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Country Report Malaysia May 2011
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| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | ||||||
| 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | 4 Qtr | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | 4 Qtr | 1 Qtr | |
| Federal government finance (M$ m) | ||||||||
| Revenue | 39,380 | 40,813 | 42,589 | 28,734 | 41,973 | 43,128 | n/a | n/a |
| Expenditure | 51,434 | 48,588 | 63,525 | 38,917 | 49,072 | 50,931 | n/a | n/a |
| Current balance | -12,054 | -7,775 | -20,936 | -10,183 | -7,099 | -7,803 | n/a | n/a |
| Output | ||||||||
| GDP at constant 2000 prices (M$ m) | 127,256 | 134,717 | 137,463 | 133,890 | 138,520 | 141,924 | 144,048 | n/a |
| GDP at constant 2000 prices (% change, year on year) | -3.9 | -1.2 | 4.4 | 10.1 | 8.9 | 5.3 | 4.8 | n/a |
| Industrial production index (2000=100) | 97.3 | 103.1 | 104.0 | 105.1 | 108.1 | 107.5 | 108.4 | n/a |
| Industrial production index (% change, year on year) | -10.8 | -7.0 | 2.4 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | n/a |
| Prices | ||||||||
| Consumer prices (2005=100) | 98.0 | 98.4 | 98.9 | 99.4 | 99.5 | 100.3 | 100.9 | n/a |
| Consumer prices (% change, year on year) | 1.3 | -2.3 | -0.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.0 | n/a |
| Producer prices (2000=100) | 113.6 | 114.6 | 118.3 | 120.5 | 120.7 | 120.5 | 124.0 | n/a |
| Producer prices (% change, year on year) | -11.1 | -10.9 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 4.8 | n/a |
| Financial indicators | ||||||||
| Exchange rate M$:US$ (av) | 3.55 | 3.52 | 3.40 | 3.37 | 3.24 | 3.16 | 3.11 | 3.05 |
| Exchange rate M$:US$ (end-period) | 3.52 | 3.47 | 3.42 | 3.27 | 3.26 | 3.09 | 3.08 | 3.03 |
| Deposit rate (av; %) | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.7 | n/a |
| Lending rate (av; %) | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.1 | n/a |
| Money market rate (av; %) | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.0 | n/a |
| M1 (end-period; M$ bn) | 185.6 | 191.4 | 200.9 | 201.2 | 209.0 | 213.5 | 224.4 | n/a |
| M1 (% change, year on year) | 5.5 | 6.6 | 9.9 | 12.0 | 12.6 | 11.5 | 11.7 | n/a |
| M2 (end-period; M$ bn) | 922.6 | 950.4 | 989.3 | 1,002.8 | 1,007.3 | 1,028.9 | 1,060.0 | n/a |
| M2 (% change, year on year) | 6.3 | 7.6 | 9.5 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 7.1 | n/a |
| KLSE composite index (end-period; Apr 4th 1986=100) | 1,075.2 | 1,202.1 | 1,272.8 | 1,320.6 | 1,314.0 | 1,463.5 | 1,518.9 | 1,545.1 |
| KLSE composite index (% change, year on year) | -16.0 | 17.4 | 46.8 | 68.6 | 32.1 | 37.0 | 32.5 | 26.6 |
| Sectoral trends | ||||||||
| Electronic & electrical products index (2000=100) | 77.6 | 89.4 | 94.6 | 97.0 | 101.2 | 98.0 | 94.7 | n/a |
| Electronic & electrical products index (% change, year on year) | -31.0 | -22.6 | 1.8 | 36.0 | 30.4 | 9.6 | 0.1 | – |
| Mining index (2000=100) | 93.3 | 95.2 | 95.2 | 96.7 | 93.8 | 92.9 | 94.2 | n/a |
| Mining index (% change, year on year) | -3.2 | -4.2 | -3.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | -2.4 | -1.1 | – |
| Foreign trade (M$ m) | ||||||||
| Exports fob | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Imports cif | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Trade balance | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Foreign payments | ||||||||
| Current-account balance (M$ m) | 27,981 | 25,448 | 27,416 | 30,449 | 16,240 | 19,907 | 23,916 | n/a |
| Reserves excl gold (end-period; US$ m) | 91,154 | 94,810 | 95,432 | 94,003 | 93,336 | 99,205 | 104,857 | n/a |
| Source: IMF, International Financial Statistics. | ||||||||
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