KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Wednesday (November 4, 2020).
=================================================================DAILY INDICATORS================================================================= WEDNESDAY PREVIOUS=================================================================Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 159.75/159.85 159.85/159.95Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 159.75 159.75Karachi 100-share Index 40,281.96 40,480.88Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 97,394.42 97,822.77-----------------------------------------------------------------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 23 PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Total liquid forex reserves $19,296.5m $19,301.6mForex held by central bank $12,121.5m $12,066.6mForex held by commercial banks $7,175.0m $7,235.0m-----------------------------------------------------------------MONTHLY INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------Consumer price index LAST PVSChange mth/mth (pct) Oct 1.7 1.5Change yr/yr (pct) Oct 8.9 9.0Wholesale price index OctChange mth/mth (pct) Oct 2.9 1.0Change yr/yr (pct) Oct 5.1 4.3Trade Balance Oct N/A N/AExports Oct N/A N/AImports Oct N/A N/A-----------------------------------------------------------------ANNUAL INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------FISCAL YEAR 2020/21 2019/20-----------------------------------------------------------------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 $-19,283 blnExports $171,511 mln $186,384mImports $462,763m $494,721mCurrent a/c deficit $13.5bn $19.9bn=================================================================SBP = State Bank of Pakistan
FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics