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INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND International Financial Statistics COUNTRY NOTES May 2003 ©International Monetary Fund. Not for Redistribution INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS Vol. LVI, No. 5, May 2003 Prepared by the IMF Statistics Department Carol S. Carson, Director For information related to this publication, please: fax the Statistics Department at (202) 623-6460, or write Statistics Department International Monetary Fund Washington, D.C. 20431 or telephone (202) 623-6180. For copyright inquiries, please fax the Editorial Division at (202) 623-6579. For purchases only, please contact Publication Services (see information below). Copyright © 2003, International Monetary Fund International Financial Statistics (IPS) is a standard source of statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance. IPS publishes, for most countries of the world, current data on exchange rates, international liquidity, international banking, money and banking, interest rates, prices, production, international transactions (including balance of payments and international investment position), government finance, and national accounts. Information is presented in tables for specific countries and in tables for area and world aggregates. IPS is published monthly and annually. Address orders to: International Monetary Fund Attention: Publication Services Washington, D.C. 20431 USA Telephone: (202) 623-7430 Telefax: (202) 623-7201 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: httf?://www. imf.org ISSN 0020-6725 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to International Financial Statistics, Publication Services, 700 19th St., N.W, Washington, D.C. 20431. Postage for periodicals paid at Washington, D.C. USPS 049-610 Recycled paper ©International Monetary Fund. Not for Redistribution CONTENTS Introduction IX Equatorial Guinea 55 Netherlands Antilles 115 Estonia 56 New Zealand 115 WORLD NOTES Ethiopia 57 Nicaragua 117 Euro Area 57 Niger 117 Real Effective Exchange Fiji 59 Nigeria 118 Rate Indices 3 Finland 60 Norway 119 Industrial Production .... 4 France 62 Oman 120 Commodity Prices 4 Gabon 64 Pakistan 121 Gambia, The 65 Panama 122 COUNTRY NOTES Georgia 65 Papua New Guinea 122 Albania 9 Germany 66 Paraguay 123 Algeria 9 Ghana 68 Peru 124 Angola 10 Greece 69 Philippines 125 Antigua and Barbuda 11 Grenada 71 Poland 126 Argentina 11 Guatemala 71 Portugal 128 Armenia 12 Guinea 72 Qatar 130 Aruba 13 Guinea-Bissau 73 Romania 130 Australia 14 Guyana 73 Russia 131 Austria 15 Haiti 74 Rwanda 132 Azerbaijan 18 Honduras 74 St. Kitts and Nevis 133 Bahamas, The 18 Hungary 75 St. Lucia 133 Bahrain, Kingdom of 19 Iceland 77 St. Vincent and Grens 134 Bangladesh 20 India 77 Samoa 134 Barbados 21 Indonesia 78 Sao Tome and Principe 135 Iran, I.R. of 79 Belarus 21 Saudi Arabia 135 Belgium 22 Iraq 80 Senegal 136 Ireland 80 Belize 24 Seychelles 137 Israel 82 Benin 25 Sierra Leone 137 Italy 83 Bhutan 25 Singapore 138 Jamaica 85 Bolivia 26 Slovak Republic 139 Japan 86 Bosnia & Herzegovina 28 Slovenia 139 Jordan Q7 Solomon Islands 140 Botswana 28 Kazakhstan 88 Brazil 29 South Africa 141 Kenya 89 Spain 142 Bulgaria 31 Korea 90 Burkina Faso 32 Sri Lanka 144 Kuwait 91 Sudan 145 Burundi 33 Kyrgyz Republic 92 Cambodia 33 Suriname 146 Lao People's Dem. Rep 93 Swaziland 146 Cameroon 34 Latvia 93 Canada 34 Sweden 147 Lebanon 94 Switzerland 149 Cape Verde 35 Lesotho 95 CEMAC 36 Syrian Arab Republic 150 Liberia 95 Tajikistan 151 Central African Republic 37 Libya 96 Chad 37 Tanzania 151 Lithuania 96 Thailand 152 Chile 38 Luxembourg 97 China, P.R.: Mainland 39 Togo 153 Macedonia, FYR 99 Tonga 154 China, P.R.: Hong Kong 40 Madagascar 100 China, P.R.: Macao 41 Trinidad and Tobago 154 Malawi 100 Tunisia 155 Colombia 42 Malaysia 101 Comoros 43 Turkey 156 Maldives 102 Uganda 157 Congo, Dem. Rep. of 43 Mali 103 Congo, Republic of 44 Ukraine 158 Malta 104 United Arab Emirates 158 Costa Rica 45 Mauritania 104 United Kingdom 159 Cote d'lvoire 46 Mauritius 105 United States 161 Croatia 46 Mexico 105 Uruguay 163 Cyprus 47 Micronesia, Fed. Sts 107 Vanuatu 165 Czech Republic 48 Moldova 108 Venezuela, Rep. Bol 165 Denmark 49 Mongolia 108 Vietnam 166 Djibouti 51 Morocco 109 Dominica 51 Mozambique 110 WAEMU 167 Dominican Republic 51 Myanmar Ill Yemen, Republic of 168 Ecuador 52 Namibia Ill Zambia 168 Egypt 53 Nepal 112 Zimbabwe 169 El Salvador 55 Netherlands 113 "Country" in this publication does not always refer to a territorial entity that is a state as understood by international law and practice; the term also covers the euro area and some nonsovereign territorial entities, for which statistical data are provided internationally on a separate basis. May 2003 International Financial Statistics Country Notes III ©International Monetary Fund. 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