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

MONDAY PREVIOUS

Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 84.86/84.94 84.92/84.97

Rupee/US $ (kerb market) 86.00/86.20 85.90/86.10

Karachi 100-share index 9,701.81 9,805.87

Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 30,587 30,458

======CENTRAL BANK AUCTIONS======

Treasury Bills Auction Results:

Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Feb 10 Jan27

Three-months bills 11.9201 11.8742

Six-month bills 12.0547 11.8970

12-months bills 12.1031 12.0150

Pakistan Investment Bond (PIB) Auction Results:

Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Feb 3 (2010) Nov 11 (2009)

11.25 pct coupon, three-Year PIB 12.3000 12.2606

11.50 pct coupon, five-Year PIB 12.4077 12.4005

11.75 pct coupon, seven-year PIB 12.5002 12.4289

12.00 pct coupon, 10-Year PIB 12.5389 12.4406

12.50 pct coupon, 15-Year PIB 12.8977 12.8624

13.00 pct coupon, 20-Year PIB 13.0993 13.2106

13.75 Pct coupon, 30-Year PIB 13.5507 13.7423

======WEEKLY INDICATORS======

Week ending Feb 6 Jan 30

Total liquid frx reserves $14.483 bln $14.517 bln

Forex held by central bank $10.703 bln $10.719 bln

Forex held by other banks $ 3.780 bln $ 3.798 bln

======MONTHLY INDICATORS======

LAST PVS

Consumer price index Jan 216.09 210.99

Change mth/mth (pct) Jan n/a -0.49

Change Yr/Yr (pct) Jan 13.68 10.52

Wholesale price index Jan 230.80 221.43

Change mth/mth (pct) Jan n/a 0.20

Change Yr/Yr (pct) Jan 19.64 14.96

Trade Balance Jan $-1.62 bln $-1.33 bln

Exports Jan $1.7 bln $1.58 bln

Imports Jan $3.32 bln $2.91 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

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