Economic statistics - 01.10.1979, Page 6

I. Short-Term Indicators
Table 1. Short-Term Indicators
Change from
Jan.-July Jan.-A ugust prev. yeari)
1978 1978 1979 1978 1979 1978 1979
Trade and payments Milliards of krónur Per cent
11 Value of exports, f.o.b ■ . 176.3 117.12) 135.8 138.32) 165.7 7.5 19.8
12 Value of imports, c.i.f. ■ . 184.3 133.12) 136.8 156.02) 165.7 10.8 6.2
13 Trade balance . . -8.0 -16.0 -1.0 -17.7 -
14 Net foreign exch. purch. of the banking syst. . . 14.6 -12.6 7.1 -15.5 10.4
Treasury
21 Treasury revenue . . 163.7 77.1 113.5 92.1 137.4 56.8 42.2
22 Treasury expenditure . . 165.3 85.1 131.2 98.1 148.7 56.9 51.6
23 Treasury financing requirement . . -3.9 -8.2 -18.4 -6.2 -12.0
231 Central Bank fmancing . . 4.5 10.2 10.7 7.0 5.8
232 Other . . -0.6 -2.0 7.7 -0.8 6.2
Monev - end of period
31 Central Bank gross reserves . . 43.8 17.5 49.7 16.3 53.3
32 Net foreign assets of the banking system . . . . . 20.3 -1.6 30.8 -3.6 36.0
33 Money supply, M 1 . . 45.9 42.4 63.7 38.5 62.5 17.7 62.3
34 Money and general savings deposits, M2 . . . . . 115.2 96.7 147.6 92.1 146.7 26.7 59.3
35 Broad money (M2 + time deposits) . . 163.6 132.8 206.8 128.9 206.7 35.7 60.3
36 Deposit money bank lending . . 141.9 130.9 187.8 131.9 188.0 48.4 42.5
37 Deposits in deposit money banks . . 148.4 118.1 185.7 115.5 185.7 40.6 60.8
38 Líquid position of deposit money banks . . . . . 13.0 -3.4 1.1 -5.7 -0.5
Exchange rate of U.S. $ In krónur
41 Period average . . 271.5 249.7 331.7 250.9 336.7 29.9 34.2
42 End of period . . 317.7 259.8 358.7 259.8 375.7 27.0 44.6
Weighted exchange rate index (1978=100) Indices
43 Period average . . 100.0 90.6 125.4 91.3 127.5 33.4 39.6
44 End of period 120.8 137.9 95.5 144.2 51.0
Latest values in the given time periods
51 Cost of living (1 /1 /1968= 100)3) 1044 1452 1162 1649 51.7 41.9
52 Building cost (1/10/1976=100)4) 217 309 217 309 57.2 42.4
53 Credit terms (June 1979=100)5) 103 107
54 Hourly wages (1969=100)6) 1702 1702
61 Unemployment as a percentage of the Per cent
labour force, period average . . 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.2
Production and demand Thousands of metric tons
71 The fish catch . . 1558 876 960 1029 1051 -1.2 2.1
711 Demersal species . . 471 332 406 374 450 1.1 20.3
712 Capelin . . 967 487 522 585 557 -8.4 -4.8
713 Other . . 120 57 32 70 44 116.0 -37.1
72 Production of aluminium 43 42 4.9 -2.3
73 Production of diatomite . . 21 12 12 - -
74 Production of ferro-silicon
75 Sale of cement . . 131 69 61 -2.8 -11.6
76 Whole milk to dairies7) . . 120 55«) 548) -1.8
77 Lamb sold domestically and abroad . . 14 78) 98) 12.5 18.5
1) I.e. latest period for which figures are shown. 2) Converted to the exchange rate in the same period in 1979. 3) Calculated February I. May I,
August I, and November 1. 4) Effective January 1, April I, July I. and October I. 5) Calculated monthly, l'or the first time in June 1979.
6) Calculated March I, June I, September 1, and December I. 7) Available only quarterly. 8) January-June.
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