Pakistan Economic Indicators

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Monday (June 22, 2020)....
23 Jun, 2020

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Monday (June 22, 2020).

=================================================================DAILY INDICATORS=================================================================                                        MONDAY           PREVIOUS=================================================================Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)   166.50/166.70      166.40/166.70Rupee/US$ (kerb market)                 166.50             166.80Karachi 100-share Index              33,737.92          33,438.94Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm              87,448.11          85,134.60-----------------------------------------------------------------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                            June 12                PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Total liquid forex reserves         $16,775.3m         $16,705.3mForex held by central bank          $10,107.1m         $10,095.8mForex held by commercial banks       $6,668.2m          $6,609.5m-----------------------------------------------------------------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 pc               4.40Services sector growth                     n/a                n/aAgricultural sector growth              4.1 pc             5.5 pcCommodity producing sector growth          n/a                n/aAverage consumer price inflation      11.11 pc                n/aFiscal deficit (pct of GDP)             5.8 pc               4.16Trade balance (FBS July-June)     $-26,568 bln         $-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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