_#_Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5.3% (1990)
_#_Unemployment rate: 0.5% (1990)
_#_Budget: revenues $24.0 billion; expenditures $23.8 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1990)
_#_Exports: $63.4 billion (f.o.b., 1990);
commodities—machinery and equipment, precision instruments, metal products, foodstuffs, textiles and clothing;
partners—Western Europe 64% (EC 56%, other 8%), US 9%, Japan 4%
_#_Imports: $70.5 billion (c.i.f., 1990);
commodities—agricultural products, machinery and transportation equipment, chemicals, textiles, construction materials;
partners—Western Europe 78% (EC 71%, other 7%), US 6%
_#_External debt: $NA