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DAILY INDICATORS
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Monday PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$ 138.75/138.86 138.85/138.92
Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 138.50 138.80
Karachi 100-share Index 37,066.67 37,167.02
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 58,128.85 58,300.68
CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS
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Treasury bill auction results
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auctio Dec 19 Dec 5
Three-month bills 10.3013 10.3013
Six-month bills Bid rejected 10.3499
12-month bills Bids not received Bids not received
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Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction results
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auctio Dec 26 Nov 29
Three-year PIB 12.2500 Bids rejected
Five-year PIB 12.7000 Bids rejected
10-year PIB 13.1500 Bid rejected
20-Year PIB No Bids Received No Bids Received
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending Dec 21 PVS
Total liquid forex reserves $14,017.8 mln $14,584.5 mln
Forex held by central bank $7,457.3 mln $8,048.3 mln
Forex held by commercial bank $6,560.5 mln $6,536.2 mln
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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) Nov 0.1 2.3
Change yr/yr (pct) Nov 6.5 6.8
Wholesale price index Nov
Change mth/mth (pct) Nov 0.7 4.2
Change yr/yr (pct) Nov 13.5 13.1
Trade Balance Nov N/A N/A
Exports Nov N/A N/A
Imports Nov N/A N/A
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ANNUAL INDICATORS
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FISCAL YEAR 2018/19 2017/18
Population (millions) 196.17 191.71
Per capita income $1,561 $1,512
External debt (billion rupees 7,795.8 6,692.5
Domestic debt (billion rupees 16,415.2 15,437.4
Gross domestic product growth 5.3 pct 4.24 pct
Manufacturing sector growth 4.40 pct N/A
Services sector growth N/A N/A
Agricultural sector growth 4.1 pct 5.5 pct
Commodity producing sector gr N/A N/A
Average consumer price inflat 4.16 N/A
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) 5.8 pct 4.16
Trade balance (FBS July-June) $-26,568 bln $-19,283 bln
Exports $171,511 mln $186,384 mln
Imports $462,763 mln $494,721 mln
Current a/c balance $2.7 bln $2.47 bln
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* = Provisional
SBP = State Bank of Pakistan
FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics