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TABLE-Bangladesh key economic indicators - March 7
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March 7 ------------------------------------------------------- DAILY INDICATORS
Thursday Previous Taka/US $ (inter-bank) 69.24/69.28 69.24/69.26) Call money rate (inter-bank) 2.10-3.00 2.00-3.00 General index 5,640.94 5,634.06 ---------------------------- MONTHLY
CURRENT PREVIOUS Growth in: Consumer price index (BBS) Change yr/yr (pct) Dec. 8.51 7.24 M2 supply (bln taka) (BB) Nov. 3,229.99 3,125.79 Forex reserves ($bln)(BB) Feb. 10.55 10.10 Trade balance ($mln)(BB) Nov. *-622.98 -1,008.00 Exports ($mln)(BB) Nov. 1,197.52 1,024.00 Imports ($mln)(BB) Nov. 1,820.50 2,032.00 ---------------------------- ANNUAL
2007/2008 2006/2007 Population (millions) *142.4 140.6 Per capita income (US Dollar) *599 523 External debt ($bln) *20.1 19.35 External debt (pct of GDP) *25.5 28.3 Real GDP growth (pct) *6.2 6.5 Fiscal Deficit (pct of GDP) *6.2 3.7 Trade Balance ($bln) *-5.54 -3.46 Exports ($bln) *13.94 12.05 Imports ($bln) *19.48 15.51 Current a/c balance ($mln) *672 936 Current a/c balance (pct of GDP) *0.7 1.4 Agriculture production (constant factor cost in bln Tk) *648.4 625.8 Industrial production (constant factor cost in bln Tk) *921.4 862.2 * = provisional BB = Bangladesh Bank (central bank) BBS = Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
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