Forecast summary | ||||
(% unless otherwise indicated) | ||||
2009a | 2010b | 2011c | 2012c | |
Real GDP growth | 7.6b | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.9 |
Gross agricultural production growth | 3.1 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
Consumer price inflation (av) | 0.0 | 5.7 | 7.0 | 6.0 |
Lending interest rate | 24.0b | 26.0 | 27.0 | 28.0 |
Central government balance (% of GDP) | -3.3b | -3.0 | -2.9 | -2.8 |
Exports of goods fob (US$ bn) | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
Imports of goods fob (US$ bn) | -1.5 | -1.8 | -2.1 | -2.5 |
Current-account balance (US$ m) | 9.3 | -16.8 | 46.0 | 131.0 |
Current-account balance (% of GDP) | 0.2b | -0.3 | 0.6 | 1.5 |
Exchange rate K:US$ (av) | 8,516 | 8,259a | 8,100 | 8,137 |
Exchange rate K:¥100 (av) | 9,088 | 9,398a | 9,939 | 10,046 |
Exchange rate K:€ (end-period) | 12,160 | 10,944a | 10,105 | 9,955 |
Exchange rate K:SDR (end-period) | 13,379 | 12,642a | 12,252 | 12,347 |
a Actual. b Economist Intelligence Unit estimates. c Economist Intelligence Unit forecasts. |
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