Country Report Uganda February 2011

Data and charts: Monthly data

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Exchange rate USh:US$ (av)
2008	1,711	1,708	1,684	1,687	1,648	1,601	1,634	1,624	1,645	1,839	1,910	1,956
2009	1,976	1,965	2,052	2,176	2,248	2,137	2,111	2,072	1,962	1,898	1,874	1,895
2010	1,936	1,997	2,086	2,083	2,175	2,257	2,257	2,270	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Exchange rate USh:US$ (end-period)
2008	1,726	1,692	1,694	1,682	1,628	1,619	1,641	1,645	1,670	1,881	1,974	1,949
2009	1,962	1,980	2,118	2,227	2,234	2,064	2,104	2,056	1,924	1,884	1,871	1,904
2010	1,949	2,045	2,084	2,123	2,175	2,257	2,257	2,270	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Exchange rate USh:€ (av)
2008	2,519	2,521	2,614	2,657	2,563	2,491	2,575	2,428	2,359	2,439	2,434	2,643
2009	2,617	2,514	2,677	2,872	3,067	2,995	2,974	2,955	2,859	2,813	2,793	2,762
2010	2,761	2,731	2,831	2,795	2,732	2,759	2,892	2,929	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
M1 (% change, year on year)
2008	23.5	27.5	21.8	26.9	20.1	25.6	25.0	24.8	20.5	21.4	24.1	45.2
2009	21.5	19.5	19.6	17.8	22.5	19.1	15.3	16.2	17.1	13.5	11.5	12.6
2010	11.4	14.2	17.1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
M2 (% change, year on year)
2008	27.0	30.1	23.6	26.4	28.6	31.1	28.9	24.6	19.4	26.3	23.8	40.2
2009	25.8	19.1	24.9	24.5	23.9	25.0	23.6	25.7	26.1	17.1	15.7	16.6
2010	15.2	22.9	21.5	24.4	27.0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Deposit rate (av; %)
2008	11.0	11.1	10.0	11.0	11.5	10.9	10.9	10.9	9.1	8.7	11.5	11.6
2009	11.2	10.7	9.0	9.8	8.7	10.7	10.8	10.1	8.5	9.5	8.8	9.2
2010	9.3	8.4	7.7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Lending rate (av; %)
2008	19.4	19.5	20.1	21.2	19.9	20.2	22.0	23.3	21.2	20.2	19.4	19.0
2009	18.9	20.7	21.0	21.4	22.2	21.8	21.0	21.8	20.7	20.4	21.6	20.0
2010	19.6	20.2	21.1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Uganda Securities Exchange all share index
2008	846.0	853.6	987.6	1,051.3	1,067.6	1,095.9	1,032.1	981.9	923.6	815.1	785.2	779.3
2009	725.2	597.3	652.7	712.8	714.1	790.8	817.5	754.1	724.3	703.7	703.6	732.5
2010	806.9	813.5	886.0	982.1	1,005.4	1,023.8	1,022.0	1,059.2	1,117.9	1,194.9	n/a	n/a
Consumer prices (av; % change, year on year)
2008	1.4	7.8	8.6	9.4	11.2	12.6	14.0	15.9	15.2	14.2	14.7	14.2
2009	20.4	14.9	14.1	13.4	12.4	12.3	11.7	12.5	14.5	13.4	11.9	10.9
2010	8.9	8.1	7.5	6.0	4.3	4.2	3.2	1.7	0.3	0.2	1.4	n/a
Foreign-exchange reserves excl gold (US$ m)
2008	2,618	2,613	2,657	2,645	2,626	2,685	2,663	2,561	2,542	2,351	2,264	2,301
2009	2,343	2,294	2,422	2,262	2,478	2,442	2,577	2,862	3,012	3,005	2,993	2,995
2010	2,971	2,953	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Sources: IMF, International Financial Statistics; Haver Analytics; Uganda Securities Exchange.

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