Pakistan Economic Indicators

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Monday (October 12, 2020)....
13 Oct, 2020

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Monday (October 12, 2020).

=================================================================DAILY INDICATORS=================================================================                                        MONDAY           PREVIOUS=================================================================Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)   163.75/163.85      163.80/164.00Rupee/US$ (kerb market)                 163.80             163.90Karachi 100-share Index              40,209.82          40,798.43Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm              99,880.25          98,080.12-----------------------------------------------------------------CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS-----------------------------------------------------------------Treasury bill auction results:-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on        Oct 8            Sept 24-----------------------------------------------------------------Three-month bills                       7.1898             7.1292Six-month bills                         7.2189             7.180012-month bills                          7.2990             7.3090-----------------------------------------------------------------Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on       Aug 20            July 21-----------------------------------------------------------------Three-year PIB                          8.2000             7.3700Five-year PIB                           8.4500             8.370010-year PIB                             8.9900             8.990020-Year PIB                            10.9800             9.7500-----------------------------------------------------------------WEEKLY INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------Week ending                              Oct 2                PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Total liquid forex reserves         $19,351.0m         $19,534.8mForex held by central bank          $12,154.7m         $12,359.7mForex held by commercial banks       $7,196.3m          $7,175.1m-----------------------------------------------------------------MONTHLY INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------                                          LAST                PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Consumer price indexChange mth/mth (pct) Sept                  1.5                0.6Change yr/yr (pct) Sept                    9.0                8.2Wholesale price index                     SeptChange mth/mth (pct) Sept                  1.0                1.3Change yr/yr (pct) Sept                    4.3                3.3Trade Balance Sept                         n/a                n/aExports Sept                               n/a                n/aImports Sept                               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 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=================================================================
  • = Provisional

SBP = State Bank of Pakistan

FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics

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