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TABLE - Pakistan economic indicators - Feb 10

Tue, Feb 10 2009, 05:44 GMT
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====== DAILY INDICATORS ======

MONDAY PREVIOUS

Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 79.35/79.45 79.20/79.25

Rupee/US $ (kerb market) 79.10/79.40 79.10/79.60

Karachi 100-share index 5,573.48 5,597.44

Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 22,906 23,077

======CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS======

Treasury Bills Auction Results:

Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Jan 28 Jan 14

Three-months bills 13.7624 13.8549

Six-month bills 14,0108 14.0108

12-months bills 14,2072 14,2857

Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) Auction Results:

Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Aug 29 (2008) June 28(2008)

11.25 pct coupon, three-Year PIB 13.6973 12.2964

11.50 pct coupon, five-Year PIB B/Rejected B/Rejected

11.75 pct coupon, seven-year PIB 14.3398 -------

12.00 pct coupon, 10-Year PIB 14.5493 13.4201

12.50 pct coupon, 15-Year PIB 14.7500 13.6104

13.00 pct coupon, 20-Year PIB No B/Received 13.9399

13.75 Pct coupon, 30-Year PIB 14.9384 14.2496

======WEEKLY INDICATORS======

Week ending Jan 31 Jan 24

Total liquid frx reserves $10.16 bln $10.208 bln

Forex held by central bank $ 6.79 bln $ 6.873 bln

Forex held by other banks $ 3.37 bln $ 3.335 bln

======MONTHLY INDICATORS======

LAST PVS

Consumer price index Jan 190.09 190.90

Change mth/mth (pct) Jan -0.42 -0.50

Change Yr/Yr (pct) Jan 20.52 23.34

Wholesale price index Jan 192.91 192.62

Change mth/mth (pct) Jan n/a -1.97

Change Yr/Yr (pct) Jan 15.69 17.57

Trade Balance Jan $-1.17 bln $-816 mln

Exports Jan $ 1.36 bln $ 1.31 bln

Imports Jan $ 2.53 bln $ 2.12 bln

======ANNUAL INDICATORS======

FISCAL YEAR 2007/08 2006/07

Population (millions) **160.9 156.77

Per capita income **$1085 $925

External debt (billion dlr) **45.0 $40.5

Total F.Debt as pct of GDP **24.7 27.1

Domestic debt (billion rupees) **3,020 2,610

Total domestic debt as pct of GDP **30.3 30.0

Gross domestic product growth **5.8 pct 6.8 pct

Manufacturing sector growth **5.4 pct 8.2 pct

Services sector growth **8.2 pct 9.6 pct

Agricultural sector growth **1.5 pct 3.7 pct

Commodity Producing sector growth **3.2 pct 6.0 pct

Average consumer price inflation 12 pct 7.77 pct

Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) **7.0 pct 4.3 pct

Trade balance (FBS July-June) $-20.74 bln $-13.56 bln

Exports $19.22 bln $16.98 bln

Imports $39.96 bln $30.54 bln

Current a/c balance $-14.016 bln $-6.878 bln

* = revised

** = provisional

SBP= State (central) Bank of Pakistan

FBS= Federal Bureau of Statistics

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