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Country Report Oman January 2011
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| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ||||||
| 4 Qtr | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | 4 Qtr | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | |
| Government finance (OR m) | ||||||||
| Revenue | 1,780 | 1,350 | 1,885 | 1,593 | 1,860 | 1,996 | 2,225 | 1,543 |
| Expenditure | 1,674 | 1,366 | 1,866 | 1,630 | 1,847 | 1,575 | 1,943 | 1,684 |
| Balance | 106 | -17 | 19 | -37 | 13 | 421 | 282 | -141 |
| Prices | ||||||||
| Consumer prices (2000=100) | 128 | 127 | 126 | 127 | 129 | 130 | 130 | n/a |
| Consumer prices (% change, year on year) | 12.5 | 7.9 | 4.0 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 3.3 | n/a |
| Wholesale prices (2000=100) | 148.7 | 146.9 | 145.7 | 144.8 | 147.5 | 150.2 | 152.1 | n/a |
| Wholesale prices (% change, year on year) | 9.5 | 2.7 | -2.9 | -6.8 | -0.8 | 2.2 | 4.4 | n/a |
| Financial indicators | ||||||||
| Exchange rate OR:US$ (av) | 0.385 | 0.385 | 0.385 | 0.385 | 0.385 | 0.385 | 0.385 | 0.385 |
| Exchange rate OR:US$ (end-period) | 0.385 | 0.385 | 0.385 | 0.385 | 0.385 | 0.385 | 0.385 | 0.385 |
| Deposit rate (av; %) | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| Lending rate (av; %) | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 7.0 |
| M1 (end-period; OR m) | 1,995 | 2,182 | 2,277 | 2,239 | 2,365 | 2,603 | 2,592 | 2,667 |
| M1 (% change, year on year) | 4.1 | -6.0 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 18.5 | 19.3 | 13.8 | 19.1 |
| M2 (end-period; OR m) | 7,533 | 7,587 | 7,601 | 7,666 | 7,890 | 8,275 | 8,208 | 8,335 |
| M2 (% change, year on year) | 23.3 | 13.0 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 4.7 | 9.1 | 8.0 | 8.7 |
| Share price index, MSM (end-period; Jan 1st 1995=1,000) | 5,926 | 4,765 | 5,414 | 6,255 | 6,360 | 6,640 | 6,394 | 6,341 |
| Share price index, MSM (% change, year on year) | -30.3 | -51.8 | -52.4 | -35.1 | 7.3 | 39.3 | 18.1 | 1.4 |
| Sectoral trends | ||||||||
| Crude oil production (m barrels/day) | 0.73 | 0.79 | 0.79 | 0.80 | 0.84 | 0.86 | 0.84 | 0.88 |
| Omani average oil price (US$/barrel) | 92.6 | 45.0 | 46.5 | 64.1 | 73.4 | 79.2 | 72.7 | 76.9 |
| Electricity production (kwh m) | 3,448 | 2,827 | 5,439 | 6,254 | 3,885 | 3,164 | 5,896 | 6,456 |
| Foreign trade (OR m) | ||||||||
| Exports fob | 3,443 | 2,230 | 2,333 | 2,782 | 3,397 | 3,418 | 3,535 | n/a |
| Oil & liquefied natural gas | 2,672 | 1,449 | 1,373 | 1,887 | 2,239 | 2,392 | 2,419 | n/a |
| Imports cif | 2,333 | 1,955 | 1,554 | 1,516 | 1,845 | 1,860 | 1,853 | n/a |
| Trade balance | 1,110 | 275 | 779 | 1,266 | 1,552 | 1,558 | 1,683 | n/a |
| Foreign reserves | ||||||||
| Reserves excl gold (end-period; US$ m) | 11,582 | 11,761 | 11,132 | 11,528 | 12,203 | 13,529 | 13,028 | 13,390 |
| Sources: Ministry of National Economy, Monthly Statistical Bulletin; International Energy Agency (IEA), Monthly Oil Market Report, quarterly figures; IMF, International Financial Statistics. | ||||||||
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