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TABLE - Pakistan economic indicators - Feb 4

Wed, Feb 4 2009, 05:17 GMT
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====== DAILY INDICATORS ======

TUESDAY PREVIOUS

Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 79.07/79.14 79.10/79.15

Rupee/US $ (kerb market) 79.10/79.30 79.40/79.70

Karachi 100-share index 5,384.87 5,333.95

Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 22,803 22,974

======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 24 Jan 17

Total liquid frx reserves $10.208 bln $ 9.949 bln

Forex held by central bank $ 6.873 bln $ 6.585 bln

Forex held by other banks $ 3.335 bln $ 3.364 bln

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

LAST PVS

Consumer price index Dec 190.90 191.85

Change mth/mth (pct) Dec -0.50 -0.12

Change Yr/Yr (pct) Dec 23.34 24.68

Wholesale price index Dec 192.62 196.50

Change mth/mth (pct) Dec -1.97 -5.11

Change Yr/Yr (pct) Dec 17.57 19.87

Trade Balance Dec $-816 mln $-1.196 bln

Exports Dec $ 1.31 bln $ 1.53 bln

Imports Dec $ 2.12 bln $ 2.72 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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