KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Tuesday (January 05, 2021).
=================================================================DAILY INDICATORS================================================================= TUESDAY PREVIOUS=================================================================Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 160.30/160.40 159.90/160.00Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 160.20 159.80Karachi 100-share Index 44,650.43 44,686.46Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 99,451.34 97,994.25-----------------------------------------------------------------CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS-----------------------------------------------------------------Treasury bill auction results:-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Dec 31 Dec 17-----------------------------------------------------------------Three-month bills 7.1498 7.1202Six-month bills 7.2000 7.170112-month bills 7.2900 7.2400-----------------------------------------------------------------Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results-----------------------------------------------------------------Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Dec 31 Dec 16-----------------------------------------------------------------Three-year PIB 98.8132 99.6467Five-year PIB No bid recivied 99.232310-year PIB No bid recivied Bids rejected20-Year PIB 95.2853 95.2853-----------------------------------------------------------------WEEKLY INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------Week ending Dec 24 PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Total liquid forex reserves $20,254.0m $20,131.1mForex held by central bank $13,150.9m $13,216.2mForex held by commercial banks $7,103.1m $7,096.9m-----------------------------------------------------------------MONTHLY INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------Consumer price index LAST PVS-----------------------------------------------------------------Change mth/mth (pct) Dec 0.7 0.8Change yr/yr (pct) Dec 8.0 8.3Wholesale price index DecChange mth/mth (pct) Dec 0.3 0.9Change yr/yr (pct) Dec 5.7 5.0Trade Balance Dec n/a n/aExports Dec n/a n/aImports Dec n/a n/a-----------------------------------------------------------------ANNUAL INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------------------------FISCAL YEAR 2020/21 2019/20-----------------------------------------------------------------Population (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 pc 1.33 pcManufacturing sector growth -5.4 5 pctServices sector growth -0.6 n/aAgricultural sector growth 2.67 pct 4.1 pcCommodity producing sector growth n/a n/aAverage consumer price inflation 11.11 pc n/aFiscal deficit (pct of GDP) 8.1 pc 5.8 pcTrade balance (FBS July-June) $-1,740 bn $-1,673 bnExports n/a $147,000 mImports n/a $235,295 mCurrent a/c deficit $792m $2.97 bn=================================================================SBP = State Bank of Pakistan
FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics