TABLE-Bangladesh key economic indicators - May 18

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DAILY INDICATORS

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Taka/US $ (inter-bank) 68.58/68.58 68.58/68.58
Call money rate (inter-bank) 8.00-20.00 8.00-20.00
All-share price index 2,589.77 2,561.73

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MONTHLY

CURRENT PREVIOUS
Growth in:
Consumer price index (BBS)
Change yr/yr (pct) March 10.06 10.16
M2 supply (bln taka) (BB) Feb. 2,304.15 2,277.14
Forex reserves ($bln)(BB) April 5.77 5.60
Trade balance ($mln)(BB) Feb. -561.39 -795.83
Exports ($mln)(BB) Feb. 1,198.91 1,231.97
Imports ($mln)(BB) Feb. 1,760.30 2,027.80

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ANNUAL

2006/2007 2005/2006
Population (millions) *140.6 138.8
Per capita income (US Dollar) *520 476
External debt ($bln) *19.7 18.6
External debt (pct of GDP) *29.1 30.0
Real GDP growth (pct) *6.5 6.6
Fiscal Deficit (pct of GDP) *3.7 3.9
Trade Balance ($bln) *-3.46 -2.89
Exports ($bln) *12.05 10.41
Imports ($bln) *15.51 13.30
Current a/c balance ($mln) *952 824
Current a/c balance
(pct of GDP) *1.0 0.9
Agriculture production
(constant factor cost in bln Tk) *479.2 465.4
Industrial production
(constant factor cost in bln Tk) *871.2 795.5
* = provisional
BB = Bangladesh Bank (central bank)
BBS = Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics