Pakistan Economic Indicators

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Monday (August 10, 2020)....
11 Aug, 2020

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Monday (August 10, 2020).

=================================================================DAILY INDICATORS=================================================================                                        MONDAY           PREVIOUS=================================================================Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)   168.30/168.50      167.80/167.90Rupee/US$ (kerb market)                 168.60             168.00Karachi 100-share Index              39,914.76          40,029.69Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm             110.597.25         113.196.21-----------------------------------------------------------------CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS-----------------------------------------------------------------Treasury bill auction results:-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on      July 30            July 15Three-month bills                       6.9501             6.5598Six-month bills                         7.0995             6.570012-month bills                          7.1400             6.6001-----------------------------------------------------------------Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on      July 21            June 25-----------------------------------------------------------------Three-year PIB                          7.3700             7.9700Five-year PIB                           8.3700             8.440010-year PIB                             8.9900             8.990020-Year PIB                             9.7500             9.9000-----------------------------------------------------------------WEEKLY INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------Week ending                            July 30                PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Total liquid forex reserves         $19,562.9m       $19,047.3mlnForex held by central bank          $12,542.2m       $12,121.6mlnForex held by commercial banks       $7,020.7m        $6,925.7mln-----------------------------------------------------------------MONTHLY INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------                                          LAST                PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Consumer price index-----------------------------------------------------------------Change mth/mth (pct) July                  2.5                0.8Change yr/yr (pct) July                    9.3                8.6Wholesale price index JulyChange mth/mth (pct) July                  5.4                0.3Change yr/yr (pct) July                    2.3                0.9Trade Balance July                         N/A                N/AExports July                               N/A                N/AImports July                               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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