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| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Exchange rate S£:US$ (av) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 48.1 | 47.9 | 46.6 | 46.0 | 45.9 | 46.1 | 45.9 | 46.2 | 46.3 | 46.4 | 46.9 | 46.7 |
| 2009 | 46.9 | 47.4 | 47.6 | 47.8 | 47.5 | 47.1 | 46.8 | 46.3 | 46.0 | 45.9 | 45.7 | 45.6 |
| 2010 | 45.7 | 46.0 | 45.9 | 46.0 | 46.8 | 47.0 | 46.7 | 46.8 | 46.5 | 46.2 | 46.3 | 46.7 |
| M1 (% change, year on year) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.1 | 9.5 | 10.6 | 9.6 | 12.1 | 13.4 | 14.2 | 12.3 | 8.8 | 13.1 |
| 2009 | 10.0 | 11.1 | 8.4 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 6.4 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 9.6 | 6.0 | 13.5 | 10.3 |
| 2010 | 12.3 | 13.9 | 15.5 | 16.2 | 17.1 | 21.7 | 17.4 | 13.7 | 12.3 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| M2 (% change, year on year) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 23.7 | 24.2 | 24.2 | 22.8 | 23.4 | 24.0 | 24.7 | 26.6 | 26.5 | 24.8 | 22.1 | 25.2 |
| 2009 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 8.9 | 6.0 | 7.7 | 5.9 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 12.4 | 9.2 |
| 2010 | 11.0 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 11.0 | 11.3 | 14.8 | 12.2 | 11.3 | 10.4 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Consumer prices (av; % change, year on year) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 7.0 | 9.3 | 12.4 | 15.2 | 20.0 | 20.8 | 17.9 | 17.5 | 19.1 | 19.2 | 16.3 | 15.5 |
| 2009 | 10.6 | 6.2 | 4.9 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 0.2 | -0.7 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
| 2010 | 2.2 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 6.3 |
| Deposit rate (av; %) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| 2009 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 |
| 2010 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Lending rate (av; %) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| 2009 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| 2010 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Total exports fob (US$ m) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 1,220 | 988 | 1,254 | 1,543 | 1,905 | 1,361 | 1,583 | 1,269 | 1,690 | 1,384 | 1,165 | 988 |
| 2009 | 789 | 674 | 808 | 884 | 1,311 | 905 | 1,070 | 967 | 1,036 | 1,033 | 957 | 918 |
| 2010 | 1,138 | 865 | 1,104 | 1,140 | 1,731 | 1,299 | 1,311 | 1,174 | 1,275 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Total imports cif (US$ m) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 1,723 | 1,839 | 2,329 | 2,487 | 2,415 | 2,426 | 2,355 | 2,508 | 2,588 | 2,364 | 2,069 | 2,305 |
| 2009 | 1,424 | 1,429 | 1,918 | 1,837 | 1,755 | 1,925 | 1,879 | 1,914 | 2,059 | 1,984 | 2,046 | 2,277 |
| 2010 | 1,615 | 1,673 | 2,159 | 2,033 | 2,075 | 2,116 | 1,956 | 2,238 | 2,280 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Trade balance fob-cif (US$ m) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | -502.8 | -850.8 | -1,075.4 | -943.4 | -510.7 | -1,064.3 | -771.9 | -1,239.6 | -898.2 | -980.4 | -904.2 | -1,317.3 |
| 2009 | -634.7 | -755.1 | -1,109.9 | -952.8 | -444.2 | -1,020.0 | -808.8 | -946.4 | -1,023.0 | -951.1 | -1,088.8 | -1,358.9 |
| 2010 | -477.5 | -807.2 | -1,054.5 | -892.5 | -344.3 | -816.9 | -644.5 | -1,064.7 | -1,005.6 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Sources: Central Bank of Syria; IMF, International Financial Statistics, Direction of Trade Statistics; Haver Analytics. | ||||||||||||
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