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20 Libya<br />
Monthly data<br />
Pl ea se se e g ra phi c bel ow<br />
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec<br />
Exchange rate LD:US$ (av)<br />
2008 1.22 1.22 1.18 1.18 1.19 1.19 1.18 1.22 1.24 1.28 1.30 1.27<br />
2009 1.27 1.30 1.30 1.29 1.27 1.25 1.25 1.24 1.22 1.22 1.21 1.22<br />
2010 1.23 1.26 1.27 1.27 1.30 1.32 1.29 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a<br />
Exchange rate LD:US$ (end-period)<br />
2008 1.21 1.20 1.18 1.19 1.19 1.18 1.19 1.23 1.24 1.30 1.30 1.25<br />
2009 1.28 1.32 1.29 1.29 1.25 1.24 1.24 1.23 1.22 1.22 1.20 1.23<br />
2010 1.24 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.31 1.31 1.28 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a<br />
Exchange rate LD:€ (end-period)<br />
2008 1.80 1.82 1.86 1.85 1.86 1.86 1.86 1.81 1.75 1.65 1.65 1.75<br />
2009 1.64 1.67 1.71 1.71 1.76 1.75 1.78 1.77 1.78 1.79 1.80 1.77<br />
2010 1.72 1.72 1.72 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a<br />
M1 (% change, year on year)<br />
2008 54.4 50.9 46.4 57.7 99.6 81.9 69.6 40.2 70.8 49.9 57.5 51.4<br />
2009 42.7 44.2 37.9 35.0 14.8 22.2 31.4 50.5 27.3 27.8 17.8 18.1<br />
2010 21.0 21.6 26.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a<br />
M2 (% change, year on year)<br />
2008 44.2 42.7 40.9 52.9 85.6 71.8 62.6 37.8 65.8 50.0 53.6 49.2<br />
2009 45.7 45.1 39.8 34.3 16.6 22.9 31.8 47.2 25.3 25.6 21.7 22.4<br />
2010 25.1 24.9 27.2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a<br />
Deposit rate (%)<br />
2008 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5<br />
2009 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5<br />
2010 2.5 2.5 2.5 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a<br />
Lending rate (%)<br />
2008 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0<br />
2009 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0<br />
2010 6.0 6.0 6.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a<br />
Goods exports fob (US$ m)<br />
2008 5,305 4,797 4,952 5,643 5,406 6,365 6,999 6,517 4,826 4,715 3,072 2,988<br />
2009 2,397 2,570 2,157 2,747 2,676 2,866 3,267 3,409 3,326 3,710 3,214 3,427<br />
2010 3,436 2,855 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a<br />
Goods imports cif (US$ m)<br />
2008 1,225 1,216 1,452 1,579 1,647 1,620 2,138 1,802 1,769 1,807 1,413 1,467<br />
2009 1,402 1,369 1,760 1,587 1,690 1,691 1,722 1,706 1,794 1,758 1,659 1,889<br />
2010 1,440 1,487 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a<br />
Trade balance fob-cif (US$ m)<br />
2008 4,080 3,581 3,500 4,064 3,758 4,745 4,860 4,716 3,057 2,908 1,659 1,521<br />
2009 995 1,201 397 1,159 986 1,175 1,546 1,703 1,532 1,952 1,555 1,538<br />
2010 1,996 1,368 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a<br />
Foreign-exchange reserves excl gold (US$ m)<br />
2008 82,276 83,293 87,143 89,049 89,983 90,802 94,510 94,365 97,605 89,864 89,223 92,313<br />
2009 90,401 90,423 91,075 93,996 93,635 91,663 95,378 98,682 100,219 99,673 102,184 99,026<br />
2010 98,337 97,431 97,117 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a<br />
Sources: IMF, International Financial Statistics; Direction of Trade Statistics; Haver Analytics.<br />
<strong>Country</strong> <strong>Report</strong> August 2010 www.eiu.com © The Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010
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