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Country Report Jordan February 2011
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| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ||||||
| 4 Qtr | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | 4 Qtr | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | |
| Central government finance (JD m) | ||||||||
| Revenue & grants | 1,160.7 | 1,244.3 | 1,048.5 | 958.9 | 1,269.5 | 1,265.8 | 1,152.8 | 1,032.2 |
| Expenditure & net lending | 1,504.2 | 1,394.9 | 1,428.0 | 1,294.0 | 1,913.6 | 1,247.7 | 1,345.8 | 1,425.8 |
| Balance | -343.5 | -150.6 | -379.5 | -335.1 | -644.1 | 18.1 | -193.0 | -393.6 |
| Output | ||||||||
| Industrial production (1999=100)a | 107.5 | 102.6 | 114.8 | 110.6 | 107.3 | 100.1 | 107.1 | 108.0 |
| Unemployment and prices | ||||||||
| Unemployment rate (% of the labour force) | 12.0 | 12.1 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 12.2 | 13.5 |
| Consumer price index (2000=100) | 130.6 | 126.5 | 126.1 | 128.7 | 129.9 | 132.3 | 131.7 | 132.3 |
| Consumer prices (% change, year on year) | 13.7 | 2.8 | -1.7 | -3.1 | -0.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 2.8 |
| Producer price index (1999=100) | 244.5 | 203.9 | 196.0 | 185.5 | 186.7 | 188.0 | 188.5 | 185.2 |
| Producer prices (% change, year on year) | 58.3 | 14.8 | -13.4 | -32.7 | -23.6 | -7.8 | -3.8 | -0.1 |
| Financial indicators | ||||||||
| Exchange rate JD:US$ (av) | 0.710 | 0.710 | 0.710 | 0.710 | 0.710 | 0.710 | 0.710 | 0.710 |
| Exchange rate JD:US$ (end-period) | 0.709 | 0.709 | 0.710 | 0.710 | 0.710 | 0.710 | 0.710 | 0.710 |
| Discount rate (end-period; %) | 6.3 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| M1 (end-period; JD m) | 5,573 | 5,484 | 5,770 | 5,924 | 6,040 | 6,098 | 6,279 | 6,532 |
| M1 (% change, year on year) | 15.3 | 9.4 | 5.6 | 0.6 | 8.4 | 11.2 | 8.8 | 10.3 |
| M2 (end-period; JD m) | 18,304 | 18,690 | 19,144 | 19,555 | 20,013 | 20,292 | 20,793 | 21,619 |
| M2 (% change, year on year) | 17.3 | 15.6 | 11.2 | 8.1 | 9.3 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 10.6 |
| Stockmarket general index (end-period; closing Dec 1991=1,000) | 6,243 | 5,625 | 5,935 | 5,850 | 5,520 | 5,301 | 5,039 | 5,041 |
| Sectoral trends | ||||||||
| Manufacturing production (1999=100) | 160.0 | 153.3 | 172.6 | 170.4 | 164.1 | 149.9 | 158.6 | 157.9 |
| Mining production (1999=100) | 104.9 | 83.0 | 93.2 | 48.5 | 72.2 | 83.2 | 110.1 | 105.3 |
| Phosphates production ('000 tonnes) | 1,600 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Potash production ('000 tonnes) | 488.1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Foreign trade (JD m) | ||||||||
| Exports fob | 1,670.0 | 1,458.0 | 1,419.0 | 1,191.7 | 1,275.2 | 1,365.5 | 1,457.8 | 1,372.5 |
| Imports cif | -2,718.9 | -2,234.6 | -2,451.4 | -2,659.4 | -2,762.3 | -2,517.6 | -2,715.7 | -2,733.4 |
| Trade balance | -1,048.9 | -776.5 | -1,032.4 | -1,467.7 | -1,487.1 | -1,152.1 | -1,258.0 | -1,360.9 |
| Foreign payments (US$ m) | ||||||||
| Merchandise trade balance | -1,449 | -1,147 | -1,442 | -1,833 | -1,844 | -1,485 | -1,627 | -1,673 |
| Services balance | 2,103 | 1,711 | 2,088 | 2,508 | 2,063 | 1,987 | 2,463 | 2,777 |
| Income balance | 490 | 391 | 500 | 427 | 412 | 349 | 512 | 331 |
| Net transfer payments | 2,103 | 1,711 | 2,088 | 2,508 | 2,063 | 1,987 | 2,463 | 2,777 |
| Current-account balance | -167 | -51 | -534 | -673 | -326 | -238 | -754 | -159 |
| Reserves excl gold (end-period) | 8,562 | 9,214 | 9,734 | 10,686 | 10,879 | 11,899 | 11,123 | 11,978 |
| a Including electricity. | ||||||||
| Sources: IMF, International Financial Statistics; Central Bank of Jordan, Monthly Statistical Bulletin. | ||||||||
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