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Country Report Algeria January 2011
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| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ||||||
| 3 Qtr | 4 Qtr | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | 4 Qtr | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | |
| Prices | ||||||||
| Consumer prices (2000=100) | 111.0 | 113.5 | 115.2 | 115.3 | 118.2 | 120.2 | 120.1 | 121.0 |
| Consumer prices (% change, year on year) | 4.7 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
| Petroleum prices Saharan-46 (US$/barrel) | 115.9 | 55.7 | 45.3 | 58.9 | 68.6 | 75.3 | 77.0 | 78.6 |
| Financial indicators | ||||||||
| Exchange rate AD:US$ (av) | 61.2 | 67.1 | 72.2 | 73.0 | 73.0 | 72.5 | 73.3 | 74.7 |
| Exchange rate AD:US$ (end-period) | 60.8 | 71.2 | 73.1 | 73.1 | 72.5 | 72.7 | 73.7 | 75.4 |
| Deposit rate (av; %) | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| Discount rate (end-period; %) | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Lending rate (av; %) | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Money market rate (av; %) | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
| Treasury bill rate (av; %) | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| M1 (end-period; AD bn) | 4,697 | 4,965 | 4,824 | 4,789 | 4,851 | 4,944 | 5,087 | 5,237 |
| M1 (% change, year on year) | 21.8 | 17.3 | 9.4 | 1.2 | 3.3 | -0.4 | 5.5 | 9.4 |
| M2 (end-period; AD bn) | 6,636 | 6,956 | 6,859 | 6,878 | 6,996 | 7,173 | 7,383 | 7,576 |
| M2 (% change, year on year) | 18.2 | 16.0 | 9.4 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 3.1 | 7.6 | 10.1 |
| Sectoral trends | ||||||||
| Crude petroleum production (m barrels/day) | 1.37 | 1.35 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.22 | 1.24 | 1.25 | 1.24 |
| Foreign trade (US$ m)a | ||||||||
| Exports fob | 21,491 | 15,424 | 10,995 | 10,259 | 11,359 | 12,465 | 14,111 | 13,106 |
| Imports cif | -10,214 | -10,224 | -10,222 | -11,118 | -9,115 | -10,271 | -9,701 | -10,473 |
| Trade balance | 11,276 | 5,200 | 772 | -860 | 2,244 | 2,194 | 4,411 | 2,633 |
| Foreign reserves (end-period; US$ m) | ||||||||
| Reserves excl gold (end-period) | 140,829 | 143,243 | 140,106 | 144,460 | 147,969 | 149,041 | 147,699 | 148,198 |
| a DOTS estimates. | ||||||||
| Sources: IMF, International Financial Statistics, Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS); Oil Market Intelligence; International Energy Agency (IEA), Monthly Oil Market Report; Office national des statistiques, Statistiques Algérie. | ||||||||
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