2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ||||||
4 Qtr | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | 4 Qtr | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | |
Prices | ||||||||
Consumer prices (Dec 2001=100) | 157.5 | 161.6 | 164.2 | 167.2 | 168.4 | 171.4 | 171.9 | 173.8 |
Consumer prices (% change, year on year) | 11.5 | 11.5 | 9.6 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 4.0 |
Financial indicators | ||||||||
Exchange rate N$:US$ (av)a | 9.935 | 9.946 | 8.457 | 7.796 | 7.494 | 7.512 | 7.544 | 7.306 |
Exchange rate N$:US$ (end-period)a | 9.304 | 9.517 | 7.730 | 7.408 | 7.361 | 7.330 | 7.625 | 6.951 |
Bank of Namibia overdraft rate (end-period; %) | 10.0 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
Deposit rate (av; %) | 8.6 | 8.1 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
Govt bond yield rate (av; %) | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.1 | n/a | n/a |
Lending rate (av; %) | 14.0 | 13.1 | 10.9 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 9.8 | 9.7 |
Prime rate (av; %) | 15.1 | 14.1 | 12.0 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.1 |
Treasury bill rate (av; %) | 10.5 | 9.9 | 8.6 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 6.4 |
M1 (end-period; N$ m) | 18,571 | 19,836 | 20,169 | 19,494 | 21,020 | 22,961 | 21,190 | 23,050 |
M1 (% change, year on year) | 26.9 | 14.7 | 10.7 | 2.3 | 13.2 | 15.8 | 5.1 | 18.2 |
M2 (end-period; N$ m) | 29,241 | 30,067 | 30,256 | 29,363 | 31,091 | 33,214 | 31,659 | 32,832 |
M2 (% change, year on year) | 17.9 | 11.2 | 8.0 | 1.3 | 6.3 | 10.5 | 4.6 | 11.8 |
IJG/IPPR Business Climate Index (Jan 2006=100) | 117.5 | 118.0 | 116.9 | 121.1 | 121.8 | 122.5 | 120.4 | 124.4 |
IJG/IPPR BCI (% change, year on year) | -0.6 | -1.1 | -2.5 | -2.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 2.7 |
Foreign trade & reserves | ||||||||
Goods exports fob ( N$ m) | 9,598 | 6,897 | 5,552 | 6,577 | 7,236 | 6,996 | 6,911 | 7,609 |
Diamonds | 1,213 | 508 | 982 | 2,062 | 1,006 | 1,025 | 1,163 | 1,163 |
Other minerals | 2,991 | 1,976 | 310 | 396 | 351 | 1,956 | 2,060 | 2,060 |
Food & live animals | 938 | 844 | 658 | 764 | 878 | 746 | 869 | 869 |
Manufactures | 2,692 | 1,740 | 1,369 | 1,684 | 1,427 | 1,703 | 1,550 | 1,550 |
Goods imports fob (N$ m) | -10,022 | -8,799 | -8,572 | -9,849 | -9,394 | -8,647 | -7,996 | -9,716 |
Trade balance (N$ m) | -424 | -1,902 | -3,020 | -3,272 | -2,158 | -1,651 | -1,085 | -2,107 |
Services balance (N$ m) | -479 | -115 | 230 | 401 | -25 | -189 | 8 | 92 |
Income balance (N$ m) | -650 | -313 | 84 | 802 | -110 | -503 | -608 | -519 |
Transfers balance (N$ m) | 2,485 | 2,665 | 2,673 | 2,655 | 2,621 | 2,618 | 1,804 | 2,651 |
Current-account balance (N$ m) | 932 | 281 | -46 | 1,254 | 442 | 358 | 119 | 117 |
Reserves excl gold (end-period; US$ m) | 1,293 | 1,437 | 1,640 | 2,164 | 2,051 | 1,932 | 1,803 | 1,833 |
a The Namibia dollar (N$) is fixed at parity with the South African rand. | ||||||||
Sources: Bank of Namibia, Quarterly Bulletin; IMF, International Financial Statistics; Irwin, Jacobs, Greene/Institute for Public Policy Research, Windhoek; US Federal Reserve. |
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