Country Report Libya January 2011

Data and charts: Monthly data

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Consumer prices (av; % change, year on year)
2008	10.82	13.35	11.21	10.37	10.71	12.35	12.88	7.81	8.89	7.84	8.87	9.83
2009	6.36	5.11	5.90	3.35	3.20	0.98	1.38	0.88	-0.55	1.42	1.50	0.39
2010	0.67	1.41	0.23	3.08	2.46	3.39	3.11	3.99	3.03	2.03	2.88	n/a
Exchange rate LD:US$ (av)
2008	1.22	1.22	1.18	1.18	1.19	1.19	1.18	1.22	1.24	1.28	1.30	1.27
2009	1.27	1.30	1.30	1.29	1.27	1.25	1.25	1.24	1.22	1.22	1.21	1.22
2010	1.23	1.26	1.27	1.27	1.31	1.32	1.28	1.27	1.27	1.23	1.23	1.26
Exchange rate LD:US$ (end-period)
2008	1.21	1.20	1.18	1.19	1.19	1.18	1.19	1.23	1.24	1.30	1.30	1.25
2009	1.28	1.32	1.29	1.29	1.25	1.24	1.24	1.23	1.22	1.22	1.20	1.23
2010	1.24	1.26	1.27	1.28	1.31	1.31	1.27	1.28	1.24	1.23	1.26	1.25
Exchange rate LD:€ (end-period)
2008	1.80	1.82	1.86	1.85	1.86	1.86	1.86	1.81	1.75	1.65	1.65	1.75
2009	1.64	1.67	1.71	1.71	1.76	1.75	1.78	1.77	1.78	1.79	1.80	1.77
2010	1.72	1.72	1.72	1.70	1.62	1.61	1.66	1.63	1.69	1.71	n/a	n/a
M1 (% change, year on year)
2008	54.4	50.9	46.4	57.7	99.6	81.9	69.6	40.2	70.8	49.9	57.5	51.4
2009	42.7	44.2	37.9	35.0	14.8	17.0	25.9	44.0	22.0	22.0	12.3	12.2
2010	14.7	15.7	19.8	-5.9	-8.6	-2.5	-8.5	-2.8	-8.7	-4.4	n/a	n/a
M2 (% change, year on year)
2008	44.2	42.7	40.9	52.9	85.6	71.8	62.6	37.8	65.8	50.0	53.6	49.2
2009	45.7	45.1	39.8	34.3	16.5	18.4	26.9	41.7	20.6	20.6	16.9	17.4
2010	19.7	19.9	22.0	0.6	-3.9	0.7	-8.6	-3.5	-8.3	-0.2	n/a	n/a
Deposit rate (%)
2008	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
2009	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
2010	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	n/a	n/a
Lending rate (%)
2008	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
2009	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
2010	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	n/a	n/a
Goods exports fob (US$ m)
2008	5,301	4,753	4,998	5,673	5,346	6,304	7,098	6,576	4,761	4,818	3,026	2,945
2009	2,171	2,581	2,003	2,668	2,466	2,571	3,129	3,327	3,198	3,591	3,328	3,495
2010	3,263	2,696	4,534	3,722	2,879	3,334	3,645	3,647	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Goods imports cif (US$ m)
2008	1,269	1,261	1,519	1,644	1,706	1,704	2,220	1,856	1,816	1,858	1,458	1,504
2009	1,319	1,478	1,835	1,648	1,763	1,801	1,836	1,861	1,918	1,891	1,813	2,111
2010	1,514	1,617	1,921	1,737	1,637	1,962	1,933	1,591	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Trade balance fob-cif (US$ m)
2008	4,031	3,492	3,479	4,029	3,640	4,600	4,877	4,720	2,945	2,960	1,568	1,441
2009	851	1,103	168	1,020	703	769	1,293	1,466	1,280	1,701	1,516	1,384
2010	1,750	1,079	2,613	1,985	1,242	1,371	1,712	2,056	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Foreign-exchange reserves excl gold (US$ m)
2008	82,276	83,293	87,143	89,049	89,983	90,802	94,510	94,365	97,605	89,864	89,223	92,313
2009	90,401	90,423	91,075	93,996	93,635	94,626	96,235	99,308	103,856	103,504	101,639	98,725
2010	97,286	96,616	95,043	96,160	95,946	97,144	96,940	98,053	98,800	101,882	n/a	n/a
Sources: IMF, International Financial Statistics, Direction of Trade Statistics; Haver Analytics.

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