KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - February 22, 2016.
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DAILY INDICATORS
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FRIDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 104.74/104.79 104.74/104.81
Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 105.80/106.10 105.90/106.15
Karachi 100-share index 31,011.77 31,282.44
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 41,142 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 Feb 17 Feb 3
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Three-month bills 6.2144 6.2591
Six-month bills 6.2239 6.2665
12-month bills 6.2419 6.2758
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Jan 27 Dec 16
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Three-year PIB 6.5002 7.0251
Five-year PIB 7.5484 7.9997
10-year PIB 8.8509 9.1011
20-Year PIB No Bids No Bids
Received Received
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending Feb 12 PVS
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Total liquid forex reserves $20.387 bln $20.195
Forex held by central bank $15.514 bln $15.341
Forex held by commercial banks $4.873 bln $4.854
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Consumer price index Jan 203.49 203.06
Change mth/mth (pct) Jan 0.2 0.6
Change yr/yr (pct) Jan 3.3 3.2
Wholesale price index Jan 206.27 207.37
Change mth/mth (pct) Jan 0.5 0.7
Change yr/yr (pct) Jan 0.1 0.4
Trade Balance Jan $-1.737 bln $-2.055 bln
Exports Jan $1.772 bln $1.788 bln
Imports Jan $3.509 bln $3.843 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 $-2.627 bln $-3.130 bln
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* = Provisional
SBP = State Bank of Pakistan
FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics
