Forecast summary | ||||
(% unless otherwise indicated) | ||||
2009a | 2010b | 2011c | 2012c | |
Real GDP growth | -1.0 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 5.1 |
Oil production ('000 b/d)d | 237.1b | 236.5 | 246.2 | 245.4 |
Gross industrial growth | -2.5 | 5.8 | 7.2 | 5.1 |
Consumer price inflation (av) | 1.9 | 1.5a | 3.9 | 3.2 |
Consumer price inflation (year-end) | 0.9 | 0.7a | 4.6 | 2.6 |
Short-term interbank rate | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.3 |
Government balance (% of GDP) | 6.6 | 0.6 | 5.2 | 4.5 |
Exports of goods fob (US$ bn) | 6.0b | 7.3 | 9.7 | 8.4 |
Imports of goods fob (US$ bn) | 2.3b | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
Current-account balance (US$ bn) | 0.8b | 1.5 | 2.7 | 1.3 |
Current-account balance (% of GDP) | 7.4b | 12.5 | 17.4 | 9.0 |
External debt (year-end; US$ bn) | 2.0b | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Exchange rate CFAfr:US$ (av) | 472.2 | 495.3a | 480.6 | 506.5 |
Exchange rate CFAfr:¥100 (av) | 503.9 | 563.6a | 587.9 | 625.3 |
Exchange rate CFAfr:€ (year-end) | 656.0 | 656.0 | 656.0 | 656.0 |
Exchange rate CFAfr:SDR (year-end) | 718.0 | 770.3a | 770.9 | 792.0 |
a Actual. b Economist Intelligence Unit estimates. c Economist Intelligence Unit forecasts. d Annual and quarterly data may differ since they are supplied by different sources. |
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