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FEDERATION OF EURO-ASIAN STOCK EXCHANGES
ANNUAL REPORT APRIL 2009
MUSCAT SECURITIES MARKET
OMAN ECONOMIC CHARTS AND TABLES
Government finance (OR m)
Revenue
Expenditure
Balance
Prices
Consumer prices (2000=100)
Consumer prices (% change, year on year)
Wholesale prices (2000=100)
Wholesale prices (% change, year on year)
Financial indicators
Exchange rate OR:US$ (av)
Exchange rate OR:US$ (end-period)
Deposit rate (av; %)
Lending rate (av; %)
M1 (end-period; OR m)
M1 (% change, year on year)
M2 (end-period; OR m)
M2 (% change, year on year)
Share price index, MSM (end-period; Jan 1st 1995=1,000)
Share price index, MSM (% change, year on year)
Sectoral trends
Crude oil production (m barrels/day)
Omani average oil price (US$/barrel)
Electricity production (kwh m)
Foreign trade (OR m)
Exports fob
Oil & LNG
Imports cif
Trade balance
Foreign reserves
Reserves excl gold (end-period; US$ m)
1 Qtr 2007
2 Qtr
3 Qtr 4 Qtr 1 Qtr 2008
2 Qtr
3 Qtr 1,550
1,086
464 1,748
1,280
468 1,276
1,242
35 1,241
1,764
-523 2,116
1,247
869 1,993
1,824
169 2,096
1,659
436 n/a
n/a
n/a
108
4.6
126.8
6.0 109
4.9
130.3
5.8 112
6.5
132.4
5.2 115
7.8
135.8
7.4 120
11.0
143.1
12.8 124
13.1
150.1
15.2 127
13.5
155.3
17.3 n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
0.385
0.385
4.1
7.4
1,420
5.9
4,871
26.1
5,733
8.3 0.385
0.385
4.2
7.4
1,568
11.6
5,241
29.6
5,984
18.8 0.385
0.385
4.3
7.3
1,649
29.9
5,465
27.6
6,597
33.0 0.385
0.385
4.1
7.3
1,917
45.5
6,111
34.7
8,500
53.4 0.385
0.385
3.9
6.9
2,323
63.5
6,714
37.8
9,879
72.3 0.385
0.385
3.7
6.7
2,242
43.0
7,024
34.0
11,363
89.9 0.385
0.385
3.9
6.7
2,170
31.6
7,119
30.3
9,631
46.0 0.385
0.385
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
5,926
-30.3
0.72
54.7
2,119 0.71
64.3
4,286 0.71
68.5
4,744 0.71
73.1
2,708 0.73
87.4
2,251 0.72
97.4
5,053 0.72
126.8
4,758 0.71
n/a
n/a
2,062
1,523
1,338
723 2,094
1,611
1,372
721 2,633
2,057
1,696
936 2,718
2,020
1,737
981 3,226
2,356
2,035
1,191 3,475
2,603
2,193
1,282 n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
5,767 6,917 7,543 9,523 10,407 10,050 10,322 n/a
4 Qtr
Ministry of National Economy, Monthly Statistical Bulletin; International Energy Agency, Oil Market Report; IMF, International
Financial Statistics.
ECONOMIC FORECAST SUMMARY
Real GDP growth
Oil production ('000 b/d)
Crude oil exports (US$ m)
Consumer price inflation (av)
Lending rate
Official net budget balance (% of GDP) (d)
Unofficial gross budget balance (% of GDP) (e)
Exports of goods fob (US$ bn)
Imports of goods fob (US$ bn)
Current-account balance (US$ bn)
Current-account balance (% of GDP)
External debt (year-end; US$ bn)
Exchange rate OR:US$ (av)
Exchange rate OR:[euro] (av)
Exchange rate OR:¥100 (av)
Exchange rate OR:SDR (av)
2007 (a) 2008 (a) 2009 (b) 2010 (b)
5.6
711 (c)
14,443
5.9 (c)
7.3 (c)
2.9
10.7
23.1
11.0
5.1
12.8
5.3
0.385 (c)
0.526 (c)
0.326 (c)
0.590 (c) 6.2
715
21,953
13.5
6.8
6.8
23.3
33.9
13.3
11.2
20.9
6.1
0.385
0.571
0.366
0.613 5.7
720
15,175
10.2
6.9
4.8
10.2
27.3
15.2
3.1
6.1
6.8
0.385
0.523
0.385
0.589 6.1
724
16,688
8.3
6.9
6.7
12.9
31.9
17.5
4.1
6.9
7.5
0.385
0.506
0.392
0.584
(a) The Economist Intelligence Unit estimates. (b) The Economist Intelligence Unit forecasts. (c) Actual. (d )Excludes State General Reserve Fund (SGRF) operations. (e) Includes SGRF operations.
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