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====== DAILY INDICATORS ====== THURSDAY PREVIOUS Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 83.41/83.51 83.40/83.47 Rupee/US $ (kerb market) 83.45/83.55 83.65/83.75 Karachi 100-share index 8,924.24 8,916.18 Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 30,218 30,080 ======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: Nov 11 (2009) Sept 02 (2009) 11.25 pct coupon, three-Year PIB 12.2606 12.2961 11.50 pct coupon, five-Year PIB 12.4005 12.3689 11.75 pct coupon, seven-year PIB 12.4289 12.4593 12.00 pct coupon, 10-Year PIB 12.4406 12.5000 12.50 pct coupon, 15-Year PIB 12.8624 12.9295 13.00 pct coupon, 20-Year PIB 13.2106 13.2993 13.75 Pct coupon, 30-Year PIB 13.7423 13.7493 ======WEEKLY INDICATORS====== Week ending Nov 07 Oct 31 Total liquid frx reserves $14.272 bln $14.226 bln Forex held by central bank $10.701 bln $10.639 bln Forex held by other banks $ 3.571 bln $ 3.587 bln ======MONTHLY INDICATORS====== LAST PVS Consumer price index Oct 209.11 207.14 Change mth/mth (pct) Oct 0.95 0.45 Change Yr/Yr (pct) Oct 8.87 10.12 Wholesale price index Oct 215.01 212.53 Change mth/mth (pct) Oct 1.17 0.17 Change Yr/Yr (pct) Oct 3.83 0.72 Trade Balance Oct $-1.37 bln $-897 mln Exports Oct $1.59 bln $1.52 bln Imports Oct $2.97 bln $2.41 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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