Country Report Kuwait May 2011

Data and charts: Monthly data

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Exchange rate KD:US$ (av)
2009	0.283	0.290	0.292	0.291	0.290	0.288	0.287	0.287	0.287	0.286	0.286	0.286
2010	0.287	0.288	0.288	0.288	0.290	0.292	0.289	0.287	0.287	0.282	0.281	0.281
2011	0.280	0.279	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Exchange rate KD:US$ (end-period)
2009	0.288	0.290	0.291	0.292	0.288	0.287	0.287	0.288	0.287	0.286	0.285	0.287
2010	0.287	0.288	0.289	0.289	0.291	0.291	0.288	0.288	0.285	0.282	0.282	0.281
2011	0.279	0.279	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Budget revenue (KD m)
2009	653	1,008	918	999	1,163	1,220	1,502	1,757	1,575	1,472	1,486	1,730
2010	1,814	1,300	1,908	1,645	1,710	1,765	1,505	1,607	1,716	1,587	1,683	1,910
2011	1,781	1,759	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Budget expenditure (KD m)
2009	1,773	2,360	2,178	189	540	643	569	450	834	760	862	838
2010	1,009	991	2,072	300	606	992	880	826	916	1,422	1,236	917
2011	1,021	1,858	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Budget balance (KD m)
2009	-1,120	-1,353	-1,260	810	623	577	932	1,307	740	712	624	892
2010	806	310	-165	1,345	1,103	774	626	782	801	164	447	993
2011	760	-99	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
M1 (end-period; % change, year on year)
2009	6.8	6.2	-3.3	-3.8	-8.3	-0.2	-0.1	3.0	2.5	6.3	6.9	7.9
2010	5.6	6.0	11.8	13.3	13.6	11.3	17.9	12.1	11.9	9.9	10.8	19.3
2011	11.3	24.7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
M2 (end-period; % change, year on year)
2009	14.1	19.1	21.9	20.1	17.7	21.5	18.7	18.7	14.4	15.7	11.5	13.4
2010	10.3	6.7	3.1	1.7	0.3	0.5	1.2	2.6	2.7	2.0	1.8	3.0
2011	1.0	5.2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Deposit rate (av; %)
2009	3.9	3.6	3.0	2.8	2.7	2.6	2.5	2.4	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.5
2010	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.2
2011	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Lending rate (av; %)
2009	6.7	6.7	6.6	6.4	6.0	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9
2010	5.9	5.6	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2
2011	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Consumer prices (av; % change, year on year)
2009	6.8	5.9	5.7	5.2	5.2	4.2	3.7	3.4	2.3	1.9	1.6	2.1
2010	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.8	2.9	3.4	4.0	4.4	5.3	5.1	5.9	6.0
2011	5.2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Foreign-exchange reserves excl gold (US$ m)
2009	17,343	18,021	17,537	18,118	18,101	16,465	16,806	18,556	19,859	20,517	21,198	20,268
2010	20,274	21,808	19,851	20,180	20,404	20,965	21,233	21,416	21,746	21,842	22,285	21,237
2011	20,920	26,370	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Sources: IMF, International Financial Statistics; Haver Analytics.

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