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====== DAILY INDICATORS ====== THURSDAY PREVIOUS Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 83.59/83.69 83.66/83.76 Rupee/US $ (kerb market) 83.95/84.05 84.05/84.15 Karachi 100-share index 9,112.10 9,154.99 Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 29,404 29,490 ======CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS====== Treasury Bills Auction Results: Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Nov 04 Oct 21 Three-months bills 12.4252 12.4712 Six-month bills 12.5517 12.5970 12-months bills 12.5202 12.6091 Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) Auction Results: Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Sept 02 (2009) May 27 (2009) 11.25 pct coupon, three-Year PIB 12.2961 12.5018 11.50 pct coupon, five-Year PIB 12.3689 12.4151 11.75 pct coupon, seven-year PIB 12.4593 12.5807 12.00 pct coupon, 10-Year PIB 12.5000 12.6303 12.50 pct coupon, 15-Year PIB 12.9295 13.3900 13.00 pct coupon, 20-Year PIB 13.2993 13.8004 13.75 Pct coupon, 30-Year PIB 13.7493 14.3003 ======WEEKLY INDICATORS====== Week ending Oct 31 Oct 24 Total liquid frx reserves $14.226 bln $14.429 bln Forex held by central bank $10.639 bln $10.859 bln Forex held by other banks $ 3.587 bln $ 3.570 bln ======MONTHLY INDICATORS====== LAST PVS Consumer price index Sept 207.14 206.21 Change mth/mth (pct) Sept 0.45 1.7 Change Yr/Yr (pct) Sept 10.12 10.69 Wholesale price index Sept 212.53 212.16 Change mth/mth (pct) Sept 0.17 2.21 Change Yr/Yr (pct) Sept 0.72 0.26 Trade Balance Sept $-897 mln $1.04 bln Exports Sept $ 1.52 bln $ n/a bln Imports Sept $ 2.41 bln $ n/a bln ======ANNUAL INDICATORS====== FISCAL YEAR 2008/09 2007/08 Population (millions) *163.67 160.9 Per capita income *$1046 $1042 External debt (billion dlr) *50.1 $46.3 Total F.Debt as pct of GDP *30.2 28.1 Domestic debt (billion rupees) *3,758 n/a Total domestic debt as pct of GDP *23.3 pct 28.7pct Gross domestic product growth *2.0 pct 4.1 pct Manufacturing sector growth *-3.3 pct 4.8 pct Services sector growth *3.6 pct 6.6 pct Agricultural sector growth *4.7 pct 1.1 pct Commodity Producing sector growth n/a 3.2 pct Average consumer price inflation 20.77 pct 12.00 pct Fiscal deficit (pct of GDP) *4.3 pct 7.4 pct Trade balance (FBS July-May) $-15.23 bln $-18.79 bln Exports $ 16.24 bln $ 17.14 bln Imports $ 31.48 bln $ 35.94 bln Current a/c balance $-8.22 bln $-12.48 bln * = provisional SBP= State (central) Bank of Pakistan FBS= Federal Bureau of Statistics (Karachi newsroom; tel: +92-21 3568 5192; fax +92-21 3567 3428) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved.
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