FEAS Yearbook FEAS Yearbook 2009 | Page 95

FEDERATION OF EURO-ASIAN STOCK EXCHANGES
ANNUAL REPORT APRIL 2009
MACEDONIAN STOCK EXCHANGE
MACEDONIAN ECONOMIC FORECAST SUMMARY
Real GDP growth
Industry (excl construction)
Agriculture
Consumer price inflation (av)
Consumer price inflation (year-end)
Central bank 28-day bill rate (av)
General government balance (% of GDP)
Exports of goods fob (US$ m)
Imports of goods fob (US$ m)
Current-account balance (US$ m)
Current-account balance (% of GDP)
External debt (year-end; US$ bn)
Exchange rate Den:US$ (av)
Exchange rate Den:[euro] (av)
Exchange rate Den:[euro] (year-end)
2007 (a) 2008 (b) 2009 (c) 2010 (c)
5.1
3.7
0.6
2.2
6.1
5.1
0.4 (b)
3,349
-4,976
-249 (b)
-3.5 (b)
3.5 (b)
44.73
61.22
60.83 5.5
5.5
0.6
8.4
6.7
6.0
-1.2
4,397
-6,663
-740
-9.3
4.6 (c)
41.41
61.50
61.50 4.5
6.5
0.4
5.0
5.2
5.5
-1.6
4,660
-6,921
-545
-7.1
4.9
45.22
61.50
61.50 5.0
7.5
0.5
5.5
5.5
6.5
-1.0
5,380
-8,010
-545
-7.0
5.2
46.77
61.50
61.50
(a) Actual. (b) The Economist Intelligence Unit estimates. (c) The Economist Intelligence Unit forecasts
The Economic Intelligence Unit Ltd., 2008
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