Pakistan Economic Indicators

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Monday (November 9, 2020)....
10 Nov, 2020

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Monday (November 9, 2020).

=================================================================DAILY INDICATORS=================================================================                                        MONDAY           PREVIOUS=================================================================Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)   158.85/158.95      159.05/159.15Rupee/US$ (kerb market)                 158.50             159.10Karachi 100-share Index              40,784.04          41,731.61Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm              98,251.60          99,451.12-----------------------------------------------------------------CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS-----------------------------------------------------------------Treasury bill auction results:-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on        Oct 5             Oct 21-----------------------------------------------------------------Three-month bills                       7.1597             7.1750Six-month bills                         7.2000             7.200012-month bills                          7.2900      Bids rejected-----------------------------------------------------------------Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on        Nov 5               Sept-----------------------------------------------------------------Three-year PIB                   Bids rejected             8.2400Five-year PIB                     Bid rejected      Bids rejected10-year PIB                       Bid rejected      Bids rejected20-Year PIB                            10,0000            10,0000-----------------------------------------------------------------WEEKLY INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------Week ending                             Oct 29                PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Total liquid forex reserves         $19,353.6m       $19,296.5mlnForex held by central bank          $12,182.6m       $12,121.5mlnForex held by commercial banks       $7,171.0m        $7,175.0mln-----------------------------------------------------------------MONTHLY INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------Consumer price index                      LAST                PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Change 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 pctManufacturing 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 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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