TABLE - Pakistan economic indicators - April 9

[Pakistani Shaheen]

Tue Apr 9, 2013 11:38am IST

DAILY INDICATORS

MONDAY PREVIOUS
Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 98.37/98.42 98.30/98.35
Rupee/US$ (kerb market) 99.00/99.25 99.00/99.25
Karachi 100-share index 18,653.06 18,636.03
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 50,614 n/a

CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS

Treasury bill auction results:
Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on April 3 March 20
Three-months bills 9.4114 9.4114
Six-month bills 9.4280 9.4280
12-month bills9 9.4350 No Bids
Received
Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB)
auction results
Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on March 13 Feb 13
three-year PIB Bids Rejected Bids Rejected
five-year PIB Bids Rejected Bids Rejected
10-year PIB Bids Rejected Bids Rejected
20-Year PIB No Bids No Bids
Received Received

WEEKLY INDICATORS

Week ending March 29 March 22
Total liquid frx reserves $12.202 bln $12.370 bln
Forex held by central bank $7.128 bln $7.277 bln
Forex held by commercial banks $5.074 bln $5.093 bln

MONTHLY INDICATORS
LAST PVS
Consumer price index Mar n/a n/a
Change mth/mth (pct) Mar 0.41 0.3
Change yr/yr (pct) Mar 6.57 7.4
Wholesale price index Mar n/a n/a
Change mth/mth (pct) Mar n/a 0.3
Change yr/yr (pct) Mar n/a 8.3
Trade Balance Feb $-1.548 bln $-1.740 bln
Exports Feb $1.835 bln $2.023 bln
Imports Feb $3.383 bln $3.763 bln

ANNUAL INDICATORS

FISCAL YEAR 2011/12 2010/11
Population (millions) *178.91 175.31
Per capita income $1,372 $1,258
External debt (billion dlr) *$65.562 n/a
Total F.debt as pct of GDP n/a n/a
Domestic debt (billion rupees) *7,995 7,880
Total domestic debt as pct of GDP n/a n/a
Gross domestic product growth *3.7 pct 3.0 pct
Manufacturing sector growth *3.6 pct 3.1 pct
Services sector growth *4.0 pct 4.4 pct
Agricultural sector growth *3.1 pct 2.4 pct
Commodity producing sector growth *3.3 pct 1.5 pct
Average consumer price inflation *10.8 pct n/a
Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) *5.0 pct 5.5 pct
Trade balance (FBS July-June) $-21.271 bln $-15.604 bln
Exports $23.641 bln $24.810 bln
Imports $44.912 bln $40.414 bln
Current a/c balance $4.52 bln $214 mln

* = provisional
SBP = State (central) Bank of Pakistan
FBS = Federal Bureau of Statistics


(Compiled by the Karachi newsroom)