27.2% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 31
Public debt:
102.4% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 10 110% of GDP (2009 est.)
note: for Singapore, public debt consists largely of Singapore Government Securities (SGS) issued to assist the Central Provident Fund (CPF), which administers Singapore's defined contribution pension fund; special issues of SGS are held by the CPF, and are non-tradeable; the government has not borrowed to finance deficit expenditures since the 1980s
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2.6% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 81 0.6% (2009 est.)
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
5.38% (31 December 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 146 5.38% (31 December 2008 est.)
Stock of narrow money:
$80.5 billion (31 December 2010 est) country comparison to the world: 35 $64.26 billion (31 December 2009 est)