TABLE - Pakistan economic indicators - Sept 17

DAILY INDICATORS
    
                                 FRIDAY        PREVIOUS
 Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$)  94.56/94.61   94.57/94.62
 Rupee/US$ (kerb market)         94.70/94.90   94.60/94.85
 Karachi 100-share index         15,449.60     15,306.51
 Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm         53,314        52,114
    
                CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS
 
 Treasury bill auction results:                      
 Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on       Sept 5      Aug 17
 Three-months bills                      10.2748     10.4115
 Six-month bills                         10.3111     10.4442
 12-month bills                          10.3549     10.4894
 Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) auction              
 results                                             
 Cut-off yield (pct) at auction on       Aug 15      July 18
 11.25 percent coupon, three-year PIB    11.2994     12.6680
 11.50 percent coupon, five-year PIB     11.6990     13.0717
 11.75 percent coupon, seven-year PIB    -------     -------
 12.00 percent coupon, 10-year PIB       12.0487     13.3296
 12.50 percent coupon, 15-year PIB       -------     -------
 13.00 percent coupon, 20-Year PIB       No Bids     13.3503
                                         Received    
 13.75 percent coupon, 30-year PIB       -------     -------
    
                  WEEKLY INDICATORS
     
 Week ending                       Sept 7       Aug 31
 Total liquid frx reserves        $14.828 bln  $14.821 bln
 Forex held by central bank       $10.432 bln  $10.394 bln
 Forex held by commercial banks    $4.396 bln   $4.427 bln
    
                  MONTHLY INDICATORS
     
                                LAST          PVS
 Consumer price index   Aug     n/a           n/a
 Change mth/mth (pct)   Aug     0.9           0.2
 Change yr/yr (pct)     Aug     9.1           9.60
 Wholesale price index  Aug     n/a           n/a
 Change mth/mth (pct)   Aug     1.0           0.4
 Change yr/yr (pct)     Aug     7.7           7.2
 Trade Balance          July    $-1.605 bln   $-1.838 bln
 Exports                July    $2.057 bln    $2.141 bln
 Imports                July    $3.662 bln    $3.979 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)         *$65.753      $66.457
 Total F.debt as pct of GDP          n/a           n/a
 Domestic debt (billion rupees)      *7,880        *7.726
 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