Pakistan economic indicators - Jan 21

====== DAILY INDICATORS ======

TUESDAY PREVIOUS :
Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 80.10/80.20 79.60/79.65
Rupee/US $ (kerb market) 79.30/79.70 79.20/79.50
Karachi 100-share index 5,258.28 5,280.75
Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 21,26

======CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS======
Treasury Bills Auction Results:
Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Jan 14 Dec 31
Three-months bills 13.8549 13.9750
Six-month bills 14,0108 13.9959

======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
12-months bills 14,2857 14,2595

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 8 21,345

======WEEKLY INDICATORS======
Week ending Jan 10 Jan 03
Total liquid frx reserves $10.002 bln $10.004 bln
Forex held by central bank $ 6.656 bln $ 6.601 bln
Forex held by other banks $ 3.346 bln $ 3.403 bln