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DAILY INDICATORS
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Tuesday PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 105.32/105.40 105.31/105.40
Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 106.00 106.00
Karachi 100-share Index 41,779.20 41,323.00
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 44,400.34 44,057.00
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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 16 Aug 2
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Three-month bills 5.9910 5.9910
Six-month bills 6.0109 6.0109
12-month bills Bids Rejected 6.0386
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Aug 24 July 26
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Three-year PIB Bids Rejected 6.4091
Five-year PIB Bids Rejected 6.8961
10-year PIB Bids Rejected 7.9360
20-Year PIB No Bids Received No Bids Received
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending Aug 25 PVS
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Total liquid forex reserves $20,001.1 mln $20,046.3 mln
Forex held by central bank $14,343.4 mln $14,375.1 mln
Forex held by commercial banks $5,657.7 mln $5,671.2 mln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Consumer price index Aug 3.42 2.91
Change mth/mth (pct) Aug 3.16 0.3
Change yr/yr (pct) Aug 2.91 0.3
Wholesale price index Aug 1.0 N/A
Change mth/mth (pct) Aug 0.3 0.2
Change yr/yr (pct) Aug 3.5 0.5
Trade Balance Aug N/A N/A
Exports Aug N/A N/A
Imports Aug 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