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DAILY INDICATORS
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Monday PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 138.64/138.74 138.65/138.78
Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 138.30 138.70
Karachi 100-share Index 40,420.09 40,264.78
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 57,527.17 57,356.86
CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS
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Treasury bill auction results:
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Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on Jan 16 Jan 2
Three-month bills 10.3013 10.3013
Six-month bills Bis rejected Bids rejected
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 auction on Jan 23 Dec 26
Three-year PIB 12.2401 12.2500
Five-year PIB 12.7000 12.7000
10-year PIB Bids 13.1500 rejected
20-Year PIB No Bids Received No Bids Received
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending Jan 18 PVS
Total liquid forex reserves $13,257.2 mln $13,489.2 mln
Forex held by central bank $6,621.1 mln $6,901.2 mln
Forex held by commercial banks $6,621.1 mln $6,588.0 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 0.4 0.1
Change yr/yr (pct) Nov 6.2 6.5
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Wholesale price index Nov
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Change mth/mth (pct) Nov 0.9 0.7
Change yr/yr (pct) Nov 12.1 13.5
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 growt N/A N/A
Average consumer price inflation 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