KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Wednesday (October 28, 2020).
=================================================================DAILY INDICATORS================================================================= WEDNESDAY PREVIOUS=================================================================Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 160.55/160.65 160.85/160.95Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 160.30 160.60Karachi 100-share Index 41,186.86 41,381.83Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 97,094.10 98,808.86-----------------------------------------------------------------CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS-----------------------------------------------------------------Treasury bill auction results:-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Oct 21 Oct 8-----------------------------------------------------------------Three-month bills 7.1750 7.1898Six-month bills 7.2000 7.218912-month bills Bids 7.2990-----------------------------------------------------------------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 16 PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Total liquid forex reserves $19,301.6m $19,015.5mForex held by central bank $12,066.6m $11,798.4mForex held by commercial banks $7,235.0m $7,217.1m-----------------------------------------------------------------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 pct 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 $-19,283 blnExports $171,511m $186,384mImports $462,763m $494,721mCurrent a/c deficit $13.5bn $19.9bn=================================================================SBP = State Bank of Pakistan
FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics