AMMAN, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Jordanian economic indicators
based on data provided by the Central Statistics Office, the
Central Bank of Jordan, Ministry of Finance and government
agencies:
-------------------KEY INTEREST RATES -------------------------
CURRENT EFFECTIVE PREVIOUS Central Bank discount rate 4.25 pct 22/02/2010 4.75 pct CD repurchasing rate (repo) 4.00 pct 22/02/2010 4.50 pct Overnight interbank rate 2.00 pct 22/02/2010 2.50 pct
----------------PUBLIC DEBT INSTRUMENTS-----------------------
CURRENT EFFECTIVE PREVIOUS
6
month Treasury Bills 2.317 pct 04/11/2010 2.342 pct
1
year Treasury Bills 2.957 pct 08/11/2010 3.087 pct
18
month Treasury Bond 3.532 pct 22/09/2010 4.350 pct
2
year Treasury Bond 4.217 pct 12/10/2010 4.626 pct
3
year Treasury Bond 4.674 pct 02/11/2010 4.705 pct
5
year Treasury Bond 5.749 pct 21/10/2010 5.813 pct
------------------- MONTHLY ECONOMIC INDICATORS---------------
++++TRADE DATA++++
(All figures in million of dinars unless otherwise stated)
LATEST YR-YR 2009 2008
(JAN-SEPT) Domestic Exports 3,100 2,639 3,573 4,431 Re-Exports 579 743 946 1,201 Imports 7,966 7,345 9,999 12,060 Trade balance (4,287 (3,962) (5,474) (6,427)
+++++INFLATION ++++++
Cost of Living Inflation (yr/yr in percent): (*) CPI index (base 100=2006)
NOV 2010 PVS MONTH Cost of Living Index 127.18 127.06 Year-on-Year change: 5.6 6.12
---------------------GOVERNMENT BUDGET-----------------------
(All figures in millions of dinars unless otherwise stated)
JAN-SEPT JAN-SEPT'09 2009 '08
Total Revenues/Grants 3,451 3,251 4,526 5,094 Total Expenditure 4,019 3.922 5,975 5,432 Deficit/Surplus Including: grants (568) (865) (1,450) (338)
NOTE: figures in the government budget are from the latest Ministry of Finance data obtained by Reuters.
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 Budget def. (excluding grants and inc. rescheduled interest) as pct of GDP:
11 7 7.9 7.2 10.9 Budget def. (inc grants) as pct GDP
8.9 2.2 5.1 4.3 5.3 Domestic revenues as pct of GDP
25.8 29.1 30 30.5 28.7 Current expenditure as pct of GDP
27.9 29.7 31.1 30 32.6 NOTE: figures are from the Central Bank statistics -Oct 2010.
---------------------ANNUAL INDICATORS------------------------
GDP DATA
percentage growth
2009 2008 2007 Nominal GDP at market prices: (pct change)
8 24.9 16.2 Real GDP at basic prices:
3.7 7.8 7.9 Real GDP at market prices:
2.7 7.8 8.8 Per capita GDP at current market prices (in dinars)
2,720 2,574 2,107 *GDP figures are from the Central Bank of Jordan's Monthly Statistical Bulletin - Oct 2010
NOTE:
Jordan's economy grew 2.9 percent in the second quarter of 2010 against a 2.03 percent rise in Q1 y/y.
-- Nominal GDP at market prices in 2009 stood at 16.266 billion dinars ($22.94 billion) against 15.056 billion dinars in 2008. -- Per capita GDP at current market prices stood in 2009 at 2,720 dinars ($3,836) from 2,574 dinars the previous year. (All figures in million of dinars unless otherwise stated)
2009 2008 2007 BALANCE OF PAYMENTS: Current account (899) (1,546) (2,038)
(Including) Trade Balance (4,354) (5,084) (4,574) Services Balance 530 249 (22) Current Transfers 2,490 2,795 2,029 Capital account 306.7 1,439 1,662 Direct Foreign Investment 1,691 2,005 1,859
Preliminary data show the current account deficit rose to 547.1 million dinars in H1 2010 against 294.3 million dinars in the same period last year.
----------------FOREIGN DEBT-------------------------------- Oct 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 Foreign debt (in mln dinars) 3,968 3,869 3,640 5,253 5,186 5,056
Foreign debt as pct GDP 20.5 pct 21.7 24.2 43.6 50 56.7 (*pct of projected gross domestic product in 2010)
---------------------FOREIGN CURRENCY RESERVES -----------
(in billions of dollars)
END OF OCT END-SEPT 2010
$11.247 $11.202
-- reserve levels are equivalent to eight months of imports.
