Pakistan Economic Indicators

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Thursday (June 4, 2020)....
05 Jun, 2020

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Thursday (June 4, 2020).

=================================================================DAILY INDICATORS=================================================================                                      THURSDAY           PREVIOUS=================================================================Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)   163.30/164.70      164.00/164.50Rupee/US$ (kerb market)                 163.00             163.50Karachi 100-share Index              34,119.39          34,401.42Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm              83,762.00          83,762.60-----------------------------------------------------------------CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS-----------------------------------------------------------------Treasury bill auction results:-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on        May 3             May 20-----------------------------------------------------------------Three-month bills                       8.1298             8.1496Six-month bills                         7.9757             7.805012-month bills                          7.7101             7.7499-----------------------------------------------------------------Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on     April 15            March 4-----------------------------------------------------------------Three-year PIB                          8.5600            11.5888Five-year PIB                           8.8300            10.990010-year PIB                             9.0000            10.850020-Year PIB                            10.7000            11.7999-----------------------------------------------------------------WEEKLY INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------Week ending                             May 29                PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Total liquid forex reserves         $16,920.1m       $18,597.9mlnForex held by central bank          $10,362.1m       $12,073.9mlnForex held by commercial banks       $6,558.0m        $6,524.0mln-----------------------------------------------------------------MONTHLY INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------                                          LAST                PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Consumer price index-----------------------------------------------------------------Change mth/mth (pct) May                   0.3                0.8Change yr/yr (pct) May                     8.2                8.5Wholesale price index MayChange mth/mth (pct) May                   2.1                2.1Change yr/yr (pct) May                     1.5                5.1Trade Balance May                          N/A                N/AExports May                                N/A                N/AImports May                                N/A                N/A-----------------------------------------------------------------ANNUAL INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------FISCAL YEAR                            2019/20            2018/19-----------------------------------------------------------------Population (millions)                   196.17             191.71Per capita income                       $1,516             $1,652External debt (billion rupees)        15,087.5            6,692.5Domestic debt (billion rupees)        22,649.9           15,437.4Gross domestic product growth          5.4 pct           4.24 pctManufacturing sector growth              5 pct               4.40Services sector growth                     N/A                N/AAgricultural sector growth             4.1 pct            5.5 pctCommodity producing sector growth          N/A                N/AAverage consumer price inflation     11.11 pct                N/AFiscal deficit (pct of GDP)            5.8 pct               4.16Trade balance (FBS July-June)       $-26,568bn         $-19,283bnExports                              $171,511m          $186,384mImports                              $462,763m          $494,721mCurrent a/c deficit                    $13.5bn            $19.9bn=================================================================
  • = Provisional

SBP = State Bank of Pakistan

FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics

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