Aug 1-- -------------------------------------------------------
DAILY INDICATORS
Thursday Previous
Taka/US $ (inter-bank) 69.41/69.43 69.40/69.42
Call money rate (inter-bank) 2.50-3.00 2.50-3.00
General index 6,342.76 6,287.53
MONTHLY
CURRENT PREVIOUS
Growth in:
Consumer price index (BBS)
Change yr/yr (pct) April 8.54 8.78
M2 supply (bln taka) (BB) May 3,522.25 3,430.40
Forex reserves ($bln)(BB) June 10.75 10.14
Trade balance ($mln)(BB) May *-575.87 -601.01
Exports ($mln)(BB) May 1,543.83 1,176.29
Imports ($mln)(BB) May 2,119.70 1,777.30
ANNUAL
2008/2009 2007/2008
Population (millions) *144.2 142.4
Per capita income (US Dollar) *690 608
External debt (pct of GDP) *23.3 25.5
Real GDP growth (pct) *5.9 6.2
Fiscal Deficit (pct of GDP) *4.1 6.2
Trade Balance ($bln) *-4.71 -5.33
Exports ($bln) *15.58 14.15
Imports ($bln) *20.29 19.48
Current a/c balance ($mln) *2,536 702
Current a/c balance
(pct of GDP) *-0.4 -0.1
Agriculture production
(constant factor cost in bln Tk) *675.8 645.9
Industrial production
(constant factor cost in bln Tk) *975.2 920.6
* = provisional
BB = Bangladesh Bank (central bank)
BBS = Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics Keywords: ECONOMY BANGLADESH/INDICATORS (Dhaka Newsroom; Tel: +880-2-8332062; Fax: +880-2-8312976) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
DAILY INDICATORS
Thursday Previous
Taka/US $ (inter-bank) 69.41/69.43 69.40/69.42
Call money rate (inter-bank) 2.50-3.00 2.50-3.00
General index 6,342.76 6,287.53
MONTHLY
CURRENT PREVIOUS
Growth in:
Consumer price index (BBS)
Change yr/yr (pct) April 8.54 8.78
M2 supply (bln taka) (BB) May 3,522.25 3,430.40
Forex reserves ($bln)(BB) June 10.75 10.14
Trade balance ($mln)(BB) May *-575.87 -601.01
Exports ($mln)(BB) May 1,543.83 1,176.29
Imports ($mln)(BB) May 2,119.70 1,777.30
ANNUAL
2008/2009 2007/2008
Population (millions) *144.2 142.4
Per capita income (US Dollar) *690 608
External debt (pct of GDP) *23.3 25.5
Real GDP growth (pct) *5.9 6.2
Fiscal Deficit (pct of GDP) *4.1 6.2
Trade Balance ($bln) *-4.71 -5.33
Exports ($bln) *15.58 14.15
Imports ($bln) *20.29 19.48
Current a/c balance ($mln) *2,536 702
Current a/c balance
(pct of GDP) *-0.4 -0.1
Agriculture production
(constant factor cost in bln Tk) *675.8 645.9
Industrial production
(constant factor cost in bln Tk) *975.2 920.6
* = provisional
BB = Bangladesh Bank (central bank)
BBS = Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics Keywords: ECONOMY BANGLADESH/INDICATORS (Dhaka Newsroom; Tel: +880-2-8332062; Fax: +880-2-8312976) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.