expenditures: $1.214 trillion (2008 est.)
Public debt:
51.8% of GDP (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 35 39.6% of GDP (2004 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3.6% (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 53 2.3% (2007 est.)
Central bank discount rate:
0.86% (31 December 2008)
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
4.63% (31 December 2008) country comparison to the world: 137 5.52% (31 December 2007)
Stock of money: