Pakistan Economic Indicators

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Monday (August 17, 2020)....
18 Aug, 2020

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Monday (August 17, 2020).

=================================================================DAILY INDICATORS=================================================================                                        MONDAY           PREVIOUS=================================================================Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)   168.10/168.30      167.90/168.00Rupee/US$ (kerb market)                 168.20             168.10Karachi 100-share Index              40,122.50          40,290.74Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm                    N/A         102,023.85-----------------------------------------------------------------CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS-----------------------------------------------------------------Treasury bill auction results:-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on       Aug 12            July 30-----------------------------------------------------------------Three-month bills                       6.9900             6.9501Six-month bills                         7.1800             7.099512-month bills                          7.1500             6.1400-----------------------------------------------------------------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                              Aug 7                PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Total liquid forex reserves         $19,518.3m         $19,562.9mForex held by central bank          $12,469.3m         $12,542.2mForex held by commercial banks       $7,049.0m          $7,020.7m-----------------------------------------------------------------MONTHLY INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------                                          LAST                PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Consumer price indexChange 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 pc            4.24 pcManufacturing sector growth               5 pc               4.40Services sector growth                     N/A                N/AAgricultural sector growth              4.1 pc            5.5 pctCommodity 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=================================================================
  • = Provisional

SBP = State Bank of Pakistan

FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics

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