Inflation rate (consumer prices):
developed countries 1% to 4% typically; developing countries 5% to 20% typically; national inflation rates vary widely in individual cases, from declining prices in Japan to hyperinflation in one Third World country (Zimbabwe); inflation rates have declined for most countries for the last several years, held in check by increasing international competition from several low wage countries
Stock of money:
$12.35 trillion (31 December 2007)
Stock of quasi money:
$27.31 trillion (31 December 2007)
Stock of domestic credit:
$69.9 trillion (31 December 2007)
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$NA (31 December 2008 est.)