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DAILY INDICATORS
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Monday PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 104.81/104.85 104.81/104.85
Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 106.20 106.25
Karachi 100-share Index 48,227.75 48,155.93
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 43,414.86 43,414.12
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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 March 29 March 15
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Three-month bills 5.9910 5.9463
Six-month bills 6.0109 5.9896
12-month bills bid rejected bid rejected
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on March 22 Feb 22
Three-year PIB 6.4062 6.4066
Five-year PIB 6.8993 6.8998
10-year PIB 7.9402 7.9406
20-Year PIB No Bids No Bids
Received Received
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending March 24 PVS
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Total liquid forex reserves $21,795.9 mln $22,050.2 mln
Forex held by central bank $16,730.3 mln $16,960.5 mln
Forex held by commercial banks $5,065.6 mln $5,089.7 mln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Consumer price index Feb 4.9 4.2
Change mth/mth (pct) Feb 0.8 0.2
Change yr/yr (pct) Feb 0.3 0.1
Wholesale price index Feb 6.4 5.3
Change mth/mth (pct) Feb 0.7 N/A
Change yr/yr (pct) Feb 0.4 N/A
Trade Balance Feb $-1,852 mln $-2,957 mln
Exports Feb $1,742 mln $1,780 mln
Imports Feb $3,594 mln $4,737 mln
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ANNUAL INDICATORS
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FISCAL YEAR 2014/15 2013/14
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Population (millions) *191.71 188.2
Per capita income $1,512 $1,333
External debt (billion dlr) *$62.649 $63.960
Domestic debt (billion rupees) 12,226 12,083
Gross domestic product growth 4.24 pct 4.03 pct
Manufacturing sector growth N/A 5.55 pct
Services sector growth 5.0 pct 4.4 pct
Agricultural sector growth 2.9 pct 2.7 pct
Commodity producing sector growth 3.24 3.55
Average consumer price inflation N/A 8.6 pct
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) N/A N/A
Trade balance (FBS July-June) $-22.095 bln $-19.963 bln
Exports $23.885 bln $25.110 bln
Imports $45.980 bln $45.073 bln
Current A/C balance $-2.709 bln $-3.130 bln
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* = Provisional
SBP = State Bank of Pakistan
FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics