Budget:

revenues: $93.42 billion

expenditures: $96.09 billion (2008 est.)

Public debt:

26.8% of GDP (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 78 33.5% of GDP (2004 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

6.3% (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 107 2.9% (2007 est.)

Central bank discount rate:

2.25% (31 December 2008) country comparison to the world: 128 3.5% (31 December 2007)

Commercial bank prime lending rate: