         $19,534.8m         $19,903.7m
Forex held by central bank          $12,359.7m         $12,701.6m
Forex held by commercial banks       $7,175.1m          $7,202.1m
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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                                          LAST                PVS
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Consumer price index
Change mth/mth (pct) Sept                  1.5                0.6
Change yr/yr (pct) Sept                    9.0                8.2
Wholesale price index Sept
Change mth/mth (pct) Sept                  1.0                1.3
Change yr/yr (pct) Sept                    4.3                3.3
Trade Balance Sept                         n/a                n/a
Exports Sept                               n/a                n/a
Imports Sept                               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