2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ||||||
2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | 4 Qtr | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | 4 Qtr | 1 Qtr | |
Prices | ||||||||
Mauritanian households, Nouakchott (2000=100) | 121.5 | 124.6 | 123.5 | 123.2 | 123.5 | 125.4 | 128.1 | 130.0 |
Mauritanian households, Nouakchott (% change, year on year) | 7.4 | 8.6 | 5.5 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 3.7 | 5.5 |
Financial indicators | ||||||||
Exchange rate UM:US$ (av) | 238.9 | 229.9 | 235.6 | 260.5 | 265.8 | 261.7 | 261.4 | 262.5 |
Exchange rate UM:US$ (end-period) | 234.7 | 235.0 | 261.5 | 265.2 | 264.4 | 259.5 | 262.0 | 264.8 |
Foreign tradea (US$ m) | ||||||||
Exports fob | 512.4 | 612.3 | 591.8 | 355.5 | 385.4 | 522.1 | 482.2 | 442.4 |
Imports fob | -706.1 | -568.0 | -535.3 | -484.4 | -477.3 | -542.5 | -606.0 | -498.6 |
Trade balance | -193.6 | 44.3 | 56.5 | -129.0 | -91.9 | -20.4 | -123.9 | -56.2 |
Foreign reserves (US$ m) | ||||||||
Reserves excl gold (end-period) | 245.1 | 137.4 | 188.6 | 153.5 | 160.9 | 388.0 | 225.4 | 210.8 |
a DOTS estimates. | ||||||||
Sources: IMF, International Financial Statistics; Direction of Trade Statistics. |
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