Budget:
revenues: $350.3 billion
expenditures: $332.4 billion (2008 est.)
Public debt:
14.7% of GDP (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 104 17.4% of GDP (2004 est.)
note: the Commonwealth government eliminated its net debt in 2006, but continues a gross debt issue to support the market for risk-free securities
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
4.4% (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 75 2.3% (2007 est.)
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
8.91% (31 December 2008) country comparison to the world: 84 10.02% (31 December 2007)