TABLE-Bangladesh key economic indicators - July 4

July 4 ------------------------------------------------------
DAILY INDICATORS

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Taka/US $ (inter-bank) 69.06/69.06 69.06/69.06
Call money rate (inter-bank) 0.10-10.00 0.10-10.00
General index 3,069.71 3,010.26

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MONTHLY

CURRENT PREVIOUS
Growth in:
Consumer price index (BBS)
Change yr/yr (pct) March 5.04 5.81
M2 supply (bln taka) (BB) April 2,819.02 2,783.13
Forex reserves ($bln)(BB) June 7.47 6.56
Trade balance ($mln)(BB) April *-937.93 -835.04
Exports ($mln)(BB) April 1,203.97 1,280.36
Imports ($mln)(BB) April 2,141.90 2,115.40

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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