Country Report Saudi Arabia February 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)	120.0	120.7	121.3	122.8	124.7	126.1	127.7	130.2
Consumer prices (% change, year on year)	9.8	6.9	5.3	4.2	3.9	4.5	5.2	6.0
Wholesale prices (2000=100)	113.2	111.4	112.1	113.8	114.6	115.1	117.4	n/a
Wholesale prices (% change, year on year)	3.3	-2.5	-5.3	-5.3	1.2	3.3	4.7	n/a
OPEC basket (US$/barrel)	52.5	42.9	68.1	74.3	67.7	67.7	n/a	n/a
Financial indicators
Exchange rate SR:US$ (av)	3.750	3.750	3.750	3.750	3.750	3.750	3.750	3.750
Exchange rate SR:US$ (end-period)	3.750	3.750	3.750	3.750	3.750	3.750	3.750	3.750
Deposit rate (av; %)	3.783	2.520	1.673	0.281	0.399	0.265	0.407	n/a
M1 (end-period; SR bn)	425.5	459.8	476.1	492.7	521.6	542.0	576.9	591.3
M1 (% change, year on year)	10.9	11.7	10.9	17.9	22.6	17.9	21.2	20.0
M2 (end-period; SR bn)	929.1	965.6	1001.9	999.9	1028.9	1010.5	1035.6	1050.9
M2 (% change, year on year)	17.6	15.8	16.4	12.5	10.7	4.7	3.4	5.1
TASI stockmarket index (end-period; Feb1985=1,000)	4,803	4,704	5,596	6,322	6,122	6,801	6,094	6,392
Sectoral trends
Crude petroleum (m barrels/day)a	8.8	8.0	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.3
Foreign tradeb (US$ m)
Exports fob	60,270	34,563	39,181	46,593	51,760	n/a	n/a	n/a
Imports fob	28,003	20,458	23,184	24,160	25,132	n/a	n/a	n/a
Trade balance	32,267	14,104	15,997	22,434	26,628	n/a	n/a	n/a
Foreign reserves (US$ m)
Reserves excl gold (end-period)	442,249	415,167	394,598	384,871	410,109	420,236	419,549	437,838
a Including half share of Neutral Zone production. b DOTS estimates, figures are subject to revision.
Sources: IEA, Monthly Oil Market Report; IMF, International Financial Statistics; Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS); Bloomberg; Platts.

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