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DAILY INDICATORS

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Taka/US $ (inter-bank) 69.2510/69.2580 69.25/69.26

Call money rate (inter-bank) 3.25-4.50 3.50-4.50

General index 5,489.67 5,522.67

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MONTHLY

CURRENT PREVIOUS

Growth in:

Consumer price index (BBS)

Change yr/yr (pct) Jan. 8.99 8.51

M2 supply (bln taka) (BB) Jan. 2,722.88 3,281.92

Forex reserves ($bln)(BB) March 10.14 10.55

Trade balance ($mln)(BB) Dec. *-1,007.61 -622.98

Exports ($mln)(BB) Dec. 1,172.89 1,197.52

Imports ($mln)(BB) Dec. 2,180.50 1,820.50

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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

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