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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

Keywords: ECONOMY BANGLADESH INDICATORS

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