Monthly Statistical Bulletin: July 2008
  Indicator Unit Period Value this period   Value previous period   Value in this period in previous  year
3 Government finance
3.1 Government revenue
Total revenue & Grants Million kwacha Aug 2007 8,128.0 p 8,752.0 p 8,751.0
Total revenue account receipts Million kwacha Aug 2007 8,128.0 p 8,752.0 p 6,318.0
Total development fund receipts Million kwacha Aug 2007 .. .. p 2,433.0
Income and Profit tax collections Million kwacha Aug 2007 2,645.0 p 3,579.0 p 1,972.0
Import duties Million kwacha Aug 2007 1,538.0 p 1,622.0 p 1,150.0
Excise, surtax, other customs collections Million kwacha Aug 2007 3,325.0 p 2,947.0 p 2,748.0
Non -Tax Revenue Million kwacha Aug 2007 814.0 p 698.0 p 449.0
3.2 Government expenditure
Total expenditure Million kwacha Aug 2007 5,887.0 p 7,598.0 p 11,375.0
Gross expenditure on revenue account Million kwacha Aug 2007 4,146.0 p 6,121.0 p 7,667.0
Development account expenditure Million kwacha Aug 2007 1,741.0 p 1,477.0 p 3,708.0
3.3 Money and Banking
Total official external reserves Million kwacha Aug 2007 28,832.0 30,607.0 14,479.0
Official external reserve of foreign exchange Million kwacha Aug 2007 28,319.0 30,065.0 13,879.0
Special Drawing Rights position Million kwacha Aug 2007 513.0 542.0 601.0
Net liabilities of commercial banks to banks abroad Million kwacha Aug 2007 -5,001.0 -7,604.0 -8,576.0
3.4 Money
Total currency in circulation Million kwacha Aug 2007 23,859.0 24,402.0 18,323.0
Notes and coins with the public Million kwacha Aug 2007 21,574.0 21,871.0 16,245.0
Notes and coins held in banks Million kwacha Aug 2007 2,284.0 2,531.0 2,078.0
Private and domestic demand deposits Million kwacha Aug 2007 24,789.0 22,925.0 17,684.0
Total money and quasi money Million kwacha Aug 2007 77,932.0 77,027.0 61,730.0
Total money Million kwacha Aug 2007 46,363.0 44,796.0 33,929.0
Quasi money Million kwacha Aug 2007 31,569.0 32,231.0 7,801.0
3.5 Official sector deposits
Total deposits Million kwacha Aug 2007 7,909.0 11,768.0 5,442.0
Government Million kwacha Aug 2007 4,355.0 8,534.0 3,191.0
Demand deposits Million kwacha Aug 2007 1,934.0 1,697.0 1,353.0
Time and savings Million kwacha Aug 2007 1,620.0 1,537.0 898.0
3.6 Domestic credit
Total credit Million kwacha Aug 2007 50,270.0 47,155.0 51,725.0
Private Million kwacha Aug 2007 30,116.0 30,763.0 21,908.0
Statutory bodies Million kwacha Aug 2007 325.0 8.0 -511.0
Government Million kwacha Aug 2007 19,829.0 16,384.0 30,328.0
3.7 Commercial bank activities
Total advances Million kwacha Aug 2007 31,870.0 33,089.0 23,131.0
3.8 Deposits of Other bank savings institutions
Total NBS deposits Million kwacha Aug 2007 9,588.0 10,630.0 7,010.0
NBS savings deposits Million kwacha Aug 2007 5,027.0 5,498.0 3,536.0
NBS fixed and investment deposits Million kwacha Aug 2007 4,561.0 5,132.0 3,474.0
Malawi savings bank depositors balances Million kwacha Nov 2006 82.0 100.0 74.0
3.9 Mortgage bonds
Number of new issues Number Aug 2007 .. .. ..
Value of new issues Million kwacha Aug 2007 -39.0 -56.0 -328.0
3.10 Monthly Exchange rates (Monthly Averages)
UK Pound Sterling Kwacha per unit July 2007 286.25 279.05 255.70
US Dollar Kwacha per unit July 2007 140.72 140.47 138.65
Zimbabwean Dollar Kwacha per unit July 2007 0.560 0.560 0.000
Zambian Kwacha Kwacha per unit July 2007 0.04 0.04 0.04
South African Rand Kwacha per unit July 2007 20.20 19.61 19.56
Reference publications giving time series data on many of the above series include the Quarterly Statistical Bulletin and
the Statistical Yearbook.
Reference publications giving time series data on many of the above series include the Quarterly Statistical Bulletin and
the Statistical Yearbook.