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ANNUAL REPORT PRESENTED TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING 2009 ANNUAL REPORT PRESENTED TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING 2009 ! GOVERNOR Mr Abdellatif JOUAHRI ! DIRECTOR GENERAL Mr Abdellatif FAOUZI ! GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE Mr Abdeltif LOUDYI ! BANK BOARD The Governor The Director General Mr Abdellatif BELMADANI Mr Mohammed BENAMOUR Mrs Meriem BENSALEH CHAQROUN Mr Zouhair CHORFI Mr Bassim JAI-HOKIMI Mr Abdelaziz MEZIANE BELFKIH Mr Mustapha MOUSSAOUI R E P O R T ON THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2009 PRESENTED TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING BY MR ABDELLATIF JOUAHRI GOVERNOR OF BANK AL-MAGHRIB Your Majesty, In application of Article 57 of Law N° 76-03 on the Statutes of Bank Al-Maghrib promulgated by Royal Decree N° 1-05-38 of Shawal 20, 1426 (November 23, 2005), I have the honor to present to Your Majesty the report of the year 2009, the fifty-first financial year of the bank of issue. SUMMARY INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................................3 PART 1: ECONOMIC, MONETARY AND FINANCIAL SITUATION 1.1 International environment ..........................................................................................................................13 1.2 National output ..........................................................................................................................................31 1.3 Labor market ...............................................................................................................................................44 1.4 Demand .......................................................................................................................................................50 1.5 Economic and financial flows ......................................................................................................................54 1.6 Inflation .......................................................................................................................................................57 1.7 External commercial and financial relations ...............................................................................................68 1.8 Public finance ..............................................................................................................................................79 1.9 Monetary policy ...........................................................................................................................................91 1.10 Money, loans and liquid investments ......................................................................................................104 1.11 The Stock market, Private dept and Asset management ..........................................................................126 PART 2: BANK ACTIVITIES 2.1 Governance ..............................................................................................................................................141 2.2 Bank missions ...........................................................................................................................................161 2.3 Openness and outreach ............................................................................................................................180 PART 3: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF BANK AL-MAGHRIB 3.1 Bank Al-Maghrib balance sheet .................................................................................................................193 3.2 Profit and loss statement ..........................................................................................................................196 3.3 Legal framework and accounting principles ..............................................................................................201 3.4 Information on the balance sheet items ...................................................................................................205 3.5 Statutory audit report ................................................................................................................................209 3.6 Approval by the Bank Board ......................................................................................................................211 APPENDICES ...........................................................................................................................................................212 TABLE OF CONTENTS .......................................................................................................................................272 BANK AL-MAGHRIB - ANNUAL REPORT - 2009 Your Majesty, The year 2009 was marked by the most severe global recession since the Second World War (WWII) with the fall in economic activity, started in late 2008, continuing during the first half of 2009. Given the scale of the downturn and the enduring risk of the collapse of the financial system, national authorities, particularly in the developed countries, stepped up recovery measures and diversified crisis management tools. In addition to reducing rates or keeping them at very low levels, central banks heavily used unconventional measures of quantitative easing, while governments put in place large-scale plans to support the economy, financial institutions and markets. G-20 leaders, in turn, launched a series of actions primarily aimed to stabilize the financial system, stimulate domestic demand, help emerging and developing countries affected by the crisis and -in the longer term- strengthen the international financial architecture. Also, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was provided with sufficient resources and with a larger mandate to prevent and handle financial crises. As a result of the economic policy measures, conditions in financial markets started to gradually improve as from the second quarter. However, credit conditions in the developed countries remained very tight, especially for investment and consumption. Against this background, unemployment increased from one year to another in the major advanced economies, while the significant spare capacity and the declining commodity prices caused inflation to fall markedly. Moreover, the massive amounts of money that governments pumped into the economy, bringing fiscal deficits and sovereign-debt ratios to unprecedented levels, led to higher risk premiums, fueled tensions on financial markets and increased uncertainties about the sustainability of economic recovery in many advanced countries, particularly in Europe. The global economy started to recover gradually in the second half of the year, mostly driven by the momentum in the emerging countries. For the full year, global gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 0.6 percent, with a contraction of 3.2 percent in advanced economies and a slowdown from 6.1 percent to 2.4 percent in emerging countries. In Morocco, nonagricultural GDP growth went down from 1.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008 to a low 3 BANK AL-MAGHRIB - ANNUAL REPORT - 2009 of 0.6 percent in the first quarter of 2009, and gradually increased to 2.6 percent in the third quarter 2009. For the whole year 2009, it grew by a mere 1.4 percent, down from 4.2 percent in 2008, therefore reflecting the increased alignment of the national economy with the business cycle in the main partner countries. This trend is attributable to the sharp contraction in external demand for certain industries, particularly from the euro area, and the slowdown in tourism and transport sector. Also, the decline in current transfers and foreign investment flows affected the dynamics of private consumption and investment. These effects were, however, mitigated by the resilience of domestic demand and the normal functioning of credit markets, together with the prevailing climate of confidence and the measures taken by public authorities, particularly under the Strategic Vigilance Committee. At the same time, the increase by almost 30.6 percent in the agricultural value added kept overall growth at 4.9 percent. On the labor market, unemployment rate again declined to 9.1 percent, from 9.6 percent in 2008, covering a fall in urban areas and stability in rural areas despite the rebound in agricultural activity. Concerning the balance of payments, the moderating effect of tourism receipts and remittances from Moroccans living abroad did not significantly reduce the current account deficit, notwithstanding the marked reduction in trade deficit. The negative balance of trade represented 20.8 percent of GDP instead of 24.7 percent in 2008, while the surpluses generated by travel receipts and current transfers fell 11.7 percent and 13.6 percent, respectively. Given these developments, the current account deficit shrank to 5 percent of GDP, from 5.2 percent in 2008 and six years of surplus. Mostly because of declining foreign direct investment, the financing of current account transactions resulted in an increase of nearly 18 billion dirhams in commercial loans and a further decline in foreign exchange reserves that only cover about seven months of imports of goods and services. Although the current account position over the last two years does not impact external sustainability, it highlights the persistence of certain structural weaknesses. Without fundamental changes, the significant demand for imports, coupled with limited exports, would exacerbate tensions on the foreign exchange reserves or increase dependence of the national economy on current transfers and external financing, subject to changing international economic and financial conditions. Fiscal policy