REUTERS

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Monday (July 20, 2020).

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DAILY INDICATORS

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MONDAY PREVIOUS

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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 168.30/168.70 167.20/167.30

Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 168.40 167.30

Karachi 100-share Index 37,650.57 37,330.85

Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 95,379.13 93,707.43

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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 July 15 June 30

Three-month bills 6.5598 6.8488

Six-month bills 6.5700 6.6599

12-month bills 6.6001 6.8500

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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results

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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on June 25 April 15

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Three-year PIB 7.9700 8.5600

Five-year PIB 8.4400 8.8300

10-year PIB 8.9900 9.0000

20-Year PIB 9.9000 10.7000

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WEEKLY INDICATORS

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Week ending July 10 PVS

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Total liquid forex reserves $18,952.6m $18,790.1mln

Forex held by central bank $12,054.9m $12,041.6mln

Forex held by commercial banks $6,897.7m $6,748.5mln

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MONTHLY INDICATORS

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LAST PVS

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Consumer price index

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Change mth/mth (pct) June 0.8 0.3

Change yr/yr (pct) June 8.6 8.2

Wholesale price index June

Change mth/mth (pct) June 0.3 0.9

Change yr/yr (pct) June 0.9 1.5

Trade Balance June N/A N/A

Exports June N/A N/A

Imports June 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 5.4 pct 4.24 pct

Manufacturing sector growth 5 pct 4.40

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 11.11 pct N/A

Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) 5.8 pct 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