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THURSDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 83.47/83.57 83.50/83.57
Rupee/US $ (kerb market) 83.50/83.60 83.45/83.55
Karachi 100-share index 9,206.21 9,204.57
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 32,816 32,443
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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: Nov 18 Nov 04
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Three-months bills 12.3792 12.4252
Six-month bills 12.3255 12.5517
12-months bills 12.2166 12.5202
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) Auction Results:
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Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Nov 11 (2009) Sept 02 (2009)
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11.25 pct coupon, three-Year PIB 12.2606 12.2961
11.50 pct coupon, five-Year PIB 12.4005 12.3689
11.75 pct coupon, seven-year PIB 12.4289 12.4593
12.00 pct coupon, 10-Year PIB 12.4406 12.5000
12.50 pct coupon, 15-Year PIB 12.8624 12.9295
13.00 pct coupon, 20-Year PIB 13.2106 13.2993
13.75 Pct coupon, 30-Year PIB 13.7423 13.7493
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending Nov 21 Nov 14
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Total liquid forex reserves $13.902 bln $14.123 bln
Forex held by central bank $10.271 bln $10.494 bln
Forex held by other banks $ 3.631 bln $ 3.629 bln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Consumer price index Oct 209.11 207.14
Change mth/mth (pct) Oct 0.95 0.45
Change Yr/Yr (pct) Oct 8.87 10.12
Wholesale price index Oct 215.01 212.53
Change mth/mth (pct) Oct 1.17 0.17
Change Yr/Yr (pct) Oct 3.83 0.72
Trade Balance Oct $-1.37 bln $-897 mln
Exports Oct $1.59 bln $1.52 bln
Imports Oct $2.97 bln $2.41 bln
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ANNUAL INDICATORS
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FISCAL YEAR 2008/09 2007/08
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Population (millions) *163.67 160.9
Per capita income *$1046 $1042
External debt (billion dlr) *50.1 $46.3
Total F.Debt as pct of GDP *30.2 28.1
Domestic debt (billion rupees) *3,758 N/A
Total domestic debt as pct of GDP *23.3 pct 28.7pct
Gross domestic product growth *2.0 pct 4.1 pct
Manufacturing sector growth *-3.3 pct 4.8 pct
Services sector growth *3.6 pct 6.6 pct
Agricultural sector growth *4.7 pct 1.1 pct
Commodity Producing sector growth N/A 3.2 pct
Average consumer price inflation 20.77 pct 12.00 pct
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) *4.3 pct 7.4 pct
Trade balance (FBS July-May) $-15.23 bln $-18.79 bln
Exports $ 16.24 bln $ 17.14 bln
Imports $ 31.48 bln $ 35.94 bln
Current A/C balance $-8.22 bln $-12.48 bln
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* = revised
** = provisional
SBP = State Bank of Pakistan
FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics