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Country Report India April 2011
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| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Exchange rate Rs:US$ (av) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 48.8 | 49.3 | 51.2 | 50.1 | 48.5 | 47.8 | 48.5 | 48.3 | 48.4 | 46.7 | 46.6 | 46.6 |
| 2010 | 46.0 | 46.3 | 45.5 | 44.5 | 45.8 | 46.6 | 46.8 | 46.6 | 46.1 | 44.4 | 45.0 | 45.2 |
| 2011 | 45.4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Exchange rate Rs:US$ (end-period) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 49.0 | 50.7 | 50.9 | 50.2 | 47.3 | 47.9 | 48.2 | 48.9 | 48.0 | 47.0 | 46.5 | 46.7 |
| 2010 | 46.4 | 46.2 | 45.1 | 44.4 | 46.4 | 46.6 | 46.5 | 47.1 | 44.9 | 44.5 | 46.0 | 44.8 |
| 2011 | 46.0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Money supply M1 (% change, year on year) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 9.8 | 11.4 | 9.6 | 13.6 | 14.4 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 15.1 | 16.2 | 17.1 | 17.9 |
| 2010 | 18.9 | 17.5 | 19.3 | 15.7 | 15.7 | 18.0 | 19.2 | 17.3 | 15.7 | 19.8 | 21.1 | 19.1 |
| 2011 | 13.6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Money supply M3 (% change, year on year) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 20.1 | 19.9 | 19.0 | 21.3 | 21.0 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 19.7 | 19.4 | 18.8 | 18.5 | 17.4 |
| 2010 | 17.5 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 15.6 | 14.9 | 15.2 | 16.1 | 15.9 | 15.6 | 17.8 | 17.0 | 19.1 |
| 2011 | 16.3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Money market rate (end-period; %) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 5.50 | 5.50 | 5.00 | 4.75 | 4.75 | 4.75 | 4.75 | 4.75 | 4.75 | 4.75 | 4.75 | 4.75 |
| 2010 | 4.75 | 4.75 | 5.00 | 5.25 | 5.25 | 5.25 | 5.75 | 5.75 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 6.25 | 6.25 |
| 2011 | 6.50 | 6.50 | 6.75 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Lending rate (av; %) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| 2010 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | n/a |
| 2011 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Industrial production (% change, year on year) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 8.6 | 7.2 | 10.5 | 8.2 | 10.1 | 11.3 | 18.0 |
| 2010 | 16.8 | 15.1 | 15.5 | 16.6 | 12.2 | 7.2 | 15.1 | 7.3 | 4.9 | 12.1 | 3.6 | 2.5 |
| 2011 | 3.7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| BSE Sensex stockmarket index (end-period; 1978/79=100) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 9,424 | 8,892 | 9,709 | 11,403 | 14,625 | 14,494 | 15,670 | 15,667 | 17,127 | 15,896 | 16,926 | 17,465 |
| 2010 | 16,358 | 16,430 | 17,528 | 17,559 | 16,945 | 17,701 | 17,868 | 17,971 | 20,069 | 20,032 | 19,521 | 20,509 |
| 2011 | 18,328 | 17,823 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Consumer prices, industrial workers (% change, year on year; av) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 10.5 | 9.7 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 11.9 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 13.4 | 14.9 |
| 2010 | 16.1 | 14.8 | 14.3 | 13.7 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 11.3 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 9.8 | 8.3 | 9.7 |
| 2011 | 9.3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Wholesale prices (% change, year on year; av) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 5.9 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.2 | -0.7 | -0.6 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 6.9 |
| 2010 | 8.5 | 9.7 | 10.2 | 11.0 | 10.6 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 8.1 | 9.4 |
| 2011 | 8.2 | 8.3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Total exports fob (US$ m) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 12,869 | 11,941 | 12,916 | 12,475 | 12,316 | 13,606 | 14,341 | 13,586 | 14,624 | 14,806 | 14,933 | 16,493 |
| 2010 | 15,557 | 15,717 | 20,181 | 16,505 | 15,719 | 17,745 | 16,240 | 16,644 | 18,023 | 17,960 | 18,895 | 22,500 |
| 2011 | 20,605 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Total imports cif (US$ m) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 18,228 | 15,062 | 16,597 | 19,323 | 20,037 | 23,013 | 21,724 | 22,440 | 21,527 | 25,936 | 24,997 | 28,251 |
| 2010 | 25,267 | 25,980 | 29,391 | 27,669 | 26,581 | 28,299 | 29,170 | 29,679 | 27,141 | 27,689 | 27,796 | 25,130 |
| 2011 | 28,587 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Trade balance fob-cif (US$ m) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | -5,359 | -3,121 | -3,681 | -6,848 | -7,721 | -9,407 | -7,383 | -8,854 | -6,903 | -11,130 | -10,064 | -11,758 |
| 2010 | -9,710 | -10,263 | -9,210 | -11,164 | -10,862 | -10,554 | -12,930 | -13,035 | -9,118 | -9,729 | -8,901 | -2,630 |
| 2011 | -7,982 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Foreign-exchange reserves excl gold (US$ m) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 239,692 | 239,491 | 242,345 | 242,658 | 252,608 | 255,248 | 261,865 | 267,318 | 270,855 | 273,460 | 269,969 | 265,182 |
| 2010 | 262,904 | 260,442 | 261,393 | 261,414 | 254,636 | 256,334 | 265,513 | 263,145 | 272,490 | 276,457 | 270,430 | 275,277 |
| 2011 | 276,680 | n/a | 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. | ||||||||||||
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