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Country Report Zimbabwe April 2011
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| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | ||||||
| 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | 4 Qtr | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | 4 Qtr | 1 Qtr | |
| Central government finance (Z$ m) | ||||||||
| Revenue & grants | 162,579 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Expenditure & net lending | 188,148 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Balance | -25,569 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Total domestic debt (end-period) | 46,213 | 119,401 | 175,666 | 1,283,404 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Output | ||||||||
| Manufacturing index (1990=100) | 58 | 69 | 73 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Manufacturing index (% change, year on year) | -5 | 12 | 30 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Prices | ||||||||
| Consumer prices (2000=100) | 133,258 | 249,903 | 509,953 | 1,437,264 | 7,321,732 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Consumer prices (% change, year on year) | 1,147 | 1,071 | 1,164 | 1,883 | 5,394 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Financial indicators | ||||||||
| Exchange rate Z$:US$ (av) | 100.7 | 200.0 | 259.2 | 259.2 | 257.3 | 8,186.7 | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| Exchange rate Z$:US$ (end-period) | 104.8 | 259.6 | 258.9 | 259.1 | 255.6 | 30,000.0 | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| Parallel exchange rate Z$:US$ (av) | 320.0 | 1,068.0 | 2,567 | 10,333 | 79,333 | 293,333 | n/a | n/a |
| Bank rate (end-period; %) | 850.0 | 300.0 | 500.0 | 500.0 | 600.0 | 600.0 | 975.0 | n/a |
| Lending rate (av; %) | 665.8 | 431.7 | 400.0 | 529.2 | 537.5 | 590.8 | 658.3 | n/a |
| Treasury bill rate (av;%) | 509.4 | 258.8 | 66.3 | 66.3 | 248.8 | 340.0 | 340.0 | n/a |
| M1 (end-period; Z$ bn) | 1.15E+05 | 3.32E+05 | 6.37E+05 | 2.22E+06 | 1.89E+07 | 7.09E+07 | 4.25E+08 | 8.05E+08 |
| M1 (% change, year on year) | 771 | 1,510 | 1,323 | 3,584 | 16,324 | 21,255.8 | 66,709.9 | 36,096.3 |
| M2 (end-period; Z$ bn) | 1.58E+05 | 4.34E+05 | 9.07E+05 | 2.85E+06 | 2.36E+07 | 9.07E+07 | 5.49E+08 | 1.72E+09 |
| M2 (% change, year on year) | 781 | 1,520 | 1,453 | 3,372 | 14,840 | 20,807.8 | 60,376.2 | 60,197.1 |
| ZSE Industrial index (end-period) | 61,764 | 184,839 | 310,459 | 548,730 | 3,696,286 | 5,460,688 | n/a | n/a |
| Sectoral trends | ||||||||
| Tobacco auctions (annual totals; '000 tonnes)a | 53 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Gold production (kg) | 2,556 | 2,990 | 2,904 | 2,334 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Gold production (Z$ bn) | 6,286 | 13,035 | 29,569 | 27,735 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Chrome ore production ('000 tonnes) | 173 | 177 | 176 | 176 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Chrome ore production (Z$ bn) | 1,662 | 4,019 | 8,541 | 19,643 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Platinum production (kg) | 1,183 | 1,434 | 1,210 | 1,367 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Platinum production (Z$ bn) | 4,016 | 10,400 | 10,377 | 11,761 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Foreign trade (Z$ m)b | ||||||||
| Exports fob | 236.0 | 243.3 | 254.4 | 620.5 | 711.0 | 550.8 | 620.9 | 588.8 |
| Imports cif | 709.9 | 786.1 | 729.7 | 627.2 | 593.2 | 656.7 | 804.3 | 640.9 |
| Trade balance | -473.9 | -542.8 | -475.3 | -6.7 | 117.8 | -105.9 | -183.4 | -52.1 |
| a Provisional data for 2006. b DOTS estimates. | ||||||||
| Sources: IMF, International Financial Statistics; Direction of Trade Statistics; Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe; Central Statistical Office. | ||||||||
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