REUTERS

KARACHI: Pakistan Economic Indicators - Monday (October 12, 2020).

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DAILY INDICATORS

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MONDAY PREVIOUS

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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 163.75/163.85 163.80/164.00

Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 163.80 163.90

Karachi 100-share Index 40,209.82 40,798.43

Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 99,880.25 98,080.12

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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 Oct 8 Sept 24

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Three-month bills 7.1898 7.1292

Six-month bills 7.2189 7.1800

12-month bills 7.2990 7.3090

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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results

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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Aug 20 July 21

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Three-year PIB 8.2000 7.3700

Five-year PIB 8.4500 8.3700

10-year PIB 8.9900 8.9900

20-Year PIB 10.9800 9.7500

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WEEKLY INDICATORS

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Week ending Oct 2 PVS

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Total liquid forex reserves $19,351.0m $19,534.8m

Forex held by central bank $12,154.7m $12,359.7m

Forex held by commercial banks $7,196.3m $7,175.1m

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MONTHLY INDICATORS

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LAST PVS

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Consumer price index

Change mth/mth (pct) Sept 1.5 0.6

Change yr/yr (pct) Sept 9.0 8.2

Wholesale price index Sept

Change mth/mth (pct) Sept 1.0 1.3

Change yr/yr (pct) Sept 4.3 3.3

Trade Balance Sept n/a n/a

Exports Sept n/a n/a

Imports Sept 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 pc 4.24 pc

Manufacturing sector growth 5 pc 4.40

Services sector growth n/a n/a

Agricultural sector growth 4.1 pc 5.5 pc

Commodity producing sector growth n/a n/a

Average consumer price inflation 11.11 pc n/a

Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) 5.8 pc 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