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DAILY INDICATORS
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MONDAY PREVIOUS
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Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 141.15/141.24 141.20/141.31
Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 140.50 141.00
Karachi 100-share Index 35,605.42 36,122.95
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 57,270.85 58,300.25
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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 24 April 10
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Three-month bills 10.9799 11.0000
Six-month bills Bids rejected 11.0899
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
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 26 PVS
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Total liquid forex reserves $15,742.8 mln $15,994.3 mln
Forex held by central bank $8,805.2 mln $9,024.3 mln
Forex held by commercial banks $6,937.6 mln $6,970.0 mln
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MONTHLY INDICATORS
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LAST PVS
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Consumer price index - -
Change mth/mth (pct) April 1.3 1.4
Change yr/yr (pct) April 8.8 9.2
Wholesale price index April - -
Change mth/mth (pct) April 2.3 3.6
Change yr/yr (pct) April 13.8 12.6
Trade Balance April N/A N/A
Exports April N/A N/A
Imports April 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