Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.8% (2003 est.)
Labor force:
17.04 million (2003 est.)
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 3%, manufacturing 15%, construction 5%, services 74%, other 3% (2000)
Unemployment rate:
7.8% (2003 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $348.2 billion
expenditures: $342.7 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2003 est.)
Public debt:
77% of GDP (2003)
Agriculture - products:
wheat, barley, oilseed, tobacco, fruits, vegetables; dairy
products; forest products; fish
Industries:
transportation equipment, chemicals, processed and unprocessed
minerals, food products; wood and paper products; fish products,
petroleum and natural gas
Industrial production growth rate:
0.2% (2003 est.)
Electricity - production:
566.3 billion kWh (2001)