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TABLE-Bangladesh key economic indicators - July 2

Wed Jul 2, 2008 9:11am IST
 
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 July 2 ------------------------------------------------------
DAILY INDICATORS
                               Monday              Previous
 Taka/US $ (inter-bank)           68.50/68.53      68.50/68.53
 Call money rate (inter-bank)     2.00-10.00        3.75-11.00
 All-share price index            2,588.03            2,592.42
                               ----------------------------
 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 ($bln)(BB)  May        5.33               5.77
 Trade balance  ($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
                               ----------------------------
 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

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