Pakistan Economic Indicators

Pakistan Economic Indicators - August 03, 2015.

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                                             FRIDAY           PREVIOUS

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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)        101.75/101.80      101.75/101.80

Rupee/US$ (kerb market)               102.80/103.10      102.80/103.10

Karachi 100-share index                   35,741.52          35,730.01

Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm                      37,757                n/a

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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           July 22           Previous

Three-months bills                           6.9308                n/a

Six-month bills                              6.9513                n/a

12-month bills                               6.9595                n/a

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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results

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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on           July 15            June 17

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three-year PIB                               8.0940             8.0934

five-year PIB                                8.9990             8.9994

10-year PIB                           Bids Rejected      Bids Rejected

20-Year PIB                                 No Bids            no Bids

                                           Received           Received

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WEEKLY INDICATORS

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Week ending                                 July 24            July 17

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Total liquid forex reserves             $18.536 bln        $18.677 bln

Forex held by central bank              $13.386 bln        $13.543 bln

Forex held by commercial banks           $5.150 bln         $5.134 bln

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MONTHLY INDICATORS

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                                               LAST                PVS

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Consumer price index June                       n/a                n/a

Change mth/mth (pct) June                       0.6                0.8

Change yr/yr (pct) June                         3.2                3.2

Wholesale price index June                      n/a                n/a

Change mth/mth (pct) June                       1.2                1.1

Change yr/yr (pct) June                         2.0                1.8

Trade Balance June                      $-2.378 bln        $-1.894 bln

Exports June                             $2.016 bln         $1.953 bln

Imports June                             $4.394 bln         $3.847 bln

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ANNUAL INDICATORS

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FISCAL YEAR                                 2014/15            2013/14

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Population (millions)                       *191.71              188.2

Per capita income                            $1.512             $1,333

External debt (billion dlr)                *$62.649            $63.960

Domestic debt (billion rupees)               12,226             12,083

Gross domestic product growth              4.24 pct           4.03 pct

Manufacturing sector growth                     n/a           5.55 pct

Services sector growth                      5.0 pct            4.4 pct

Agricultural sector growth                  2.9 pct            2.7 pct

Commodity producing sector growth              3.24               3.55

Average consumer price inflation                n/a            8.6 pct

Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP)                     n/a                n/a

Trade balance (FBS July-June)          $-22.095 bln       $-19.963 bln

Exports                                 $23.885 bln        $25.110 bln

Imports                                 $45.980 bln        $45.073 bln

Current a/c balance                     $-2.280 bln        $-3.130 bln

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