Public Debt Management in Pakistan Debt Policy Coordination Office Ministry of Finance
Objectives ‒ Covering the financing needs and payment obligations; ‒ Minimizing risks of the public debt portfolio cognizant of cost & risks trade-offs; ‒ Facilitate the development of domestic debt market.
( *) (P)2014 (P)2015 (P)SEP'15 (P) (RS. IN BILLION) Domestic Debt4,654.36,016.77,638.19, , , ,718.7 External Debt4,351.94,750.25,057.24,771.05,076.55,175.55,378.6 Total Public Debt9, , , , , , ,097.3 (IN PERCENT OF GDP) Domestic Debt External Debt Total Public Debt (IN PERCENT OF TOTAL DEBT) Domestic Debt External Debt MEMO External Debt (US$ in billion) GDP (Rs. in billion)14,86718,27620,04722,37925,06827,38430,672 P: Provisional * end-September, 2015 Public Debt Statistics
‒ Reduction in refinancing risk; ‒ Reduction in interest rate risk; ‒ Reduction in FX risk; ‒ Alignment of wholesale debt instrument rate with the market yields; ‒ Synchronization of rate setting on retail debt Instruments with wholesale secondary market; ‒ Reduction in cost of domestic debt. Debt Performance Indicators (2013–15)
Public Debt Sustainability Indicators Cost and Risk Indicators (a) External debtDomestic debtTotal debt Refinancing risk ATM (years) Debt maturing in 1yr (% of total) Interest rate risk ATR (years) Debt Re-fixing in 1yr (% of total) Fixed rate debt (% of total) FX risk FX debt (% of total debt) ST FX debt (% of official liquid reserves) Public Debt Sustainability
Medium Term Debt Strategy ‒ Preference to concessional external financing over domestic borrowing; ‒ Gradually lengthen the maturity profile of domestic debt; ‒ Minimizing exposure to interest rate risk; ‒ Pursuing a smooth redemption profile; ‒ Maintaining presence in the international capital markets.
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