Pakistan Economic Indicators - August 31, 2015.
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DAILY INDICATORS
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FRIDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 103.95/104.00 103.93/103.98
Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 104.50/104.80 104.60/104.90
Karachi 100-share index 34,447.47 33,961.29
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 39,428 N/A
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CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS
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Treasury bill auction results:
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Aug 19 Aug 5
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Three-month bills 6.9308 6.9308
Six-month bills 6.9513 6.9513
12-month bills 6.9710 6.9595
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction Aug 12 July 15
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Three-year PIB 7.6004 8.0940
Five-year PIB 8.5181 8.9990
10-year PIB 9.4007 Bids Rejected
20-Year PIB No Bids Received No Bids Received
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending Aug 21 Aug 14
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Total liquid forex reserves $18.508 bln $18.655 bln
Forex held by central bank $13.458 bln $13.615 bln
Forex held by commercial banks $5.050 bln $5.040 bln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Consumer price index July N/A N/A
Change mth/mth (pct) July 0.4 0.6
Change yr/yr (pct) July 1.8 3.2
Wholesale price index July N/A N/A
Change mth/mth (pct) July 0.4 1.2
Change yr/yr (pct) July 2.9 2.0
Trade Balance June $-2.378 bln $-1.894 bln
Exports June $2.016 bln $1.953 bln
Imports June $4.394 bln $3.847 bln
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ANNUAL INDICATORS
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FISCAL YEAR 2014/15 2013/14
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Population (millions) *191.71 188.2
Per capita income $1.512 $1,333
External debt (billion dlr) *$62.649 $63.960
Domestic debt (billion rupees) 12,226 12,083
Gross domestic product growth 4.24 pct 4.03 pct
Manufacturing sector growth N/A 5.55 pct
Services sector growth 5.0 pct 4.4 pct
Agricultural sector growth 2.9 pct 2.7 pct
Commodity producing sector growth 3.24 3.55
Average consumer price inflation N/A 8.6 pct
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) N/A N/A
Trade balance (FBS July-June) $-22.095 bln $-19.963 bln
Exports $23.885 bln $25.110 bln
Imports $45.980 bln $45.073 bln
Current A/C balance $-2.280 bln $-3.130 bln
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