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DAILY INDICATORS
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SATURDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 59.32/59.34 59.28/59.30
Rupee/US $ (kerb market) 59.25/59.35 59.25/59.35
Karachi 100-share index 6,798.01 6,952.82
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 8,302 8,292
Silver.999 (Rs/kg) 11,570 11,570
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CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS
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Treasury Bills Auction Results:
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Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Jan 19 Dec 22
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Three-months bills 4.3294 3.9462
12-months bills 4.9891 rejected
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Jan 5 Dec 8
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Six-month bills 4.3228 rejected
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) Auction Results:
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Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Nov 11 Aug 17
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Six pct coupon, three-Year PIB rejected rejected
Seven pct coupon, five-Year PIB rejected rejected
Eight pct coupon, 10-Year PIB rejected rejected
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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 Jan 22 Jan 15
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Total liquid frx reserves $11.850 bln $11.841 bln
Forex held by central bank $9.058 bln $9.054 bln
Forex held by other banks $2.792 bln $2.787 bln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Consumer price index
Change mth/mth (pct) Dec -0.85 1.12
Change Yr/Yr (pct) Dec 7.37 9.26
Wholesale price index
Change mth/mth (pct) Dec -0.25 0.39
Change Yr/Yr (pct) Dec 4.19 5.90
Trade Balance (FBS) Dec $----- mln $-1.091 bln
Exports (FBS) Dec $1.12 bln $897.43 mln
Imports (FBS) Dec $1.66 bln $1.988 bln
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ANNUAL INDICATORS+6
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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) $652 $582
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