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Pakistani GDP growth seen lower than target-cbank
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KARACHI, Dec 29 - Pakistan's gross domestic product is likely to be significantly lower than a target of 5.5 percent in the 2008/09 fiscal year, the central bank said on Monday.
The State Bank of Pakistan said in a report on the first quarter, that ended on Sept. 30, inflation would also exceed a target of 12 percent by a wide margin.
The central bank projected GDP growth to range from 3.5 percent to 4.5 percent and inflation from 20 percent to 22 percent this fiscal year.
The fiscal and current account deficits were expected to improve in the year to June 30, it said.
The central bank estimated that the current account deficit would fall to between 6.2 percent and 6.8 percent of GDP, compared with 8.4 percent in the fiscal year of 2007/08.
The fiscal deficit was projected to be 4.7 percent of GDP, compared with 7.4 percent in the previous year, it said.
However, it said Pakistan still had many challenges even though there had been a fall in global commodity prices and the country entered an International Monetary Fund programme last month.
"While many of the country's macroeconomic indicators may no longer be worsening, the imbalances are nonetheless still quite large," the bank said in its report, said adding that there was no room for complacency.
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