TABLE-China's economic indicators -Oct 22

Published: 22 Oct 2009 01:32:32 PST

BEIJING, Oct 22 - Following are China's economic indicators.

1. Real GDP growth (yr/yr % change) YEAR 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 PCT 9.0 13.0 11.6 10.4 10.1 10.0 9.1 8.3 8.4 7.6 7.8 9.3 QTR* Q309 Q209 Q109 Q408 Q308 Q208 Q108 Q407 Q307 Q207 Q107 Q406 PCT 8.9 7.9 6.1 6.8 9.0 10.1 10.6 11.2 11.5 12.6 11.7 10.4

2. Trade balance (in billions of dollars) MONTH Sep09 Aug09 Jul09 Jun09 May09 Apr09 Mar09 Feb09 Jan09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 EXP 115.9 103.7 105.4 95.4 88.8 91.9 90.3 64.9 90.5 111.2 115.0 128.3 IMP 103.0 88.0 94.8 87.2 75.4 78.8 71.7 60.1 51.3 72.2 74.9 93.1 BAL 12.9 15.7 10.6 8.2 13.4 13.1 18.6 4.8 39.1 39.0 40.1 35.2

3. Export and import growth (yr/yr % change) MONTH Sep09 Aug09 Jul09 Jun09 May09 Apr09 Mar09 Feb09 Jan09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 EXP -15.2 -23.4 -23.0 -21.4 -26.4 -22.6 -17.1 -25.7 -17.5 -2.8 -2.2 19.2 IMP -3.5 -17.0 -14.9 -13.2 -25.2 -23.0 -25.1 -24.1 -43.1 -21.3 -17.9 15.6

4. Money supply growth (yr/yr % change) MONTH Sep09 Aug09 Jul09 Jun09 May09 Apr09 Mar09 Feb09 Jan09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 M2 29.3 28.5 28.4 28.5 25.7 26.0 25.5 20.5 18.8 17.8 14.8 15.0 M1 29.5 27.7 26.4 24.8 18.7 17.5 17.0 10.9 6.7 9.1 6.8 8.9 M0 16.0 11.5 11.6 11.5 11.2 11.3 10.9 8.3 12.0 12.7 9.0 10.6

5. Yuan loans (in trillions of yuan and yr/yr % change) MONTH Sep09 Aug09 Jul09 Jun09 May09 Apr09 Mar09 Feb09 Jan09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 Level 39.0 38.5 38.1 37.7 36.2 35.6 35.0 33.1 32.0 30.4 29.6 29.8 Change 34.2 34.1 33.9 34.4 30.6 29.7 29.8 24.2 21.3 18.8 16.0 14.6

6. Overall fixed-asset investment growth (yr/yr % change) YEAR# 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 PCT 25.5 24.8 24.0 25.7 26.6 26.7 16.1 12.1 9.3 5.2

Fixed-asset investment in urban areas, year to date (yr/yr % change) MONTH Sep09 Aug09 Jul09 Jun09 May09 Apr09 Mar09 Jan-Feb09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 PCT 33.3 33.0 32.9 33.6 32.9 30.5 28.6 26.5 26.1 26.8 27.2

7. Industrial output growth (yr/yr % change) YEAR 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 PCT 12.9 18.5 16.6 16.4 16.7 17.0 12.6 9.9 11.4 8.5 MONTH Sep09 Aug09 Jul09 Jun09 May09 Apr09 Mar09 Jan-Feb09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 PCT 13.9 12.3 10.8 10.7 8.9 7.3 8.3 3.8 5.7 5.4 8.2

8. Retail sales growth (yr/yr % change) YEAR 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 PCT 21.6 16.8 13.7 12.9 13.3 9.1 8.8 10.1 9.7 6.8 MONTH Sep09 Aug09 Jul09 Jun09 May09 Apr09 Mar09 Jan-Feb09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 PCT 15.5 15.4 15.2 15.0 15.2 14.8 14.7 15.2 19.0 20.8 22.0

9. Consumer price index (yr/yr % change) YEAR 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 PCT 5.9 4.8 1.5 1.8 3.9 1.2 -0.8 0.7 0.4 -1.4 -0.8 2.8 MONTH Sep09 Aug09 Jul09 Jun09 May09 Apr09 Mar09 Feb09 Jan09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 PCT -0.8 -1.2 -1.8 -1.7 -1.4 -1.5 -1.2 -1.6 1.0 1.2 2.4 4.0

10. Producer price index (yr/yr % change) YEAR 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 PCT 6.9 3.1 3.0 4.9 6.1 2.3 -2.2 -1.3 2.8 -2.4 MONTH Sep09 Aug09 Jul09 Jun09 May09 Apr09 Mar09 Feb09 Jan09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 PCT -7.0 -7.9 -8.2 -7.8 -7.2 -6.6 -6.0 -4.5 -3.3 -1.1 2.0 6.6

11. Actual FDI inflows (in billions of dollars, MOFCOM measure~) YEAR 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 VALUE 92.4 74.8 63.0 60.3 60.6 53.5 52.7 46.9 40.8 40.4 MONTH Sep09 Aug09 Jul09 Jun09 May09 Apr09 Mar09 Feb09 Jan09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 VALUE 7.9 7.5 5.4 9.0 6.4 5.9 8.4 5.8 7.5 6.0 5.3 6.7

12. Foreign exchange reserves (in billions of dollars) End-Sep09 End-Jun09 End-Mar09 End-Dec08 End-Sep08 End-Jun08 End-Mar08 2,272.6 2,131.6 1,953.7 1,946.0 1,905.6 1,808.8 1,682.2

13. Foreign debt (in billions of dollars) End-Jun09 End-Mar09 End-Dec08 End-Sep08 End-Jun08 End-Mar08 End-Dec07

360.6 336.7 374.7 442.0 427.4 392.6 373.6

14. Purchasing managers' index (official) MONTH Sep09 Aug09 Jul09 Jun09 May09 Apr09 Mar09 Feb09 Jan09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 POINT 54.3 54.0 53.3 53.2 53.1 53.5 52.4 49.0 45.3 41.2 38.8 44.6

15. Bank interest rates

One-year yuan deposit rate One-year yuan lending rate

2.25 pct 5.31 pct

One-year dollar deposit rate One-year HK dollar deposit rate

3.00 pct 2.625 pct

Notes:

(1) China's GDP growth is inflation-adjusted. Growth in fixed-asset investment, industrial output and retail sales is nominal.

(2) # The government's monthly fixed-asset investment figures are based on urban areas only; it gives overall investment on a quarterly basis.

(3) ~ The Commerce Ministry FDI figures exclude investments in the financial sector. The monthly FDI figures are in some cases calculated by Reuters based on cumulative data released by the Commerce Ministry.

(4) * Quarterly GDP growth figures for 2006 and 2007 do not reflect revisions to full-year growth issued by the National Bureau of Statistics.