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Pakistan economic indicators on January 05.





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SATURDAY PREVIOUS

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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 57.40/57.42 57.38/57.39

Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 57.42/57.47 57.35/57.40

Karachi 100-share index 4,473.93 4,473.02

Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 7,770 7,778

Silver 999 (Rs/kg) 8,916 8,916

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CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS

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Treasury Bills Auction Results:

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Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Dec 24 Nov 25

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Three-months bills Bids rejected Bids rejected

12-months bills 1.9893 1.9848

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Dec 10 Nov 12

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Six-month bills 1.6581 1.6581

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Pakistan Investment Bond Auction Results:

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Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on : Dec 5 Nov 5

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Six pct coupon, three-Year PIB 3.94 4.10

Seven pct coupon, five-Year PIB 5.00 5.12

Eight pct coupon, 10-Year PIB 6.22 6.23

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WEEKLY INDICATORS

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Week ending Dec 27 Dec 20

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Total liquid frx reserves $12.002 bln $11.891 bln

Forex held by central bank $10.387 bln $10.294 bln

Forex held by other banks $1.615 bln $1.597 bln

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MONTHLY INDICATORS

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LAST PVS

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Consumer price index

Change mth/mth (pct) Nov 0.60 1.47

Change Yr/Yr (pct) Nov 4.22 3.51

Wholesale price index

Change mth/mth (pct) Nov 1.10 2.72

Change Yr/Yr (pct) Nov 8.21 6.05

Trade Balance (FBS) Nov $-133.93 mln $-106.10 mln

Exports (FBS) Nov $859.57 mln $854.11 mln

Imports (FBS) Nov $993.50 mln $960.21 mln

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ANNUAL INDICATORS

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FISCAL YEAR 2002/03 2001/02

Per capita income (market prices) $412 $429

External debt (medium & long term) $36.2 bln $36.011 bln

External debt (billion dlr) **35.583 35.532

Domestic debt (billion rupees) 1,812.19 1,757.60

F. Debt service as pct to export earning 28.8 44.8

Gross domestic product growth 5.1 pct 3.6 pct

Average consumer price inflation 3.3 pct 3.5 pct

Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) 4.6 6.6

Trade balance (FBS July-June) -$1.16 bln -$1.20 bln

Exports $11.03 bln $9.10 bln

Imports $12.19 bln $10.30 bln

Current A/c balance **$5.256 bln $2.744 bln

Industrial sector growth 7.7 pct 4.4 pct

Services sector growth 5.3 pct 5.1 pct

Agricultural sector growth 4.2 pct 1.4 pct

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SBP = State Bank of Pakistan.

FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics.

N/A = Not available.

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