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SATURDAY PREVIOUS
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DAILY INDICATORS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 58.67/58.69 58.66/58.68
Rupee/US $ (kerb market) 59.17/59.22 59.12/59.18
Karachi 100-share index 5,393.99 5,381.09
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 7,728 7,757
Silver.999 (Rs/kg) 11,570 11,570
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CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS
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Treasury Bills Auction Results:
Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Aug 4 July 7
Three-months bills 2.1835 2.0519
12-months bills 2.8355 2.6979
Aug 18 July 21
Six-month bills 2.6415 2.5797
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) Auction Results:
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Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Aug 17 May 28
Six pct coupon, three-Year PIB rejected 4.35
Seven pct coupon, five-Year PIB rejected 5.35
Eight pct coupon, 10-Year PIB rejected 7.36
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June 9 Jan 19
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Nine pct coupon, 15-Year PIB 8.99 7.80
10 pct coupon, 20-Year PIB 9.99 8.80
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending Aug 21 Aug 14
Total liquid frx reserves $12.130 bln $12.108 bln
Forex held by central bank $10.003 bln $10.002 bln
Forex held by other banks $2.127 bln $2.106 bln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Consumer price index
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Change mth/mth (pct) July 1.38 1.12
Change Yr/Yr (pct) July 9.33 8.45
Wholesale price index
Change mth/mth (pct) July -1.00 0.59
Change Yr/Yr (pct) July 10.19 12.77
Trade Balance (FBS) July -$189 -$109.62 mln
Exports (FBS) July $1,183 bln $890.17 mln
Imports (FBS) July $1.372 bln $999.79 mln
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ANNUAL INDICATORS
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FISCAL YEAR 2003/04 2002/03
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Population (millions) 148.72 145.96
Per capita income (market prices) $412 $429
External debt (medium & long term) $36.2 bln $36.011 bln
F Debt service as pct to export earning N/A 28.8
Domestic debt (billion rupees) 2,028.4 1,879.2
Total domestic debt as pct of GDP 37.2 39.0
Gross domestic product growth 6.4 pct 5.1 pct
Average consumer price inflation 4.57 pct 3.10 pct
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) 3.9 4.6
Trade balance (FBS July-June) -$3.20 bln -$1.06 bln
Exports $12.27 bln $11.16 bln
Imports $15.47 bln $12.22 bln
Current a/c balance **$1.84 bln $5.256 bln
Manufacturing sector growth 13.4 pct 6.9 pct
Services sector growth 5.2 pct 5.3 pct
Agricultural sector growth 2.6 pct 4.7 pct
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* = revised
** = provisional
SBP= State (central) Bank of Pakistan
FBS= Federal Bureau of Statistics
N.A= Not available