KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Wednesday (June 24, 2020).
=================================================================DAILY INDICATORS================================================================= WEDNESDAY PREVIOUS=================================================================Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 167.90/168.20 167.50/167.70Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 167.00 167.40Karachi 100-share Index 34,034.65 34,052.61Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 90,106.17 88,391.94-----------------------------------------------------------------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 pcManufacturing sector growth 5 pc 4.40Services sector growth n/a n/aAgricultural sector growth 4.1 pct 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) $-26,568bn $-19,283bnExports $171,511m $186,384mImports $462,763m $494,721mCurrent a/c deficit $13.5bn $19.9bn=================================================================SBP = State Bank of Pakistan
FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics