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Country Report Bangladesh April 2011
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| 2009 | 2010 | |||||||
| 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | 4 Qtr | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | 4 Qtr | |
| Prices | ||||||||
| Consumer prices (2005=100) | 128.5 | 129.8 | 136.5 | 140.1 | 140.0 | 141.0 | 146.7 | n/a |
| Consumer prices (% change, year on year) | 5.6 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 7.5 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 7.5 | n/a |
| Financial indicators | ||||||||
| Exchange rate Tk:US$ (av) | 68.94 | 69.03 | 69.06 | 69.12 | 69.25 | 69.30 | 69.54 | 70.51 |
| Exchange rate Tk:US$ (end-period) | 69.03 | 69.06 | 69.06 | 69.27 | 69.24 | 69.50 | 70.25 | 70.75 |
| Deposit rate (av; %) | 10.22 | 8.67 | 7.32 | 6.61 | 6.72 | 6.92 | 7.32 | 7.61 |
| Discount rate (end-period; %) | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| Lending rate (av; %) | 16.30 | 16.10 | 13.00 | 13.00 | 13.00 | 13.00 | 13.00 | 13.00 |
| M1 (end-period; Tk bn) | 616 | 664 | 714 | 754 | 776 | 880 | 918 | 999 |
| M1 (% change, year on year) | 12.8 | 11.0 | 7.6 | 16.5 | 26.0 | 32.5 | 28.6 | 32.6 |
| M2 (end-period; Tk bn) | 2,783 | 2,965 | 3,121 | 3,282 | 3,376 | 3,630 | 3,791 | 3,993 |
| M2 (% change, year on year) | 19.8 | 19.2 | 16.9 | 20.7 | 21.3 | 22.4 | 21.5 | 21.7 |
| Foreign trade (Tk bn) | ||||||||
| Exports fob | 218.1 | 212.8 | 217.2 | 211.0 | 219.5 | 229.7 | 253.4 | 286.8 |
| Imports cif | -366.6 | -326.2 | -336.1 | -395.5 | -390.7 | -422.4 | -458.7 | -545.7 |
| Trade balance | -148.5 | -113.4 | -118.9 | -184.5 | -171.2 | -192.7 | -205.3 | -258.9 |
| Balance of payments (US$ m) | ||||||||
| Merchandise trade balance fob-fob | -1,194 | -649 | -741 | -2,108 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Services balance | -479 | -249 | -367 | -367 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Income balance | -322 | -377 | -333 | -344 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Net transfer payments | 2,601 | 2,564 | 2,773 | 2,937 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Current-account balance | 606 | 1,289 | 1,332 | 118 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Reserves excl gold (end-period) | 5,850 | 7,365 | 9,254 | 10,219 | 10,017 | 10,610 | 10,268 | 10,564 |
| Sources: IMF, International Financial Statistics; Bangladesh Bank, Economic Trends. | ||||||||
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