Country Report Malaysia March 2011

Data and charts: Monthly data

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Exchange rate M$:US$ (av)
2009	3.57	3.63	3.67	3.61	3.52	3.52	3.55	3.52	3.50	3.40	3.39	3.41
2010	3.38	3.42	3.33	3.21	3.25	3.26	3.21	3.15	3.11	3.10	3.11	3.13
2011	3.06	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Exchange rate M$:US$ (end-period)
2009	3.61	3.69	3.65	3.56	3.51	3.52	3.52	3.52	3.47	3.41	3.39	3.42
2010	3.41	3.41	3.27	3.19	3.25	3.26	3.19	3.14	3.09	3.11	3.16	3.08
2011	3.06	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Real effective exchange rate (2000=100; CPI basis)
2009	80.86	80.93	80.70	80.68	80.65	79.64	78.55	78.39	78.19	79.50	79.65	79.52
2010	80.51	80.24	82.22	85.18	85.33	85.52	85.46	85.99	86.36	84.66	84.34	n/a
2011	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Money market rate (av; %)
2009	2.9	2.6	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2
2010	2.2	2.2	2.5	2.6	2.7	2.8	2.9	n/a	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
2011	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Money supply M1 (end-period; % change, year on year)
2009	4.7	3.9	3.5	7.4	9.3	5.5	6.0	7.8	6.6	10.6	13.6	9.9
2010	10.7	15.3	12.0	8.9	11.2	12.6	10.7	13.9	11.5	11.6	9.9	1.7
2011	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Money supply M2 (end-period; % change, year on year)
2009	10.7	9.5	9.3	6.6	5.4	6.3	5.9	8.4	7.6	9.7	10.4	9.5
2010	8.2	8.4	8.8	8.5	9.6	9.2	8.3	8.2	8.3	8.4	8.1	7.2
2011	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Industrial production (% change, year on year)
2009	-18.0	-12.7	-13.0	-11.8	-11.0	-9.7	-7.9	-6.9	-6.1	0.8	-0.8	7.5
2010	13.8	4.9	14.2	11.6	12.4	9.3	3.4	3.8	5.7	3.2	5.1	4.2
2011	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
KLSE composite index (end-period; Apr 4th 1986=100)
2009	884	891	873	991	1,044	1,075	1,175	1,171	1,202	1,243	1,259	1,273
2010	1,259	1,271	1,321	1,346	1,285	1,314	1,361	1,422	1,464	1,506	1,485	1,519
2011	1,520	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Consumer prices (av; % change, year on year)
2009	3.9	3.8	3.6	3.1	2.4	-1.4	-2.4	-2.5	-2.0	-1.5	-0.1	1.0
2010	1.4	1.1	1.3	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.8	2.1	1.8	1.9	2.0	2.1
2011	2.4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Producer prices (av; % change, year on year)
2009	-4.0	-7.0	-9.2	-9.6	-11.0	-12.5	-13.0	-9.9	-9.8	-3.3	0.0	3.6
2010	4.2	5.9	9.0	7.4	5.9	5.2	5.6	4.8	4.9	4.4	4.6	n/a
2011	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Total exports fob (M$ m)
2009	38,270	39,557	43,572	41,105	42,919	45,074	48,824	47,786	47,196	54,256	50,066	54,673
2010	52,447	46,840	59,420	52,016	52,281	52,830	55,427	52,852	50,475	54,978	52,699	57,165
2011	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Total imports cif (M$ m)
2009	30,161	27,499	31,026	33,717	32,905	35,952	40,980	38,229	37,923	42,788	41,186	42,575
2010	39,516	35,169	45,093	42,761	44,153	46,786	48,414	44,532	43,467	48,126	43,701	47,478
2011	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Trade balance fob-cif (M$ m)
2009	8,109	12,058	12,545	7,388	10,014	9,122	7,844	9,557	9,272	11,468	8,881	12,098
2010	12,932	11,672	14,327	9,255	8,128	6,043	7,013	8,320	7,007	6,853	8,998	9,687
2011	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Foreign-exchange reserves excl gold (US$ m)
2009	90,941	90,702	87,434	87,343	87,948	91,154	90,775	92,955	94,810	94,904	95,032	95,432
2010	95,656	95,506	94,003	94,683	94,110	93,336	93,650	93,861	99,205	103,825	104,227	104,857
2011	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Sources: IMF, International Financial Statistics; Haver Analytics.

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