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FEDERATION OF EURO-ASIAN STOCK EXCHANGES
SEMI ANNUAL REPORT OCTOBER 2006
AMMAN STOCK EXCHANGE
JORDAN GDP/EMPLOYMENT BY SECTOR OF ORIGIN
Sector
% GDP % Employment
3.0
25.0
72.0 6.4
25.0
68.6
Agriculture
Industry
Services
JORDAN MONEY SUPPLY, INTEREST RATES AND
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006*
1,613.9
6,026.3 1,777.1
6,747.6 2,026.7
7,434.7 2,119.7
7,866.1 2,316.2
8,419.1 2,919.8
9,465.7 3,192.9
10,571.4 4,061.3
12,364 4,423.2
13,260.5
Growth Rate M1
Growth Rate M2 -1.7%
8.1% 10.1%
12.0% 14.0%
10.2% 4.6%
5.8% 9.3%
7.0% 26.1%
12.4% 9.4%
11.7% 27.2%
17.0% 8.9%
3.1%
Interest Rates
deposit rates
lending rate 8.3%
12.9% 7.9%
12.7% 6.6%
11.4% 5.2%
10.5% 4.0%
9.9% 2.8%
8.9% 2.5%
7.6% 3.5%
8.1% 4.5%
8.0%
Foreign Exchange Reserves (US$ millions) 1,750 2,629 2,763 2,578 3,495 4,739.5 4,824.2 4,743.9 4,907.9
Exchange Rate Period Average (dinars/US$)
Annual % Growth 0.709
0 0.709
0 0.709
0 0.709
0 0.709
0 0.709
0 0.709
0 0.709
0 0.709
0
Money Supply M1 (dinars-billions)
Money Supply M2 (dinars-billions)
GROWTH OF EXPORTS AND IMPORTS
(%)
Exports
INFLATION
(%)
Imports
GDP deflator
50 6
40 5
CPI
4
30
3
20
2
10
1
0
0
-10
97
98
99
00
01
02
03
04
05
-1
97
98
99
00
01
02
03
04
05
CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE TO GDP
(%)
EXPORT AND IMPORT LEVELS
(US$ Millions)
Imports
Exports
9,000
12
10
8
6,000
6
4
3,000
2
0
0
-2
97
98
99
00
01
02
03
97
98
99
00
01
02
03
04
04
* World Bank reports
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