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DAILY INDICATORS
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Monday PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) N/A 104.80/104.85
Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 108.15 108.25
Karachi 100-share Index 48,240.28 47,666.66
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 42,685.85 42,600.85
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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 Dec 21 Dec 7
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Three-month bills 5.9910 5.9463
Six-month bills 6.0109 5.9471
12-month bills Bid rejected Bid rejected
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Dec 28 Nov 17
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Three-year PIB Bids rejected Bids rejected
Five-year PIB Bids rejected Bids rejected
10-year PIB Bids rejected Bid rejected
20-Year PIB No Bids No Bids
Received Received
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending Dec 23 PVS
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Total liquid forex reserves $23,286.6 mln $23,132.0 mln
Forex held by central bank $18,299.4 mln $18,190.6
Forex held by commercial banks $4,986.6 mln $4,941.6 mln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Consumer price index Oct 3.7 3.8
Change mth/mth (pct) Oct 0.2 0.2
Change yr/yr (pct) Oct 0.6 0.6
Wholesale price index Oct 3.1 0.4
Change mth/mth (pct) Oct 0.1 N/A
Change yr/yr (pct) Oct 0.6 N/A
Trade Balance Oct $-1,852 mln $-1,513 mln
Exports Oct $1,742 mln $1,791 mln
Imports Oct $3,594 mln $3.304 mln
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ANNUAL INDICATORS
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FISCAL YEAR 2014/15 2013/14
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Population (millions) *191.71 188.2
Per capita income $1,512 $1,333
External debt (billion dlr) *$62.649 $63.960
Domestic debt (billion rupees) 12,226 12,083
Gross domestic product growth 4.24 pct 4.03 pct
Manufacturing sector growth N/A 5.55 pct
Services sector growth 5.0 pct 4.4 pct
Agricultural sector growth 2.9 pct 2.7 pct
Commodity producing sector growth 3.24 3.55
Average consumer price inflation N/A 8.6 pct
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) N/A N/A
Trade balance (FBS July-June) $-22.095 bln $-19.963 bln
Exports $23.885 bln $25.110 bln
Imports $45.980 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