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HTMLEconomic structure: Quarterly indicators
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ||||||
| 4 Qtr | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | 4 Qtr | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | |
| Financial indicators | ||||||||
| Exchange rate L$:US$ (av) | 63.37 | 64.62 | 67.88 | 71.73 | 68.91 | 71.57 | 70.82 | 72.21 |
| Exchange rate L$:US$ (end-period) | 64.00 | 65.50 | 70.50 | 72.00 | 70.50 | 71.50 | 72.25 | 72.50 |
| Deposit rate (av; %) | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.3 |
| Lending rate (av; %) | 14.3 | 14.1 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 14.3 |
| Treasury bill rate (av; %) | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| M1 (end-period; L$ bn) | 12.7 | 13.7 | 15.5 | 16.8 | 18.3 | 18.2 | 20.3 | 21.6 |
| M1 (% change, year on year) | 45.4 | 33.9 | 46.0 | 41.3 | 44.2 | 33.7 | 31.1 | 28.9 |
| M2 (end-period; L$ bn) | 16.9 | 18.1 | 20.8 | 22.8 | 24.2 | 24.2 | 27.1 | 29.0 |
| M2 (% change, year on year) | 42.4 | 33.3 | 43.6 | 44.3 | 43.3 | 33.3 | 30.3 | 27.3 |
| Foreign trade (US$ m)a | ||||||||
| Exports fob | 158 | 156 | 272 | 231 | 523 | 193 | 154 | 139 |
| Imports fob | 2,449 | 2,942 | 3,005 | 3,498 | 3,447 | 4,071 | 4,161 | 4,260 |
| Trade balance | -2,291 | -2,786 | -2,733 | -3,267 | -2,923 | -3,879 | -4,007 | -4,121 |
| Foreign reserves (US$ m) | ||||||||
| Reserves excl gold (end-period) | 160.9 | 170.0 | 194.0 | 351.2 | 372.5 | 386.8 | 393.7 | 418.7 |
| a DOTS estimates. | ||||||||
| Sources: IMF, International Financial Statistics ;Direction of Trade Statistics. | ||||||||
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