TABLE-China's economic indicators - March 19

BEIJING, March 19 - 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* Q408 Q308 Q208 Q108 Q407 Q307 Q207 Q107 Q406 Q306 Q206 Q106 PCT 6.8 9.0 10.1 10.6 11.2 11.5 12.6 11.7 10.4 10.6 11.5 10.4

2. Trade balance (in billions of dollars) MONTH Feb09 Jan09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 Sep08 Aug08 Jul08 Jun08 May08 Apr08 Mar08 EXP 64.9 90.5 111.2 115.0 128.3 136.4 134.9 136.7 121.5 120.5 118.7 109.0 IMP 60.1 51.3 72.2 74.9 93.1 107.1 106.2 111.4 100.2 100.3 102.0 95.6 BAL 4.8 39.1 39.0 40.1 35.2 29.3 28.7 25.3 21.4 20.2 16.7 13.4

3. Export and import growth (yr/yr % change) MONTH Feb09 Jan09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 Sep08 Aug08 Jul08 Jun08 May08 Apr08 Mar08 EXP -25.7 -17.5 -2.8 -2.2 19.2 21.5 21.1 26.9 17.6 28.1 21.8 30.6 IMP -24.1 -43.1 -21.3 -17.9 15.6 21.3 23.1 33.7 31.0 40.0 26.3 24.6

4. Money supply growth (yr/yr % change) MONTH Feb09 Jan09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 Sep08 Aug08 Jul08 Jun08 May08 Apr08 Mar08 M2 20.5 18.8 17.8 14.8 15.0 15.3 16.0 16.4 17.4 18.1 16.9 16.3 M1 10.9 6.7 9.1 6.8 8.9 9.4 11.5 14.0 14.2 17.9 19.1 18.3 M0 8.3 12.0 12.7 9.0 10.6 9.3 10.9 12.3 12.3 12.9 10.7 11.1

5. Yuan loans (in trillions of yuan and yr/yr % change) MONTH Feb09 Jan09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 Sep08 Aug08 Jul08 Jun08 May08 Apr08 Mar08 Level 33.1 32.0 30.4 29.6 29.8 29.7 29.3 29.0 28.6 28.3 28.0 27.5 Change 24.2 21.3 18.8 16.0 14.6 14.5 14.3 14.6 14.1 14.9 14.7 14.8

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 Jan-Feb09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 Sep08 Aug08 Jul08 Jun08 May08 Apr08 Mar08 PCT 26.5 26.1 26.8 27.2 27.6 27.4 27.3 26.8 25.6 25.7 25.9

7. Industrial output growth (yr/yr % change) YEAR 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 PCT 12.9 18.