Country Report Laos June 2011

Economic structure: Quarterly indicators

	2008		2009				2010
	3 Qtr	4 Qtr	1 Qtr	2 Qtr	3 Qtr	4 Qtr	1 Qtr	2 Qtr
Prices
Consumer prices (av; 2005=100)	123.6	119.8	117.9	119.7	121.3	121.9	123.3	125.5
Consumer prices (% change, year on year)	9.3	4.8	1.6	-1.2	-1.8	1.7	4.6	4.9
Financial indicators
Exchange rate K:US$ (av)	8,635	8,549	8,522	8,542	8,513	8,487	8,482	8,301
Exchange rate K:US$ (end-period)	8,546	8,478	8,567	8,517	8,506	8,484	8,458	8,257
Bank rate (end-period; %)	7.0	7.0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Deposit rate (av; %)	4.7	4.0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Lending rate (av; %)	24.0	24.0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Treasury bill rate (av;%)	12.3	12.4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
M1 (end-period; K bn)	3,275.7	3,715.3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
M1 (% change, year on year)	28.9	21.2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
M2 (end-period; K bn)	10,788.7	11,564.0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
M2 (% change, year on year)	21.7	18.3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Foreign trade (US$ m)
Exports fob	320	198	234	197	249	n/a	n/a	n/a
Imports cif	-368	-324	-361	-252	-282	n/a	n/a	n/a
Trade balance	-48	-126	-127	-55	-33	n/a	n/a	n/a
Foreign reserves (US$ m)
Reserves excl gold (end-period)	651	629	609	607	719	703	704	624
Sources: IMF, International Financial Statistics; UN Food and Agriculture Organisation.

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