Budget:
revenues: $105.5 billion
expenditures: $115.7 billion (2008 est.)
Public debt:
45.2% of GDP (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 44 49.9% of GDP (2004 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
4.2% (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 70 2.5% (2007 est.)
Central bank discount rate:
5% (31 December 2008) country comparison to the world: 105 5% (31 December 2007)
Commercial bank prime lending rate: