Inflation rate-consumer price index: 1.8% (1997)
Labor force: total: 15.3 million (1997) by occupation: services 75%, manufacturing 16%, agriculture 3%, construction 5%, other 1% (1997)
Unemployment rate: 8.6% (December 1997)
Budget: revenues: $106.5 billion expenditures: $117.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $1.7 billion (1996)
Industries: processed and unprocessed minerals, food products, wood and paper products, transportation equipment, chemicals, fish products, petroleum and natural gas
Industrial production growth rate: 1.7% (1997 est.)
Electricity-capacity: 113.645 million kW (1995)
Electricity-production: 532.64 billion kWh (1995)
Electricity-consumption per capita: 17,448 kWh (1995)
Agriculture-products: wheat, barley, oilseed, tobacco, fruits, vegetables; dairy products; forest products; commercial fisheries provide annual catch of 1.5 million metric tons, of which 75% is exported