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Country Report Afghanistan January 2011
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HTMLEconomic structure: Quarterly indicators
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ||||||
| 4 Qtr | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | 4 Qtra | 1 Qtrb | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | |
| Central government finance (Af m) | ||||||||
| Revenue | n/a | n/a | 23.6 | 37.6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Expenditure | n/a | n/a | 19.5 | 36.6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Balance | n/a | n/a | 4.1 | 1.0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Prices | ||||||||
| Consumer prices (av; 2005=100) | 150.2 | 137.7 | 128.9 | 130.5 | 130.0 | 124.8 | 128.0 | 135.9 |
| Consumer prices (% change, year on year) | 27.4 | 8.9 | -11.9 | -13.9 | -13.5 | -9.4 | -0.8 | 4.1 |
| Financial indicators | ||||||||
| Exchange rate Af:US$ (av) | 51.6 | 52.2 | 50.1 | 49.7 | 49.0 | 47.9 | 47.0 | 45.7 |
| Exchange rate Af:US$ (end-period) | 52.1 | 51.8 | 50.1 | 49.5 | 48.7 | 48.5 | 46.3 | 45.1 |
| Lending rate (av; %) | 14.9 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 15.0 | 16.8 | n/a |
| Short-term money market rate (av; %) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 3.4 | 1.8 | n/a |
| M1 (end-period; Af m) | 88,002 | 97,984 | 99,107 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| M1 (% change, year on year) | 24.1 | 37.7 | 32.7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| M2 (end-period; Af m) | 151,558 | 162,527 | 170,329 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| M2 (% change, year on year) | 27.8 | 35.2 | 34.7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Foreign reserves (US$ m) | ||||||||
| Reserves excl gold (end-period) | 1,345 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| a March 21st-June 20th. b June 21st-September 20th. | ||||||||
| Sources: IMF, International Financial Statistics. | ||||||||
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