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Country Report Pakistan April 2011
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| 2009 | 2010 | |||||||
| 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | 4 Qtr | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | 4 Qtr | |
| Output | ||||||||
| Manufacturing index (1999/2000=100) | 202.7 | 200.7 | 190.5 | 197.8 | 222.8 | 212.8 | 187.4 | 194.4 |
| Manufacturing index (% change, year on year) | -12.0 | -10.1 | -0.6 | 4.1 | 9.9 | 6.0 | -1.6 | -1.7 |
| Prices | ||||||||
| Consumer prices (2000=100) | 151.3 | 156.1 | 161.7 | 165.9 | 171.3 | 176.4 | 184.0 | 191.5 |
| Consumer prices (% change, year on year) | 20.2 | 14.9 | 10.7 | 10.0 | 13.2 | 13.0 | 13.8 | 15.4 |
| Wholesale general (2000=100) | 148.3 | 154.4 | 161.1 | 167.5 | 178.4 | 185.6 | 193.1 | 209.0 |
| Wholesale general (% change, year on year) | 13.9 | 5.7 | 0.5 | 10.3 | 20.2 | 20.2 | 19.8 | 24.7 |
| Financial indicators | ||||||||
| Exchange rate PRs:US$ (av) | 79.68 | 80.77 | 82.70 | 83.69 | 84.69 | 84.58 | 85.71 | 85.80 |
| Exchange rate PRs:US$ (end-period) | 80.44 | 81.39 | 83.18 | 84.26 | 84.18 | 85.46 | 86.29 | 85.71 |
| Discount rate (end-period; %) | 15.00 | 14.00 | 13.00 | 12.50 | 12.50 | 12.50 | 13.00 | 14.00 |
| Money market rate (av; %) | 12.11 | 12.12 | 11.84 | 11.78 | 11.65 | 11.18 | 11.67 | 12.27 |
| Treasury bill rate (av; %) | 12.91 | 12.70 | 12.13 | 12.34 | 12.15 | 12.21 | 12.60 | 13.22 |
| M1 (end-period; PRs bn) | 3,344 | 3,621 | 3,685 | 3,859 | 3,883 | 4,131 | 4,216 | 4,549 |
| M1 (% change, year on year) | -0.5 | 9.8 | 14.4 | 16.3 | 16.1 | 14.1 | 14.4 | 17.9 |
| M2 (end-period; PRs bn) | 4,643 | 4,970 | 5,034 | 5,322 | 5,295 | 5,615 | 5,655 | 6,122 |
| M2 (% change, year on year) | 5.6 | 9.5 | 11.4 | 14.7 | 14.1 | 13.0 | 12.3 | 15.0 |
| Stockmarket KSE 100 index (end-period; Nov 1st 1991=1,000) | 6,860 | 7,162 | 9,350 | 9,378 | 10,178 | 9,722 | 10,013 | 12,022 |
| Foreign trade (US$ m) | ||||||||
| Exports fob | 3,907 | 4,306 | 4,452 | 4,661 | 4,973 | 5,310 | 5,091 | 5,841 |
| Imports cif | -7,006 | -8,699 | -7,587 | -8,408 | -9,113 | -9,603 | -9,029 | -10,072 |
| Trade balance | -3,099 | -4,393 | -3,135 | -3,746 | -4,140 | -4,293 | -3,938 | -4,231 |
| Foreign payments (US$ m) | ||||||||
| Merchandise trade balance | -2,045 | -2,365 | -2,850 | -3,010 | -2,335 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Services balance | -612 | -430 | -704 | -822 | -416 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Income balance | -967 | -1,055 | -699 | -893 | -693 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Net transfer payments | 3,079 | 2,972 | 3,272 | 3,136 | 2,909 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Current-account balance | -545 | -878 | -981 | -1,589 | -535 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Reserves excl gold (end-period) | 7,448 | 9,519 | 11,849 | 11,318 | 12,098 | 13,305 | 14,174 | 14,346 |
| Sources: State Bank of Pakistan, Statistical Bulletin; IMF, International Financial Statistics. | ||||||||
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