KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Thursday (December 17, 2020).
=================================================================DAILY INDICATORS================================================================= THURSDAY PREVIOUS=================================================================Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 160.05/160.15 160.30/160.40Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 160.00 160.30Karachi 100-share Index 43,766.69 43,360.19Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 96,280.47 95,808.64-----------------------------------------------------------------CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS-----------------------------------------------------------------Treasury bill auction results:-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Dec 17 Dec 3-----------------------------------------------------------------Three-month bills 7.1202 7.1408Six-month bills 7.1701 7.184912-month bills 7.2400 7.2989-----------------------------------------------------------------Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Dec 16 Dec 2-----------------------------------------------------------------Three-year PIB 99.6467 8.2400Five-year PIB 99.2323 9.980010-year PIB Bids rejected 10.549820-Year PIB 95.2853 10.0000-----------------------------------------------------------------WEEKLY INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------Week ending Dec 11 PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Total liquid forex reserves $20,379.6m $20,402.4mlnForex held by central bank $13,298.8m $13,298.5mlnForex held by commercial banks $7,080.8m $7,103.9mln-----------------------------------------------------------------MONTHLY INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------Consumer price index LAST PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Change mth/mth (pct) Nov 0.8 1.7Change yr/yr (pct) Nov 8.3 8.9Wholesale price index NovChange mth/mth (pct) Nov 0.9 2.9Change yr/yr (pct) Nov 5.0 5.1Trade Balance Nov N/A N/AExports Nov N/A N/AImports Nov N/A N/AANNUAL INDICATORSFISCAL YEAR 2020/21 2019/20Population (millions) 207,774,520 207,774,520Per capita income N/A $1,433External debt (billion rupees) 17,000.0 15,087.5Domestic debt (billion rupees) 23.5 tr 22,649.9Gross domestic product growth 1.0 pct 1.33 pctManufacturing sector growth -5.4 5 pctServices sector growth -0.6 N/AAgricultural sector growth 2.67 pct 4.1 pctCommodity producing sector growth N/A N/AAverage consumer price inflation 11.11 pct N/AFiscal deficit (pct of GDP) 8.1 pct 5.8 pctTrade balance (FBS July-June) $-1,740bn $-1,673bnExports N/A $147,000mImports N/A $235,295mCurrent a/c deficit $792m $2.97bn=================================================================SBP = State Bank of Pakistan
FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics