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To: RealMuLan who wrote (408)	8/18/2003 11:59:58 AM
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TABLE-China's economic indicators - Aug 18 Reuters, 08.18.03, 5:31 AM ET BEIJING, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Following are China's economic indicators, updated on Monday. 1. Real GDP growth (y/y % change) YEAR 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 PCT 12.6 10.5 9.6 8.8 7.8 7.1 8.0 7.3 8.0 QUARTER Q2/01 Q3/01 Q4/01 Q1/02 Q2/02 Q3/02 Q4/02 Q1/03 Q2/03 PCT 7.8 7.0 6.6 7.6 8.0 8.1 8.1 9.9 6.7 2. Consumer price index (y/y % change) YEAR 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 PCT 24.1 17.1 8.3 2.8 -0.8 -1.4 0.4 0.7 -0.8 MON (03) Jan Feb March April May June July PCT 0.4 0.2 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.5 3. Overall fixed asset investment growth (y/y % change) YEAR 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 PCT 17.5 14.8 10.1 14.1 5.2 9.3 12.1 16.1 Fixed asset investment, mainly by state firms MON(03) Jan-Feb Jan-March Jan-April Jan-May Jan-June Jan-July PCT 32.8 31.6 30.5 31.7 32.8 32.7 4. Retail sales growth (y/y % change) YEAR 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 PCT 26.8 20.1 11.1 6.8 6.8 9.7 10.1 8.8 MON (03) Jan-Feb Jan-March April May June July PCT 9.2 9.2 7.7 4.3 8.3 9.8 5. Value-added industrial growth (y/y % change) YEAR 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 PCT 13.0 11.1 8.9 8.5 11.4 9.9 12.6 MON (03) Jan Feb March April May June July PCT 14.8 19.8 16.9 14.9 13.7 16.9 16.5 6. Trade balance (in billions of U.S. dollars) MON (2003) Feb March April May June July EXPORTS 24.46 32.09 35.62 33.84 34.48 38.11 IMPORTS 23.78 32.55 34.60 31.60 32.34 36.51 BALANCE 0.68 -0.46 1.02 2.24 2.14 1.60 7. Actual FDI inflows (in billions of U.S. dollars) YEAR 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 VALUE 37.52 41.73 45.2 45.60 40.4 40.77 46.85 52.7 MON (03) Jan Feb March April May June July VALU 3.59 3.95 5.55 4.73 5.45 6.99 3.10 8. Money supply growth (yr/yr % change) MON(03) end-Feb end-March end-April end-May end-June end-July M2 18.1 18.5 19.2 20.2 20.8 20.7 M1 18.8 20.1 18.0 18.8 20.2 20.0 M0 7.8 10.1 9.9 12.3 12.3 13.1 9. Foreign exchange reserves (in billions of U.S. dollars) End-2001 end-June02 end-2002 end-March03 end-June03 212.2 242.76 286.4 316.0 346.5 10. Foreign debt (in billions of U.S. dollar) End-99 end-June00 end-2000 end-June01 end-2001 end-June02 151.83 147.63 145.73 170.41 170.11 169.11 11. Exchange rate: yuan to U.S. dollar End-2000 end-2001 end-June02 end-2002 end-June03 8.2774 8.2765 8.2771 8.2773 8.2774 12. bank interest rates: One-year yuan deposit rate One-year yuan lending rate: 1.98 pct 5.31 pct Note: (1) China's GDP growth is inflation-adjusted while growth in fixed asset investment and retail sales are nominal. (2) The government has broadened the basket for compiling CPI and started using 2000 prices as the base for the index at the start of 2001. (3) The government has said China's foreign debt at the end of June 2001 showed a sharp rise from the end of 2000 mainly due to a change in the compilation method. (4) The monthly FDI are calculated by Reuters based on accumulative figures released by the Commerce Ministry. Copyright 2003, Reuters News Service forbes.com