Pakistan Economic Indicators

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Wednesday (July 15, 2020)....
16 Jul, 2020

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Wednesday (July 15, 2020).

=================================================================DAILY INDICATORS=================================================================                                     WEDNESDAY           PREVIOUS=================================================================Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)   166.60/166.75      166.60/166.80Rupee/US$ (kerb market)                 166.70             166.60Karachi 100-share Index              36,679.03          36,745.22Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm              93,707.34          93,364.30-----------------------------------------------------------------CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS-----------------------------------------------------------------Treasury bill auction results:-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on      June 30             May 20Three-month bills                       6.8488             8.1298Six-month bills                         6.6599             7.975712-month bills                          6.8500             7.7101-----------------------------------------------------------------Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on      June 25           April 15-----------------------------------------------------------------Three-year PIB                          7.9700             8.5600Five-year PIB                           8.4400             8.830010-year PIB                             8.9900             9.000020-Year PIB                             9.9000            10.7000-----------------------------------------------------------------WEEKLY INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------Week ending                             July 3                PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Total liquid forex reserves         $18,790.1m         $17,971.9mForex held by central bank          $12,041.6m         $11,231.0mForex held by commercial banks       $6,748.5m          $6,740.0m-----------------------------------------------------------------MONTHLY INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------                                          LAST                PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Consumer price index-----------------------------------------------------------------Change mth/mth (pct) June                  0.8                0.3Change yr/yr (pct) June                    8.6                8.2Wholesale price index JuneChange mth/mth (pct) June                  0.3                0.9Change yr/yr (pct) June                    0.9                1.5Trade Balance June                         n/a                n/aExports June                               n/a                n/aImports June                               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)     $-26,568 bln       $-19,283 blnExports                           $171,511 mln       $186,384 mlnImports                           $462,763 mln       $494,721 mlnCurrent a/c deficit                  $13.5 bln          $19.9 bln=================================================================
  • = Provisional

SBP = State Bank of Pakistan

FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics

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