Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3.5% (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 51 1.8% (2007 est.)
Central bank discount rate:
1.5% (January 2009)
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
4.06% (2008 est.)
Stock of quasi money:
$618 billion (November 2008) country comparison to the world: 7 $NA (31 December 2007)
Stock of domestic credit:
$677.8 billion (November 2008) country comparison to the world: 17 $NA (31 December 2007)