TABLE-Bangladesh key economic indicators - July 6

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DAILY INDICATORS

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Taka/US $ (inter-bank) 68.50/68.53 68.50/68.53
Call money rate (inter-bank) 3.50-10.00 3.50-10.50
All-share price index 2,588.00 2,602.83

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MONTHLY

CURRENT PREVIOUS
Growth in:
Consumer price index (BBS)
Change yr/yr (pct) May 7.44 7.66
M2 supply (bln taka) (BB) March 2,327.56 2,304.15
Forex reserves ($bln)(BB) June 6.15 5.33
Trade balance ($mln)(BB) March -891.05 -561.39
Exports ($mln)(BB) March 1,224.65 1,198.91
Imports ($mln)(BB) March 2,115.70 1,760.30

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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