Pakistan Economic Indicators

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Wednesday (December 16, 2020).

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DAILY INDICATORS
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                                     WEDNESDAY           PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)   160.30/160.40      160.55/160.65
Rupee/US$ (kerb market)                 160.30             160.55
Karachi 100-share Index              43,360.19          43,250.84
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm              95,808.64          95,165.42
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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        Dec 3             Oct 18
Three-month bills                       7.1408             7.1525
Six-month bills                         7.1849             7.1998
12-month bills                          7.2989             7.2498
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on        Dec 2             Nov 11
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Three-year PIB                         99.6408             8.2400
Five-year PIB                          99.2230             9.9800
10-year PIB                            98.0119            10.5498
20-Year PIB                            95.2731            10.0000
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending                              Dec 4                PVS
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Total liquid forex reserves         $20,402.4m         $20,241.8m
Forex held by central bank          $13,298.5m         $13,110.9m
Forex held by commercial banks       $7,103.9m          $7,130.9m
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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Consumer price index                      LAST                PVS
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Change mth/mth (pct) Nov                   0.8                1.7
Change yr/yr (pct) Nov                     8.3                8.9
Wholesale price index Nov
Change mth/mth (pct) Nov                   0.9                2.9
Change yr/yr (pct) Nov                     5.0                5.1
Trade Balance Nov                          n/a                n/a
Exports Nov                                n/a                n/a
Imports Nov                                n/a                n/a
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ANNUAL INDICATORS
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FISCAL YEAR                            2020/21            2019/20
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Population (millions)              207,774,520        207,774,520
Per capita income                          n/a             $1,433
External debt (billion rupees)        17,000.0           15,087.5
Domestic debt (billion rupees)         23.5 tr           22,649.9
Gross domestic product growth           1.0 pc            1.33 pc
Manufacturing sector growth               -5.4               5 pc
Services sector growth                    -0.6                n/a
Agricultural sector growth             2.67 pc             4.1 pc
Commodity producing sector growth          n/a                n/a
Average consumer price inflation      11.11 pc                n/a
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP)             8.1 pc             5.8 pc
Trade balance (FBS July-June)       $-1,740 bn         $-1,673 bn
Exports                                    n/a          $147,000m
Imports                                    n/a          $235,295m
Current a/c deficit                      $792m            $2.97bn
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• = Provisional

SBP = State Bank of Pakistan

FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics