Country Report Oman March 2011

Data and charts: Quarterly data

	2009				2010
	1 Qtr	2 Qtr	3 Qtr	4 Qtr	1 Qtr	2 Qtr	3 Qtr	4 Qtr
Government finance (OR m)
Revenue	1,350	1,885	1,593	1,860	1,996	2,225	1,543	n/a
Expenditure	1,366	1,866	1,630	1,847	1,575	1,943	1,684	n/a
Balance	-17	19	-37	13	421	282	-141	n/a
Prices
Consumer prices (2000=100)	127	126	127	129	130	130	132	n/a
Consumer prices (% change, year on year)	7.9	4.0	1.6	0.8	2.1	3.3	3.7	n/a
Wholesale prices (2000=100)	146.9	145.7	144.8	147.5	150.2	152.1	153.8	n/a
Wholesale prices (% change, year on year)	2.7	-2.9	-6.8	-0.8	2.2	4.4	6.2	n/a
Financial indicators
Exchange rate OR:US$ (av)	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385
Exchange rate OR:US$ (end-period)	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385	0.385
Deposit rate (av; %)	4.6	4.4	4.3	4.1	4.0	3.8	3.6	n/a
Lending rate (av; %)	7.2	7.2	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.1	7.0	n/a
M1 (end-period; OR m)	2,182	2,277	2,239	2,365	2,603	2,592	2,667	2,876
M1 (% change, year on year)	-6.0	1.6	3.2	18.5	19.3	13.8	19.1	21.6
M2 (end-period; OR m)	7,587	7,601	7,666	7,890	8,275	8,208	8,335	8,785
M2 (% change, year on year)	13.0	8.2	7.7	4.7	9.1	8.0	8.7	11.3
Share price index, MSM (end-period; Jan 1st 1995=1,000)	4,765	5,414	6,255	6,360	6,640	6,394	6,341	6,428
Share price index, MSM (% change, year on year)	-51.8	-52.4	-35.1	7.3	39.3	18.1	1.4	1.1
Sectoral trends
Crude oil production (m barrels/day)	0.79	0.79	0.80	0.84	0.86	0.84	0.88	0.89
Omani average oil price (US$/barrel)	45.0	46.5	64.1	73.4	79.2	72.7	76.9	88.8
Electricity production (kwh m)	2,827	5,439	6,254	3,885	3,164	5,896	6,456	n/a
Foreign trade (OR m)
Exports fob	2,230	2,333	2,782	3,397	3,418	3,535	3,449	n/a
Oil & liquefied natural gas	1,449	1,373	1,887	2,239	2,392	2,419	2,294	n/a
Imports cif	1,955	1,554	1,516	1,845	1,860	1,853	1,972	n/a
Trade balance	275	779	1,266	1,552	1,558	1,683	1,477	n/a
Foreign reserves
Reserves excl gold (end-period; US$ m)	11,761	11,132	11,528	12,203	13,529	13,028	13,390	13,024
Sources: Ministry of National Economy, Monthly Statistical Bulletin; International Energy Agency (IEA), Monthly Oil Market Report, quarterly figures; IMF, International Financial Statistics.

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