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PAKISTAN ECONOMIC INDICATORS – SEPT 15 – RTRS

PAKISTAN ECONOMIC INDICATORS - SEPT 15 - RTRS


                                   FRIDAY          PREVIOUS
 Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)  102.50/102.55   102.25/102.31
 Rupee/US$ (kerb market)         102.40/102.60   102.00/102.20
 Karachi 100-share index         30,044.89       29.858.37
 Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm         41,057          41,057

 

CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS

 

Treasury bill auction results:

 Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on   Sept 3        Aug 20
 Three-months bills                  9.9564        9.9564
 Six-month bills                     9.9791        9.9791
 12-month bills                      9.9900        9.9900
 Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB)
 auction results
 Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on   Sept 10       Aug 12
 three-year PIB                      12.5934       12.5092
 five-year PIB                       12.9909       12.9021
 10-year PIB                         13.4598       13.3494
 20-Year PIB                         13.5905       No Bids
                                                   Received

 

WEEKLY INDICATORS

 

 Week ending                         Sept 5        Aug 29
 Total liquid forex reserves       $13.414 bln    $13.577 bln
 Forex held by central bank         $8.693 bln     $8.718 bln
 Forex held by commercial banks     $4.721 bln     $4.859 bln

 

MONTHLY INDICATORS

 

                                 LAST          PVS
 Consumer price index    Aug     n/a           n/a
 Change mth/mth (pct)    Aug     0.33          1.7
 Change yr/yr (pct)      Aug     6.99          7.9
 Wholesale price index   Aug     n/a           n/a
 Change mth/mth (pct)    Aug     0.5           0.5
 Change yr/yr (pct)      Aug     3.3           6.6
 Trade Balance           July    $-1.434 bln   $-2.311 bln
 Exports                 July    $1.930 bln    $2.027 bln
 Imports                 July    $3.364 bln    $4.338 bln
                      ANNUAL INDICATORS

 

 FISCAL YEAR                         2013/14       2012/13
 Population (millions)               *188.2        184.35
 Per capita income                   $1,386        $1,340
 External debt (billion dlr)         *$61.805      $60.857
 Total F.debt as pct of GDP          n/a           n/a
 Domestic debt (billion rupees)      10,832        11,036
 Total domestic debt as pct of GDP   n/a           n/a
 Gross domestic product growth       *4.14 pct     3.7 pct
 Manufacturing sector growth         *5.55 pct     4.53 pct
 Services sector growth              *4.3 pct      4.9 pct
 Agricultural sector growth          *2.12 pct     2.9 pct
 Commodity producing sector growth   n/a           n/a
 Average consumer price inflation    *8.6 pct      7.4 pct
 Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP)         n/a           8.8 pct
 Trade balance (FBS July-June)       $-19.98 bln   $-20.49 bln
 Exports                             $25.13 bln    $24.46 bln
 Imports                             $45.11 bln    $44.95 bln
 Current a/c balance                 $2.925 bln    $2.496 bln

 

* = provisional

SBP = State (central) Bank of Pakistan

FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics

 

Sanie Khan

Sanie Khan holds a deep knowledge of the financial markets in Pakistan. Based in Karachi, he has over 20 years of hands-on management experience in financial technologies and managing operations in the financial sector. He was the General Manager at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) for 17 years. He along-with senior members of Exchange

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