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Country Report Saudi Arabia February 2011
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| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Exchange rate SR:US$ (av) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 |
| 2009 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 |
| 2010 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 |
| Exchange rate SR:US$ (end-period) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 |
| 2009 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 |
| 2010 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 | 3.750 |
| Exchange rate SR:€ (av) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 5.576 | 5.688 | 5.930 | 5.828 | 5.816 | 5.912 | 5.854 | 5.526 | 5.364 | 4.784 | 4.773 | 5.219 |
| 2009 | 4.806 | 4.742 | 4.991 | 4.978 | 5.287 | 5.300 | 5.302 | 5.352 | 5.491 | 5.550 | 5.634 | 5.402 |
| 2010 | 5.237 | 5.089 | 5.055 | 4.993 | 4.644 | 4.602 | 4.886 | 4.755 | 5.118 | 5.196 | n/a | n/a |
| M1 (% change, year on year) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 27.0 | 26.0 | 27.6 | 23.3 | 27.0 | 28.8 | 24.0 | 23.7 | 18.1 | 17.1 | 15.6 | 10.9 |
| 2009 | 9.6 | 12.3 | 11.7 | 15.1 | 12.6 | 10.9 | 14.2 | 16.8 | 17.9 | 18.7 | 18.7 | 22.6 |
| 2010 | 21.9 | 18.6 | 17.9 | 16.9 | 17.8 | 21.2 | 20.6 | 20.4 | 20.0 | 20.1 | n/a | n/a |
| M2 (% change, year on year) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 23.9 | 26.2 | 23.0 | 19.3 | 21.6 | 21.3 | 20.9 | 21.8 | 19.4 | 20.2 | 19.2 | 17.6 |
| 2009 | 13.9 | 15.6 | 15.8 | 18.3 | 16.9 | 16.4 | 15.3 | 12.3 | 12.5 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 10.7 |
| 2010 | 8.3 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 5.1 | 3.7 | n/a | n/a |
| Deposit rate (av; %) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.0 |
| 2009 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| 2010 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| TASI stockmarket index (end-period; Feb 1985=1,000) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 9,675 | 10,291 | 8,993 | 10,066 | 9,529 | 9,352 | 8,741 | 8,757 | 7,459 | 5,538 | 4,738 | 4,803 |
| 2009 | 4,809 | 4,385 | 4,704 | 5,626 | 5,893 | 5,596 | 5,778 | 5,661 | 6,322 | 6,269 | 6,356 | 6,122 |
| 2010 | 6,253 | 6,438 | 6,801 | 6,868 | 6,121 | 6,094 | 6,267 | 6,106 | 6,392 | 6,310 | 6,319 | n/a |
| Consumer prices (av; % change, year on year) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 7.0 | 8.7 | 9.6 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 9.0 |
| 2009 | 7.9 | 6.9 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 |
| 2010 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
| Foreign-exchange reserves excl gold (US$ m) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 323,272 | 335,000 | 349,991 | 355,325 | 365,463 | 381,116 | 404,872 | 420,414 | 437,319 | 444,588 | 447,452 | 442,249 |
| 2009 | 435,445 | 426,838 | 415,167 | 404,024 | 399,674 | 394,598 | 386,369 | 386,778 | 384,871 | 393,484 | 393,521 | 409,694 |
| 2010 | 413,754 | 418,627 | 419,821 | 418,024 | 419,963 | 419,134 | 421,265 | 423,939 | 426,170 | 433,747 | 448,994 | n/a |
| Sources: IMF, International Financial Statistics; Haver Analytics. | ||||||||||||
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