expenditures: $39.76 billion (2008 est.)

Public debt:

13.9% of GDP (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 107 2.1% of GDP (2004 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

4.3% (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 71 2% (2007 est.)

Central bank discount rate:

0.5% (31 December 2008) country comparison to the world: 77 5.75% (31 December 2007)

Commercial bank prime lending rate:

5% (31 December 2008)

Stock of money: