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Country Report Burundi February 2011
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HTMLOutlook for 2011-12: Forecast summary
| Forecast summary | ||||
| (% unless otherwise indicated) | ||||
| 2009a | 2010a | 2011b | 2012b | |
| Real GDP growth | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Consumer price inflation (av) | 11.0c | 10.0 | 13.0 | 11.0 |
| Short-term interbank rate | 10.0c | 9.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Government balance (% of GDP) | -6.1 | -6.5 | -6.7 | -6.8 |
| Exports of goods fob (US$ m) | 68.2 | 81.7 | 87.3 | 88.6 |
| Imports of goods fob (US$ m) | 275.4 | 336.6 | 378.0 | 389.0 |
| Current-account balance (US$ m) | -126.6 | -151.8 | -177.5 | -157.7 |
| Current-account balance (% of GDP) | -10.1 | -10.7 | -10.6 | -8.3 |
| Exchange rate Bufr:US$ (av) | 1,230c | 1,231 | 1,251 | 1,300 |
| Exchange rate Bufr:US$ (end-period) | 1,231c | 1,236 | 1,270 | 1,330 |
| Exchange rate Bufr:¥100 (av) | 1,313c | 1,399 | 1,518 | 1,578 |
| Exchange rate Bufr:€ (av) | 1,714c | 1,632 | 1,564 | 1,560 |
| a Economist Intelligence Unit estimates. b Economist Intelligence Unit forecasts. c Actual. | ||||
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