Country Report Brunei March 2011

Economic structure: Quarterly indicators

	2009				2010
	1 Qtr	2 Qtr	3 Qtr	4 Qtr	1 Qtr	2 Qtr	3 Qtr	4 Qtr
Output
GDP at constant 2000 prices (Br$ m)	2,829	2,572	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
GDP at constant 2000 prices (% change, year on year)	2.8	4.5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Prices
Consumer prices (av; 2005=100)	104.1	104.3	104.3	104.5	104.6	n/a	n/a	n/a
Consumer prices (% change, year on year)	1.6	1.3	0.9	0.3	0.4	n/a	n/a	n/a
Financial indicators
Exchange rate Br$:US$ (av)	1.512	1.473	1.439	1.394	1.403	1.391	1.356	1.303
Exchange rate Br$:US$ (end-period)	1.519	1.450	1.414	1.403	1.403	1.401	1.318	1.292
Deposit rate (av; %)	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	n/a
Lending rate (av; %)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	n/a
M1 (end-period; Br$ M)	4.8	4.8	5.3	5.3	3.1	3.7	n/a	n/a
M1 (% change, year on year)	16.6	24.3	34.9	22.9	-34.1	-22.3	n/a	n/a
M2 (end-period; Br$ M)	11.8	11.6	11.9	12.0	13.1	13.0	n/a	n/a
M2 (% change, year on year)	13.4	6.6	6.1	9.7	10.5	11.6	n/a	n/a
Sectoral trends
Crude petroleum production ('000 barrels/day)	156.0	148.0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Natural-gas production (bn cu ft)	107.0	90.5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Foreign reserves (US$ m)
Reserves excl gold (end-period)	745	825	926	997	983	1,001	1,117	n/a
Sources: Oil & Gas Journal; IMF, International Financial Statistics; Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE), Brunei.

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