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DAILY INDICATORS

Thursday Previous

Taka/US $ (inter-bank) 81.24-81.74 81.24-81.74

Call money rate (inter-bank) 07.75-08.50 06.00-08.50

General index 4,210.58 3,991.59

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MONTHLY

CURRENT PREVIOUS

Growth in:

Consumer price index (BBS)

Change yr/yr (pct) Oct. 7.22 7.39

M2 supply (bln taka) (BB) Aug. 5,331.73 5,226.32

Forex reserves ($bln)(BB) Oct. 12.39 11.25

Trade balance ($mln)(BB) Aug. *-28.50 *-593.90

Exports ($mln)(BB) Aug. 2,448.00 2,439.10

Imports ($mln)(BB) Aug. 2,476.50 3,033.00

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ANNUAL

2010/2011 2009/2010

Population (millions) NA *147.7

External debt (pct of GDP) **19.4 20.3

Real GDP growth (pct) *6.7 6.1

Budget Deficit (including grants)

(pct of GDP) *3.9 3.3

Trade Balance ($bln) *-7.32 -5.15

Exports ($bln) *23.00 16.23

Imports ($bln) *30.33 21.38

Current a/c balance ($mln) *995 3,724

Current a/c balance

(pct of GDP) *-0.3 3.7

Agriculture production

(constant factor cost in bln Tk) *742.80 707.70

Industrial production (constant factor cost in bln Tk) *1,128.9 1,043.70

* provisional

** Excluding IMF loan

* BB = Bangladesh Bank (central bank)

* BBS = Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics

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