-- Sugarcane and wheat output up; cotton and rice down
-- SBP gross reserves end Dec, 2016, $19.6 billion
-- Exports down, imports up
-- Telecom machinery imports dwindle
-- FDI in financial business sharply drops
-- Net inflows of FDI rise
-- NDA and NFA of banking system deteriorate
-- Budgetary borrowing from SBP rises; from scheduled banks drops sharply
-- Consumer financing quadruples.
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