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Country Report Bhutan May 2011
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HTMLEconomic structure: Quarterly indicators
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ||||||
| 4 Qtr | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | 4 Qtr | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | |
| Prices | ||||||||
| Consumer prices (av; 2005=100) | 121.6 | 121.6 | 125.1 | 126.0 | 126.5 | 128.5 | 132.8 | n/a |
| Consumer prices (% change, year on year) | 9.1 | 7.2 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 5.7 | 6.2 | n/a |
| Financial indicators | ||||||||
| Exchange rate Nu:US$ (av) | 48.8 | 49.8 | 48.8 | 48.4 | 46.6 | 45.9 | 45.6 | 46.5 |
| Exchange rate Nu:US$ (end-period) | 48.5 | 50.9 | 47.9 | 48.0 | 46.7 | 45.1 | 46.6 | 44.9 |
| Deposit rate (av; %) | 3.3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Lending rate (av; %) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Money market rate (av; %) | 4.8 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| M1 (end-period; national definition; Nu m) | 16,233 | 18,081 | 18,375 | 19,447 | 22,623 | 23,731 | 22,538 | 25,949 |
| M1 (% change, year on year) | -7.1 | 14.4 | 27.7 | -4.7 | 39.4 | 31.2 | 22.7 | 33.4 |
| M2 (end-period; national definition; Nu m) | 31,102 | 32,368 | 32,694 | 37,354 | 44,548 | 44,522 | 42,569 | 51,281 |
| M2 (% change, year on year) | 31.2 | 40.8 | 43.5 | 29.0 | 43.2 | 37.5 | 30.2 | 37.3 |
| Sectoral trends | ||||||||
| Tourist arrivals (no.) | 11,478 | 3,662 | 6,770 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Tourism revenue (US$ m) | 17.3 | 4.7 | 8.8 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Non-resident Bhutanese remittances (US$ m) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Foreign reserves (US$ m) | ||||||||
| Reserves excl gold (end-period) | 765 | 702 | 764 | 839 | 891 | 889 | 851 | 981 |
| Sources: IMF, International Financial Statistics. | ||||||||
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