Country Report Oman January 2011

Data and charts: Monthly data

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Exchange rate OR:US$ (av)
2008	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385
2009	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385
2010	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385
M1 (% change, year on year)
2008	53.7	65.8	63.5	53.7	48.8	43.0	38.5	37.9	31.6	23.7	15.5	4.1
2009	1.3	2.1	-6.0	3.5	4.5	1.6	6.9	5.9	3.2	8.4	19.7	18.5
2010	13.0	11.9	19.3	15.5	10.9	13.8	10.9	17.5	19.1	14.7	n/a	n/a
M2 (% change, year on year)
2008	40.0	40.5	37.8	38.8	36.7	34.0	31.2	33.9	30.3	31.3	30.9	23.3
2009	20.7	18.6	13.0	10.9	10.5	8.2	12.6	7.6	7.7	5.6	4.5	4.7
2010	4.6	6.2	9.1	9.9	6.2	8.0	6.3	8.0	8.7	7.5	n/a	n/a
Lending rate (av; %)
2008	7.19	6.94	6.92	6.83	6.79	6.66	6.59	6.54	6.66	6.77	6.96	7.10
2009	7.24	7.32	7.23	7.21	7.21	7.20	7.35	7.42	7.40	7.43	7.44	7.44
2010	7.47	7.42	7.35	7.32	7.28	7.11	7.04	7.01	6.98	n/a	n/a	n/a
Deposit rate (av; %)
2008	4.04	3.94	3.85	3.67	3.65	3.67	3.66	3.70	3.86	4.01	4.22	4.48
2009	4.69	4.62	4.59	4.49	4.46	4.39	4.44	4.44	4.34	4.31	4.22	4.14
2010	4.05	4.01	4.01	3.97	3.90	3.81	3.79	3.70	3.57	n/a	n/a	n/a
Stockmarket index (MSM 30; Jun 1990=1000)
2008	9,172	10,363	10,103	11,211	11,555	11,323	10,677	9,721	8,494	6,210	6,126	5,441
2009	4,814	4,854	4,629	5,129	5,500	5,612	5,846	6,345	6,573	6,355	6,357	6,369
2010	6,532	6,689	6,698	6,830	6,294	6,058	6,295	6,257	6,473	6,553	6,592	6,755
Consumer prices (% change, year on year)
2008	10.1	11.1	11.7	12.5	13.2	14.0	13.7	13.7	12.9	12.6	12.7	11.8
2009	9.4	7.9	7.9	7.1	4.2	3.0	2.5	1.9	1.2	0.9	0.8	0.9
2010	1.7	1.9	2.6	3.1	3.2	3.4	2.7	2.7	4.2	4.2	n/a	n/a
Foreign-exchange reserves excl gold (US$ m)
2008	9,912	9,815	10,407	10,220	10,326	10,050	10,325	9,730	10,322	10,517	11,299	11,582
2009	11,894	12,213	11,761	11,444	11,372	11,132	10,765	11,494	11,528	12,053	11,745	12,203
2010	12,433	12,793	13,529	13,345	13,258	13,028	13,181	13,091	13,390	14,308	n/a	n/a
Sources: IMF, International Financial Statistics; Haver Analytics.

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