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Tuesday PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 105.31/105.38 105.29/105.38
Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 106.60 106.90
Karachi 100-share Index 43,899.45 45,288.49
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 43,500.21 43,671.43
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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 Aug 2 July 19
Three-month bills 5.9910 5.9910
Six-month bills 6.0109 6.0109
12-month bills 6.0386 6.0386
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on July 26
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Three-year PIB 6.4091 N/A
Five-year PIB 6.8961 N/A
10-year PIB 7.9360 N/A
20-Year PIB No Bids Received No Bids Received
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending Aug 4 PVS
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Total liquid forex reserves $20.003.7 mln $20,436.2 mln
Forex held by central bank $14,398.8 mln $15,003.1 mln
Forex held by commercial banks $5,604.9 mln $5,433.1 mln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Consumer price index July 2.91 3.93
Change mth/mth (pct) July 0.3 1.4
Change yr/yr (pct) July 1.3 0.3
Wholesale price index July 0.7 0.46
Change mth/mth (pct) July 0.2 N/A
Change yr/yr (pct) July 0.5 N/A
Trade Balance July N/A N/A
Exports July N/A N/A
Imports July N/A N/A
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ANNUAL INDICATORS
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FISCAL YEAR 2014/16 2014/15
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Population (millions) 191.71 191.71
Per capita income $1,561 $1,512
External debt (billion dlr) *$62.649 $62.649
Domestic debt (billion rupees) 12,226 12,226
Gross domestic product growth 4.71 pct 4.24 pct
Manufacturing sector growth 5.0 pct N/A
Services sector growth N/A N/A
Agricultural sector growth -0.19 pct 2.9 pct
Commodity producing sector growth 3.24 3.24
Average consumer price inflation N/A N/A
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) 3.4 pct N/A
Trade balance (FBS July-June) $-19.283 bln $-22.095 bln
Exports $21,972 bln $25.110 bln
Imports $41,255 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