Country Report Senegal April 2011

Outlook for 2011-12: Forecast summary

Forecast summary
(% unless otherwise indicated)
 2009a2010b2011c2012c
Real GDP growth2.24.24.34.5
Industrial production growth4.63.14.34.9
Gross agricultural production growth7.25.04.54.3
Consumer price inflation (av)-1.11.2a3.43.0
Lending rate14.514.515.015.5
Government balance (% of GDP)-5.6-5.5-6.0-4.9
Exports of goods fob (US$ m)1,8912,062a2,3492,311
Imports of goods fob (US$ m)-4,542-4,444a-5,050-4,892
Current-account balance (US$ m)-1,421b-1,209-1,484-1,307
Current-account balance (% of GDP)-11.9b-9.9-11.2-9.7
External debt (year-end; US$ m)3,5033,5753,9324,126
Exchange rate CFAfr:US$ (av)470.9494.8a480.6506.5
Exchange rate CFAfr:¥100 (av)502.5563.0a587.9625.3
Exchange rate CFAfr:€ (end-period)656.0656.0656.0656.0
Exchange rate CFAfr:SDR (end-period)721.7757.9a770.9792.0
a Actual. b Economist Intelligence Unit estimates. c Economist Intelligence Unit forecasts.

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