Forecast summary | ||||||
(% unless otherwise indicated) | ||||||
2010a | 2011b | 2012b | 2013b | 2014b | 2015b | |
Real GDP growth | 3.2 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
Industrial production growth | 2.5 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
Gross fixed investment growth | 2.0 | 3.2 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
Consumer price inflation (av; %) | 5.0 | 6.6 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 5.3 |
Money market rate | 2.2 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 6.7 |
Government balance (% of GDP) | -8.4 | -8.7 | -8.0 | -7.8 | -6.9 | -6.0 |
Exports of goods fob (US$ bn) | 7.3 | 7.9 | 8.6 | 9.4 | 10.3 | 11.2 |
Imports of goods fob (US$ bn) | 13.0 | 13.8 | 14.8 | 15.9 | 17.2 | 18.5 |
Current-account balance (US$ bn) | -1.0 | -0.7 | -0.4 | -0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Current-account balance (% of GDP) | -4.3 | -2.9 | -1.4 | -0.9 | -0.1 | 0.5 |
External debt (end-period; US$ bn) | 6.3 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 8.7 |
Exchange rate JD:US$ (av) | 0.709 | 0.709 | 0.709 | 0.709 | 0.709 | 0.709 |
Exchange rate JD:€ (av) | 0.940 | 0.886 | 0.851 | 0.837 | 0.822 | 0.830 |
Exchange rate JD:€ (end-period) | 0.950 | 0.851 | 0.844 | 0.830 | 0.826 | 0.833 |
Exchange rate JD:¥100 (av) | 0.806 | 0.860 | 0.861 | 0.875 | 0.863 | 0.849 |
a Economist Intelligence Unit estimates. b Economist Intelligence Unit forecasts. |
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