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DAILY INDICATORS
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MONDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 141.20/141.39 141.20/141.39
Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 141.30 141.20
Karachi 100-share Index 36,901.69 37,341.05
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 59,842.17 60,271.25
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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 April 10 March 27
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Three-month bills 11.0000 10.5500
Six-month bills 11.0899 No bids received
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 April 18 Jan 23
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Three-year PIB 12.2000 12.2401
Five-year PIB Bids rejected 12.7000
10-year PIB Bids rejected Bids rejected
20-Year PIB No Bids Received No Bids Received
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WEEKLY INDICATORS
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Week ending April 12 PVS
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Total liquid forex reserves $16,195.2 mln $17,228.3 mln
Forex held by central bank $9,243.7 mln $10,271.9 mln
Forex held by commercial banks $6,952.2 mln $6,956.4 mln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Consumer price index - -
Change mth/mth (pct) March 1.4 0.6
Change yr/yr (pct) March 9.4 8.2
Wholesale price index March - -
Change mth/mth (pct) March 3.6 1.7
Change yr/yr (pct) March 12.6 11.0
Trade Balance March N/A N/A
Exports March N/A N/A
Imports March N/A N/A
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ANNUAL INDICATORS
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FISCAL YEAR 2018/19 2017/18
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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 growth 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