KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Monday (February 25, 2019).





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DAILY INDICATORS

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MONDAY PREVIOUS

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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 138.45/138.54 138.45/138.54

Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 137.50 138.00

Karachi 100-share Index 39,606.79 40,016.13

Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 59,328.86 59,028.21

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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 13 Jan 30

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Three-month bills 10.5500 10.3013

Six-month bills 10.5999 Bids rejected

12-month bills Bids not received Bids not received

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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results

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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Jan 23 Dec 26

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Three-year PIB 12.2401 12.2500

Five-year PIB 12.7000 12.7000

10-year PIB Bids rejected 13.1500

20-Year PIB No Bids Received No Bids Received

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WEEKLY INDICATORS

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Week ending Feb 15 PVS

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Total liquid forex reserves $14,794.6 mln $14,895.8 mln

Forex held by central bank $8,043.0 mln $8,205.9 mln

Forex held by commercial banks $6,751.6 mln $6,689.9 mln

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MONTHLY INDICATORS

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LAST PVS

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Consumer price index - -

Change mth/mth (pct) Jan 0.1 0.4

Change yr/yr (pct) Jan 7.2 6.2

Wholesale price index Jan - -

Change mth/mth (pct) Jan 0.2 0.9

Change yr/yr (pct) Jan 9.9 12.1

Trade Balance Jan N/A N/A

Exports Jan N/A N/A

Imports Jan N/A N/A

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ANNUAL INDICATORS

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FISCAL YEAR 2018/19 2017/18

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Population (millions) 196.17 191.71

Per capita income $1,561 $1,512

External debt (billion rupees) 7,795.8 6,692.5

Domestic debt (billion rupees) 16,415.2 15,437.4

Gross domestic product growth 5.3 pct 4.24 pct

Manufacturing sector growth 4.40 pct N/A

Services sector growth N/A N/A

Agricultural sector growth 4.1 pct 5.5 pct

Commodity producing sector growth N/A N/A

Average consumer price inflation 4.16 N/A

Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) 5.8 pct 4.16

Trade balance (FBS July-June) $-26,568 bln $-19,283 bln

Exports $171,511 mln $186,384 mln

Imports $462,763 mln $494,721 mln

Current A/C balance $2.7 bln $2.47 bln

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* = Provisional

SBP = State Bank of Pakistan

FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics

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