Country Report Gabon January 2011

Data and charts: Quarterly data

	2008	2009				2010
	4 Qtr	1 Qtr	2 Qtr	3 Qtr	4 Qtr	1 Qtr	2 Qtr	3 Qtr
Prices
Consumer prices (2000=100)	111.3	110.0	110.6	111.3	112.3	112.8	108.1	n/a
Consumer prices (% change, year on year)	5.5	4.2	1.7	0.9	0.9	2.5	-2.3	n/a
Financial indicators
Exchange rate CFAfr:US$ (av)	496.6	503.9	482.2	458.6	444.0	473.9	516.3	508.0
Exchange rate CFAfr:US$ (end-period)	471.3	492.9	464.1	448.0	455.3	486.7	534.6	480.6
Deposit rate (av; %)	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	n/a
Discount rate (end-period; %)	4.8	4.5	4.5	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	n/a
Lending rate (av; %)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
M1 (end-period; CFAfr bn)	774.4	789.5	718.5	746.9	766.2	779.9	836.4	n/a
M1 (% change, year on year)	12.3	11.3	4.3	-0.9	-1.0	-1.2	16.4	n/a
M2 (end-period; CFAfr bn)	1,141.0	1,183.0	1,114.6	1,127.6	1,165.2	1,190.8	1,267.3	n/a
M2 (% change, year on year)	9.1	9.7	4.7	-1.5	2.1	0.7	13.7	n/a
Foreign trade (US$ m)a
Exports fob	1,506.0	1,046.5	985.5	1,532.6	1,215.3	1,375.9	1,217.6	n/a
Imports cif	-715.9	-573.3	-563.4	-579.1	-647.9	-678.8	-599.8	n/a
Trade balance	790.1	473.1	422.1	953.4	567.3	697.1	617.8	n/a
Foreign reserves (US$ m)
Reserves excl gold (end-period)	1,923	1,676	1,838	2,046	1,993	2,012	1,976	n/a
a Based on trading partners’ data.
Sources: IMF, International Financial Statistics; Direction of Trade Statistics.

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