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

MONDAY PREVIOUS

Floating Interbank Rate (Rs/$) 79.80/79.90 80.15/80.25

Rupee/US $ (kerb market) 79.50/80.00 79.60/80.00

Karachi 100-share index 9,184.09 9,184.09

Gold (Karachi) Rs/10 gm 19,614 19,820

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

Treasury Bills Auction Results:

Cut-off Yield (pct) at auction on: Nov 05 Oct 22

Three-months bills 13.5313 12.5631

Six-month bills Bids Rejected 12.6649

12-months bills Bids Rejected 12.7873

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

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

Week ending Nov 08 Nov 01

Total liquid frx reserves $ 6.737 bln $ 6.758 bln

Forex held by central bank $ 3.497 bln $ 3.530 bln

Forex held by other banks $ 3.240 bln $ 3.228 bln

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

LAST PVS

Consumer price index Oct 192.08 188.10

Change mth/mth (pct) Oct 2.12 0.97

Change Yr/Yr (pct) Oct 25.00 23.91

Wholesale price index Oct 207.08 211.02

Change mth/mth (pct) Oct -1.87 -0.27

Change Yr/Yr (pct) Oct 28.38 33.20

Trade Balance (FBS) Oct $-1.94 bln $-2.02 bln

Exports (FBS) Oct $ 1.52 bln $ 1.78 bln

Imports (FBS) Oct $ 3.46 bln $ 3.80 bln

======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

Source: http://www.afxnews.com

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