Country Report India January 2011

Data and charts: Monthly data

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Exchange rate Rs:US$ (av)
2008	39.4	39.7	40.4	40.0	42.1	42.8	42.8	42.9	45.6	48.7	49.0	48.6
2009	48.8	49.3	51.2	50.1	48.5	47.8	48.5	48.3	48.4	46.7	46.6	46.6
2010	46.0	46.3	45.5	44.5	45.8	46.6	46.8	46.6	46.1	44.4	n/a	n/a
Exchange rate Rs:US$ (end-period)
2008	39.4	39.9	40.0	40.5	42.6	43.0	42.5	43.8	46.9	49.2	49.8	48.5
2009	49.0	50.7	50.9	50.2	47.3	47.9	48.2	48.9	48.0	47.0	46.5	46.7
2010	46.4	46.2	45.1	44.4	46.4	46.6	46.5	47.1	44.9	44.5	n/a	n/a
Money supply M1 (% change, year on year)
2008	20.1	15.7	18.4	17.5	20.3	17.3	16.5	19.4	15.9	16.9	10.4	10.2
2009	9.8	11.4	9.6	13.6	14.4	13.0	15.0	15.5	15.1	16.2	17.1	17.9
2010	18.9	17.5	19.3	15.7	15.7	17.9	18.8	17.0	15.3	20.5	n/a	n/a
Money supply M3 (% change, year on year)
2008	23.7	23.5	20.7	21.0	22.7	20.8	19.8	20.9	19.1	20.3	19.3	19.7
2009	20.1	19.9	19.0	21.3	21.0	20.5	21.5	19.7	19.4	18.8	18.5	17.4
2010	17.5	17.0	17.5	15.6	14.9	15.1	15.3	15.6	15.3	17.7	n/a	n/a
Money market rate (end-period; %)
2008	7.75	7.75	7.75	7.75	7.75	8.50	9.00	9.00	9.00	8.00	7.50	6.50
2009	5.50	5.50	5.00	4.75	4.75	4.75	4.75	4.75	4.75	4.75	4.75	4.75
2010	4.75	4.75	5.00	5.25	5.25	5.25	5.75	5.75	6.00	6.00	6.25	n/a
Lending rate (av; %)
2008	13.3	13.3	13.0	12.8	12.8	12.8	13.3	14.0	14.0	14.0	13.5	13.3
2009	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
2010	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	8.0	8.0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Industrial production (% change, year on year)
2008	6.2	9.5	5.5	6.2	5.2	6.9	7.3	2.4	7.9	0.9	3.8	1.1
2009	2.8	1.5	3.4	1.6	1.7	8.6	7.2	10.5	8.2	10.1	11.3	18.0
2010	16.8	15.1	15.5	16.6	12.2	7.2	15.0	6.9	4.4	n/a	n/a	n/a
BSE Sensex stockmarket index (end-period; 1978/79=100)
2008	17,649	17,579	15,644	17,287	16,416	13,462	14,356	14,565	12,860	9,788	9,093	9,647
2009	9,424	8,892	9,709	11,403	14,625	14,494	15,670	15,667	17,127	15,896	16,926	17,465
2010	16,358	16,430	17,528	17,559	16,945	17,701	17,868	17,971	20,069	20,032	19,521	n/a
Consumer prices, industrial workers (% change, year on year; av)
2008	5.5	5.5	7.9	7.8	7.8	7.7	8.3	9.0	9.8	10.4	10.6	9.6
2009	10.5	9.7	8.4	8.6	8.9	9.2	11.9	11.5	11.4	11.4	13.4	14.9
2010	16.1	14.8	14.3	13.7	13.4	13.8	11.3	10.1	10.1	9.8	n/a	n/a
Wholesale prices (% change, year on year; av)
2008	4.5	5.7	7.7	8.0	8.2	10.9	11.2	11.2	10.8	10.6	8.6	6.6
2009	5.9	3.5	1.5	0.9	1.2	-0.7	-0.6	0.3	1.1	1.5	4.5	6.9
2010	8.5	9.7	10.2	11.0	10.6	10.3	10.0	8.8	8.6	8.6	n/a	n/a
Total exports fob (US$ m)
2008	14,889	15,116	17,254	18,460	18,687	19,181	19,030	17,759	15,789	14,131	11,163	13,368
2009	12,869	11,941	12,916	12,475	12,316	13,606	14,341	13,586	14,624	14,806	14,933	16,512
2010	15,569	15,717	20,181	16,505	15,719	17,745	16,240	16,644	18,023	17,960	n/a	n/a
Total imports cif (US$ m)
2008	22,844	20,804	23,574	30,317	29,444	28,951	31,625	33,523	31,136	25,869	23,488	19,456
2009	18,228	15,062	16,597	19,323	20,037	23,013	21,724	22,440	21,527	25,936	24,787	28,191
2010	25,245	25,980	29,391	27,669	26,581	28,299	29,170	29,679	27,141	27,689	n/a	n/a
Trade balance fob-cif (US$ m)
2008	-7,955	-5,688	-6,320	-11,857	-10,757	-9,770	-12,595	-15,764	-15,347	-11,738	-12,325	-6,088
2009	-5,359	-3,121	-3,681	-6,848	-7,721	-9,407	-7,383	-8,854	-6,903	-11,130	-9,854	-11,679
2010	-9,676	-10,263	-9,210	-11,164	-10,862	-10,554	-12,930	-13,035	-9,118	-9,729	n/a	n/a
Foreign-exchange reserves excl gold (US$ m)
2008	284,034	291,677	299,684	304,725	305,407	302,874	296,438	286,613	277,770	244,499	239,759	247,419
2009	239,692	239,491	242,345	242,658	252,608	255,248	261,865	267,318	270,855	273,460	269,969	265,182
2010	262,904	260,442	261,393	261,414	254,636	256,334	265,513	263,145	272,490	n/a	n/a	n/a
Sources: IMF, International Financial Statistics; Haver Analytics.

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