KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Monday (August 24, 2020).
=================================================================DAILY INDICATORS================================================================= WEDNESDAY PREVIOUS=================================================================Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 168.20/168.40 168.25/168.35Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 168.5 168.3Karachi 100-share Index 39,802.60 39,621.59Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 101,595.42 101,166.42-----------------------------------------------------------------CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS-----------------------------------------------------------------Treasury bill auction results:-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on 12-Aug 30-Jul-----------------------------------------------------------------Three-month bills 6.99 6.9501Six-month bills 7.18 7.099512-month bills 7.15 6.14Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction resultsCut-off yield (pct) at auction on 20-Aug 21-JulThree-year PIB 8.2 7.37Five-year PIB 8.45 8.3710-year PIB 8.99 8.9920-Year PIB 9.98 9.75-----------------------------------------------------------------WEEKLY INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------Week ending 13-Aug PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Total liquid forex reserves $19,655.5m $19,518.3mForex held by central bank $12,608.4m $12,469.3mForex held by commercial banks $7,047.1m $7,049.0m-----------------------------------------------------------------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) 15,087.50 6,692.50Domestic debt (billion rupees) 22,649.90 15,437.40Gross domestic product growth 5.4 pct 4.24 pctManufacturing sector growth 5 pct 4.4Services 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=================================================================SBP = State Bank of Pakistan
FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics