Country Report Botswana March 2011

Data and charts: Quarterly data

	2008	2009				2010
	4 Qtr	1 Qtr	2 Qtr	3 Qtr	4 Qtr	1 Qtr	2 Qtr	3 Qtr
Central government finance (P m)
Revenue & grants	6,179	7,622	2,725	10,073	7,222	10,003	n/a	n/a
Expenditure & net lending	8,176	9,801	9,205	9,670	9,705	10,909	n/a	n/a
Balance	-1,997	-2,179	-6,480	403	-2,483	-906	n/a	n/a
Prices
Consumer prices (Sep 2006=100)	123.5	124.5	126.9	129.9	130.7	131.9	136.4	138.9
Consumer prices (% change, year on year)	14.0	12.1	8.5	6.4	5.8	6.0	7.5	6.9
Financial indicators
Exchange rate P:US$ (av)	7.86	7.93	7.20	6.82	6.66	6.80	6.96	6.84
Exchange rate P:US$ (end-period)	7.52	7.81	6.79	6.60	6.67	6.79	7.06	6.59
Bank rate (end-period; %)	15.0	14.0	11.5	11.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0
Lending rate (av; %)	16.8	16.1	14.0	12.7	12.2	11.5	11.5	11.5
M1 (end-period; P m)	7,768	7,637	7,175	7,162	7,108	7,546	8,178	7,637
M1 (% change, year on year)	24.5	13.6	4.1	-14.7	-8.5	-1.2	14.0	6.6
M2 (end-period; P m)	39,228	35,867	38,239	38,677	38,717	38,292	40,540	41,093
M2 (% change, year on year)	21.5	5.3	6.0	-3.1	-1.3	6.8	6.0	6.2
Stockmarket index (end-period; 1989=100)a	7,036	6,460	6,229	6,921	7,242	7,426	7,340	7,393
Foreign trade (P m)
Exports fobb	4,705	3,911	6,606	6,848	6,585	7,713	7,155	n/a
Diamonds	2,086	1,881	4,715	4,330	4,308	5,168	4,934	5,439
Imports fobb	-7,825	-6,642	-6,944	-7,206	-8,029	-8,244	-7,545	n/a
Trade balance	-3,119	-2,731	-338	-358	-1,443	-531	-390	n/a
Foreign reserves (US$ m)
Reserves excl gold (end-period)	9,119	8,139	8,150	9,239	8,704	8,324	7,851	8,407
a Domestic Company Index. b Balance-of-payments basis.
Sources: IMF, International Financial Statistics; Bank of Botswana, Botswana Financial Statistics; Central Statistics Office.

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