Pakistan Economic Indicators

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Monday (October 19, 2020)....
20 Oct, 2020

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Monday (October 19, 2020).

=================================================================DAILY INDICATORS=================================================================                                        MONDAY           PREVIOUS=================================================================Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)   162.30/162.40      162.40/162.50Rupee/US$ (kerb market)                 162.40             162.50Karachi 100-share Index              40,340.17          40,164.02Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm              99,451.30          99,108.42-----------------------------------------------------------------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      Sept 17             Aug 20-----------------------------------------------------------------Three-year PIB                          8.2400             8.2000Five-year PIB                     Bid rejected             8.450010-year PIB                       Bid rejected             8.990020-Year PIB                            10,0000            10.9800-----------------------------------------------------------------WEEKLY INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------Week ending                              Oct 9                PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Total liquid forex reserves         $19,015.5m       $19,351.0mlnForex held by central bank          $11,798.4m       $12,154.7mlnForex held by commercial banks       $7,217.1m        $7,196.3mln-----------------------------------------------------------------MONTHLY INDICATORS                        LAST                PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Consumer price indexChange mth/mth (pct) Sept                  1.5                0.6Change yr/yr (pct) Sept                    9.0                8.2Wholesale price indexSeptChange 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 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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