(in millions of dinars)
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
7,713 5,490 4,871 4,326 3,363 in months of imports:
5.7 4.7 5.1 4.7 Jordan's economy grew an annualised real 2.3 pct in 2009 vs 5.6 pct in 2008, according to latest revised figures by the IMF and the government. -- The IMF in July downgraded the kingdom's 2010 growth forecast to 3.5 percent from an earlier 4 percent based on latest economic indictors that shows that the regional outlook still weighed on the kingdom. -- Finance Minister Mohammad Abu Hammour forecast growth of 5 percent in 2011, 5.5 percetnt in 2012 and 6 pct in 2013
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-------------------KEY INTEREST RATES -------------------------
CURRENT EFFECTIVE PREVIOUS Central Bank discount rate 4.25 pct 22/02/2010 4.75 pct CD repurchasing rate (repo) 4.00 pct 22/02/2010 4.50 pct Overnight interbank rate 2.00 pct 22/02/2010 2.50 pct
----------------PUBLIC DEBT INSTRUMENTS-----------------------
CURRENT EFFECTIVE PREVIOUS
6
month Treasury Bills 2.317 pct 04/11/2010 2.342 pct
1
year Treasury Bills 2.957 pct 08/11/2010 3.087 pct
18
month Treasury Bond 3.532 pct 22/09/2010 4.350 pct
2
year Treasury Bond 4.217 pct 12/10/2010 4.626 pct
3
year Treasury Bond 4.674 pct 02/11/2010 4.705 pct
5
year Treasury Bond 5.749 pct 21/10/2010 5.813 pct
------------------- MONTHLY ECONOMIC INDICATORS---------------
++++TRADE DATA++++
(All figures in million of dinars unless otherwise stated)
LATEST YR-YR 2009 2008
(JAN-SEPT) Domestic Exports 3,100 2,639 3,573 4,431 Re-Exports 579 743 946 1,201 Imports 7,966 7,345 9,999 12,060 Trade balance (4,287 (3,962) (5,474) (6,427)
+++++INFLATION ++++++
Cost of Living Inflation (yr/yr in percent): (*) CPI index (base 100=2006)
NOV 2010 PVS MONTH Cost of Living Index 127.18 127.06 Year-on-Year change: 5.6 6.12
---------------------GOVERNMENT BUDGET-----------------------
(All figures in millions of dinars unless otherwise stated)
JAN-SEPT JAN-SEPT'09 2009 '08
Total Revenues/Grants 3,451 3,251 4,526 5,094 Total Expenditure 4,019 3.922 5,975 5,432 Deficit/Surplus Including: grants (568) (865) (1,450) (338)
NOTE: figures in the government budget are from the latest Ministry of Finance data obtained by Reuters.
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 Budget def. (excluding grants and inc. rescheduled interest) as pct of GDP:
11 7 7.9 7.2 10.9 Budget def. (inc grants) as pct GDP
8.9 2.2 5.1 4.3 5.3 Domestic revenues as pct of GDP
25.8 29.1 30 30.5 28.7 Current expenditure as pct of GDP
27.9 29.7 31.1 30 32.6 NOTE: figures are from the Central Bank statistics -Oct 2010.
---------------------ANNUAL INDICATORS------------------------
GDP DATA
percentage growth
2009 2008 2007 Nominal GDP at market prices: (pct change)
8 24.9 16.2 Real GDP at basic prices:
3.7 7.8 7.9 Real GDP at market prices:
2.7 7.8 8.8 Per capita GDP at current market prices (in dinars)
2,720 2,574 2,107 *GDP figures are from the Central Bank of Jordan's Monthly Statistical Bulletin - Oct 2010
NOTE:
Jordan's economy grew 2.9 percent in the second quarter of 2010 against a 2.03 percent rise in Q1 y/y.
-- Nominal GDP at market prices in 2009 stood at 16.266 billion dinars ($22.94 billion) against 15.056 billion dinars in 2008. -- Per capita GDP at current market prices stood in 2009 at 2,720 dinars ($3,836) from 2,574 dinars the previous year. (All figures in million of dinars unless otherwise stated)
2009 2008 2007 BALANCE OF PAYMENTS: Current account (899) (1,546) (2,038)
(Including) Trade Balance (4,354) (5,084) (4,574) Services Balance 530 249 (22) Current Transfers 2,490 2,795 2,029 Capital account 306.7 1,439 1,662 Direct Foreign Investment 1,691 2,005 1,859
Preliminary data show the current account deficit rose to 547.1 million dinars in H1 2010 against 294.3 million dinars in the same period last year.
----------------FOREIGN DEBT-------------------------------- Oct 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 Foreign debt (in mln dinars) 3,968 3,869 3,640 5,253 5,186 5,056
Foreign debt as pct GDP 20.5 pct 21.7 24.2 43.6 50 56.7 (*pct of projected gross domestic product in 2010)
---------------------FOREIGN CURRENCY RESERVES -----------
(in billions of dollars)
END OF OCT END-SEPT 2010
$11.247 $11.202
-- reserve levels are equivalent to eight months of imports.
(in millions of dinars)
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
7,713 5,490 4,871 4,326 3,363 in months of imports:
5.7 4.7 5.1 4.7 Jordan's economy grew an annualised real 2.3 pct in 2009 vs 5.6 pct in 2008, according to latest revised figures by the IMF and the government. -- The IMF in July downgraded the kingdom's 2010 growth forecast to 3.5 percent from an earlier 4 percent based on latest economic indictors that shows that the regional outlook still weighed on the kingdom. -- Finance Minister Mohammad Abu Hammour forecast growth of 5 percent in 2011, 5.5 percetnt in 2012 and 6 pct in 2013
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