Country Report Zimbabwe April 2011

Data and charts: Monthly data

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Exchange rate Z$:US$ (av)
2005	5.8	6.0	6.1	6.1	7.1	9.8	12.5	21.2	25.5	61.5	64.2	78.0
2006	93.7	99.2	99.2	99.2	101.2	101.2	101.2	250.0	250.0	250.0	250.0	250.0
2007	250.0	250.0	250.0	15,000	15,000	15,000	15,000	15,000	30,000	n/a	n/a	n/a
M1 (% change, year on year)
2005	156	196	189	187	191	180	237	236	264	423	407	553
2006	598	546	521	579	688	771	867	1,300	1,510	1,302	1,442	1,323
2007	1,607	2,114	3,584	4,844	8,928	16,324	18,441	16,837	21,256	26,779	57,538	66,710
M2 (% change, year on year)
2005	168	204	192	190	219	202	253	236	256	377	414	533
2006	588	549	559	593	675	781	853	1,266	1,520	1,490	1,462	1,453
2007	1,668	2,142	3,372	4,559	8,344	14,840	18,599	17,845	20,808	23,081	50,699	60,376
Deposit rate (%)
2005	56.5	46.5	44.4	44.0	54.0	81.5	79.0	126.0	126.0	130.5	130.5	174.0
2006	169.0	164.0	229.0	254.0	254.0	229.0	284.0	179.0	179.0	166.5	166.5	166.5
2007	129.0	124.0	154.0	154.0	154.0	129.0	129.0	129.0	94.0	104.0	79.0	79.0
Lending rate (%)
2005	168.0	155.0	155.6	150.0	165.0	200.0	207.5	262.0	275.0	360.0	315.0	415.0
2006	415.0	455.0	595.0	682.5	682.5	632.5	632.5	312.5	350.0	350.0	350.0	500.0
2007	512.5	537.5	537.5	537.5	537.5	537.5	572.5	600.0	600.0	600.0	600.0	775.0
Industrial share prices (% change, year on year)
2005	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2006	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2007	1,400	2,200	6,100	8,700	18,200	66,200	27,600	20,133	22,050	97,460	211,588	326,311
Sources: IMF, International Financial Statistics; Haver Analytics.

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