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FRIDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 96.70/96.76 96.54/96.59
Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 97.10/97.35 97.10/97.25
Karachi 100-share index 16,807.91 16,824.55
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 53,442 53,400
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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 Nov 28 Nov 14
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Three-months bills 9.3207 9.2754
Six-month bills 9.3401 9.3181
12-month bills 9.3870 9.3751
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Dec 6 Nov 21
three-year PIB 10.3995 10.3521
five-year PIB 10.9347 10.9397
10-year PIB 11.4206 11.4209
20-Year PIB No Bids No Bids
Received Received
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending Nov 30 Nov 23
Total liquid frx reserves $13.500 bln $13.575 bln
Forex held by central bank $8.705 bln $8.860 bln
Forex held by commercial banks $4.795 bln $4.715 bln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Consumer price index Nov n/a n/a
Change mth/mth (pct) Nov 0.39 0.38
Change yr/yr (pct) Nov 6.93 7.66
Wholesale price index Nov n/a n/a
Change mth/mth (pct) Nov 0.4 0.1
Change yr/yr (pct) Nov 7.7 7.55
Trade Balance Oct $-1.774 bln $-1.287 bln
Exports Oct $2.016 bln $2.219 bln
Imports Oct $3.709 bln $3.506 bln
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ANNUAL INDICATORS
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FISCAL YEAR 2011/12 2010/11
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Population (millions) *178.91 175.31
Per capita income $1,372 $1,258
External debt (billion dlr) *$65.562 n/a
Total F.debt as pct of GDP n/a n/a
Domestic debt (billion rupees) *7,995 7,880
Total domestic debt as pct of GDP n/a n/a
Gross domestic product growth *3.7 pct 3.0 pct
Manufacturing sector growth *3.6 pct 3.1 pct
Services sector growth *4.0 pct 4.4 pct
Agricultural sector growth *3.1 pct 2.4 pct
Commodity producing sector growth *3.3 pct 1.5 pct
Average consumer price inflation *10.8 pct n/a
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) *5.0 pct 5.5 pct
Trade balance (FBS July-June) $-21.271 bln $-15.604 bln
Exports $23.641 bln $24.810 bln
Imports $44.912 bln $40.414 bln
Current a/c balance $4.52 bln $214 mln
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* = Provisional
SBP = State Bank of Pakistan
FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics