Budget:

revenues: $48.49 billion

expenditures: $58.85 billion (2008 est.)

Public debt:

40% of GDP (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 56 45.4% of GDP (2004 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

5.4% (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 92 2% (2007 est.)

note: approximately 30% of goods are price-controlled

Commercial bank prime lending rate:

6.08% (31 December 2008) country comparison to the world: 127 6.41% (31 December 2007)