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Pakistan Economic Indicators

Pakistan Economic Indicators - Wednesday (April 29, 2020).

Published April 30, 2020

Pakistan Economic Indicators - Wednesday (April 29, 2020).

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DAILY INDICATORS

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WEDNESDAY PREVIOUS

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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 161.50/162.00 161.30/161.50

Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 160.50 159.50

Karachi 100-share Index 33,158.84 32,553.39

Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 82,990.42 82,905.25

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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 April 22 April 9

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Three-month bills 8.3996 10.8995

Six-month bills 7.9997 10.3000

12-month bills 7.4750 9.6490

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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results

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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on April 15 March 4

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Three-year PIB 8.5600 11.5888

Five-year PIB 8.8300 10.9900

10-year PIB 9.0000 10.8500

20-Year PIB 10.7000 11.7999

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WEEKLY INDICATORS

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Week ending April 10 PVS

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Total liquid forex reserves $17,300.3m $17,295.5mln

Forex held by central bank $10,889.2m $10,974.6mln

Forex held by commercial banks $6,411.1m $6,320.9mln

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MONTHLY INDICATORS

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LAST PVS

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Consumer price index

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Change mth/mth (pct) March 0.04 1.0

Change yr/yr (pct) March 10.2 12.4

Wholesale price index March

Change mth/mth (pct) March 0.9 0.8

Change yr/yr (pct) March 9.2 12.6

Trade Balance March N/A N/A

Exports March N/A N/A

Imports March 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

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