Country Report Myanmar January 2011

Data and charts: Quarterly data

	2008	2009				2010
	4 Qtr	1 Qtr	2 Qtr	3 Qtr	4 Qtr	1 Qtr	2 Qtr	3 Qtr
Prices
Consumer prices (2000=100)	211.3	202.8	213.8	211.6	213.9	216.1	232.4	n/a
Consumer prices (% change, year on year)	19.5	3.4	5.6	-0.1	1.3	6.6	8.7	n/a
Financial indicators
Exchange rate Kt:US$ (av; official rate)	5.65	5.69	5.60	5.44	5.35	5.51	5.72	5.61
Exchange rate Kt:US$ (av; free-market rate)a	1,186	1,068	1,050	1,103	998	1,007	1,017	960
Central bank rate (end-period; %)	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	n/a	n/a	n/a
Deposit rate (av; %)	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	n/a	n/a	n/a
Lending rate (av; %)	17.0	17.0	17.0	17.0	17.0	n/a	n/a	n/a
M1 (end-period; Kt bn)	3,437	3,665	3,764	3,926	4,260	n/a	n/a	n/a
M1 (% change, year on year)	6.8	16.9	14.8	18.2	24.0	n/a	n/a	n/a
M2 (end-period; Kt bn)	5,033	5,426	5,772	6,121	6,574	n/a	n/a	n/a
M2 (% change, year on year)	14.8	23.4	24.7	27.3	30.6	n/a	n/a	n/a
Sectoral trends, production
Natural gas (bn cu ft)	101	79	111	113	105	99	112	n/a
Tin in concentrates (tonnes)	249	163	205	236	193	93	71	n/a
Crude oil ('000 barrels)	1,750	1,528	1,869	1,787	1,697	1,616	1,745	n/a
Jade (tonnes)	8,967	8,983	10,267	2,047	4,131	9,351	14,034	n/a
Gems ('000 carats)	2,090	3,589	1,448	3,095	3,326	3,447	2,253	n/a
Foreign trade (Kt m)
Exports fob	12,802	8,359	9,124	11,150	8,471	12,662	11,702	n/a
Imports cif	7,516	6,518	5,274	8,531	3,976	5,056	8,436	n/a
Trade balance	5,285	1,841	3,850	2,619	4,494	7,607	3,266	n/a
a Economist Intelligence Unit estimates.
Sources: Central Statistical Organisation, Selected Monthly Economic Indicators; IMF, International Financial Statistics.

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