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Country Report Maldives July 2019
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HTMLEconomic structure: Quarterly indicators
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||
| 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | 4 Qtr | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | 4 Qtr | 1 Qtr | |
| Prices | ||||||||
| Consumer prices (av; 2000=100) | 137.0 | 136.0 | 136.2 | 137.5 | 134.9 | 136.6 | 136.0 | 135.8 |
| Consumer prices (% change, year on year) | 4.2 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | -1.5 | 0.4 | -0.2 | -1.2 |
| Financial indicators | ||||||||
| Exchange rate Rf:US$ (av) | 15.39 | 15.40 | 15.40 | 15.39 | 15.39 | 15.40 | 15.38 | 15.38 |
| Exchange rate Rf:US$ (end-period) | 15.38 | 15.41 | 15.41 | 15.41 | 15.40 | 15.40 | 15.41 | 15.38 |
| Deposit rate (av; %) | 3.67 | 3.76 | 3.52 | 3.55 | 3.72 | 3.77 | 3.65 | 3.51 |
| Lending rate (av; %) | 9.98 | 10.03 | 9.82 | 10.07 | 10.06 | 11.35 | 11.47 | 11.46 |
| M2 (end-period; Rf m) | 31,838.7 | 29,848.9 | 32,005.9 | 33,475.1 | 32,806.9 | 31,575.4 | 33,089.0 | 37,010.5 |
| M2 (% change, year on year) | 0.0 | -6.0 | 5.2 | 8.2 | 3.0 | 5.8 | 3.4 | 10.6 |
| Foreign trade (US$ m) | ||||||||
| Exports fob | 51.6 | 35.8 | 58.0 | 48.2 | 44.6 | 31.5 | 57.5 | n/a |
| Imports cif | 603.0 | 573.1 | 614.8 | 756.4 | 684.9 | 756.1 | 767.8 | n/a |
| Trade balance | -551.4 | -537.3 | -556.8 | -708.2 | -640.3 | -724.6 | -710.3 | n/a |
| Foreign reserves (US$ m) | ||||||||
| Reserves excl gold (end-period) | 614 | 530 | 598 | 715 | 737 | 575 | 722 | 786 |
| Sources: IMF, International Financial Statistics. | ||||||||
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