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Pakistan's economy, topic by topic

The questions people ask about Pakistan's economy, each answered with the latest official figures and every series behind them.

• Pakistan external debt — What Pakistan owes abroad, to whom, and what it pays to service it — quarterly from SBP.
• Pakistan public debt — Government debt at home and abroad in rupees, debt-to-GDP, and who holds T-bills and PIBs.
• Pakistan foreign exchange reserves — Weekly liquid FX reserves of SBP and banks, monthly history since 1948, gold and import cover.
• Pakistan workers' remittances — Money sent home by Pakistanis abroad — monthly totals since 1972 and by sending country.
• Pakistan inflation rate — Headline CPI inflation, urban and rural CPI by group, weekly essential-goods inflation and WPI.
• Food and essential prices in Pakistan — Weekly national prices of atta, sugar, ghee, milk, chicken and other essentials (PBS SPI).
• Pakistan interest rates — The SBP policy rate and corridor, market rates (KIBOR, T-bills, PKRV) and real interest rates.
• KIBOR rates — Daily KIBOR for every tenor since 2005, monthly averages, bid rates and spreads.
• T-bill and PIB yields — T-bill and PIB auction yields, the daily PKRV yield curve and Islamic sukuk rates.
• Rupee exchange rates — USD/PKR daily and since 1947, the rupee against 20+ currencies, and REER/NEER.
• Petrol and diesel prices in Pakistan — Every PSO price change for petrol, diesel and kerosene since 2006, in rupees and dollars.
• Pakistan exports and imports — Monthly exports, imports and the trade balance, by product, service and partner country.
• Pakistan current account and balance of payments — The monthly current account balance and the rest of the balance of payments.
• Pakistan money supply — Broad money M2, reserve money, currency in circulation, private credit and deposits.
• Pakistan GDP growth — Real GDP growth, annual and quarterly, by sector, plus LSM and other monthly activity data.

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