KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Wednesday (February 26, 2020).





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DAILY INDICATORS

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Monday PREVIOUS

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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 154.20/154.20 154.20/154.30

Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 154.15 154.15

Karachi 100-share Index 38,338.33 39,858.45

Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 81,233.34 81,576.98

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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 13.4149 13.4296

Six-month bills 13.2999 13.2890

12-month bills 13.5199 13.1340

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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results

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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Feb 8 Jan 8

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Three-year PIB 12.0500 11.7500

Five-year PIB 11.4000 11.1938

10-year PIB 11.0000 11.9000

20-Year PIB No Bids No Bids

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Received Received

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WEEKLY INDICATORS

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Week ending Feb 14 PVS

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Total liquid forex reserves $18,747.1m $18,735.4mln

Forex held by central bank $12,504.7m $12,430.8mln

Forex held by commercial banks $6,242.4m $6,304.6mln

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MONTHLY INDICATORS

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Consumer price index LAST PVS

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Change mth/mth (pct) Dec 2.0 0.3

Change yr/yr (pct) Dec 14.16 12.63

Wholesale price index Dec

Change mth/mth (pct) Dec 1.8 0.3

Change yr/yr (pct) Dec 15.4 12.4

Trade Balance Dec N/A N/A

Exports Dec N/A N/A

Imports Dec N/A N/A

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ANNUAL INDICATORS

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FISCAL YEAR 2019/20 2018/19

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Population (millions) 196.17 191.71

Per capita income $1,516 $1,652

External debt (billion rupees) 15,087.5 6,692.5

Domestic debt (billion rupees) 22,649.9 15,437.4

Gross domestic product growth 5.4pc 4.24pc

Manufacturing sector growth 5pc 4.40

Services sector growth N/A N/A

Agricultural sector growth 4.1pc 5.5pc

Commodity producing sector growth N/A N/A

Average consumer price inflation 11.11pc N/A

Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) 5.8pc 4.16

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

Exports $171,511m $186,384m

Imports $462,763m $494,721m

Current a/c deficit $13.5bn $19.9bn

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* = Provisional

SBP = State Bank of Pakistan

FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics

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