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2007)

Anguilla
  6.5% (31 December 2007)

Antigua and Barbuda
  6.5% (31 December 2007)

Argentina
  NA

Aruba
  5% (31 December 2007)

Australia
  NA

Azerbaijan
  13% (31 December 2007)

Bahamas, The
  5.25% (31 December 2007)

Bangladesh
  5% (31 December 2007)

Barbados
  12% (31 December 2007)

Belarus
  10% (31 December 2007)

Belize
  12% (31 December 2007)

Benin
  4.25% (31 December 2007)

Bolivia
  6.5% (31 December 2007)

Botswana
  14.5% (31 December 2007)

Brazil
  17.85% (31 December 2007)

Bulgaria
  4.58% (31 December 2007)

Burkina Faso
  4.25% (31 December 2007)

Burma
  12% (31 December 2007)

Burundi
  10.12% (31 December 2007)

Cambodia
  5.25% (31 December 2007)

Canada
  4.5% (31 December 2007)

Cape Verde
  8.5% (31 December 2007)

Central African Republic
  5.25% (31 December 2007)

Chad
  5.25% (31 December 2007)

Chile
  6% (31 December 2007)

China
  3.33% (31 December 2007)

Colombia
  11.5% (31 December 2007)

Comoros
  5.36% (31 December 2007)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
  5.25% (31 December 2007)

Costa Rica
  17% (31 December 2007)

Cote d'Ivoire
  4.25% (31 December 2007)

Croatia
  9% (31 December 2007)

Cuba
  NA

Cyprus
  5% (31 December 2007)

Czech Republic
  3.5% (31 December 2007)

Denmark
  4% (31 December 2007)

Dominica
  6.5% (31 December 2007)

Ecuador
  10.72% (31 December 2007)

Egypt
  9% (31 December 2007)

Equatorial Guinea
  5.25% (31 December 2007)

European Union
  5%
  note: This is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal
  lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks from the
  Eurosystem (31 December 2007)

Fiji
  9.25% (31 December 2007)

France
  NA

Gabon
  5.25% (31 December 2007)

Gambia, The
  10% (31 December 2007)

Germany
  NA

Ghana
  13.5% (31 December 2007)

Greece
  NA

Grenada
  6.5% (31 December 2007)

Guatemala
  NA (31 December 2007)

Guinea
  22.25% (31 December 2005)

Guinea-Bissau
  4.25% (31 December 2007)

Guyana
  6.5% (31 December 2007)

Honduras
  NA (31 December 2007)

Hong Kong
  5.75% (31 December 2007)

Hungary
  7.5% (31 December 2007)

Iceland
  15.25% (31 December 2007)

India
  6% (31 December 2007)

Indonesia
  8% (31 December 2007)

Iraq
  20% (31 December 2007)

Ireland
  NA

Israel
  4% (31 December 2007)

Italy
  NA

Jamaica
  NA (31 December 2007)

Japan
  0.75% (31 December 2007)

Jordan
  7% (31 December 2007)

Kazakhstan
  11% (31 December 2007)

Korea, South
  3.25% (31 December 2007)

Kuwait
  6.25% (31 December 2007)

Laos
  12.67% (31 December 2007)

Latvia
  6% (31 December 2007)

Lebanon
  12% (31 December 2007)

Lesotho
  12.82% (31 December 2007)

Libya
  4% (31 December 2007)

Lithuania
  4.85% (31 December 2007)

Macedonia
  6.5% (31 December 2007)

Malawi
  15% (31 December 2007)

Maldives
  12.5% (31 December 2007)

Mali
  4.25% (31 December 2007)

Malta
  NA (31 December 2007)

Mauritania
  NA

Mexico
  NA

Mongolia
  9.87% (31 December 2007)

Montserrat
  6.5% (31 December 2007)

Morocco
  3.25% (31 December 2007)

Mozambique
  9.95% (31 December 2007)

Namibia
  10.5% (31 December 2007)

Nepal
  6.25% (31 December 2007)

Netherlands
  NA (31 December 2007)

Netherlands Antilles
  NA (31 December 2007)

New Zealand
  8.25% (31 December 2007)

Nicaragua
  NA (31 December 2007)

Niger
  4.25% (31 December 2007)

Nigeria
  9.5% (31 December 2007)

Norway
  6.25% (31 December 2007)

Oman
  1.98% (31 December 2007)

Pakistan
  10% (31 December 2007)

Papua New Guinea
  7.38% (31 December 2007)

Paraguay
  20% (31 December 2007)

Peru
  5.75% (31 December 2007)

Philippines
  4.28% (31 December 2007)

Poland
  5% (31 December 2007)

Qatar
  NA

Romania
  NA

Russia
  10% (31 December 2007)

Rwanda
  12.5% (31 December 2007)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
  6.5% (31 December 2007)

Saint Lucia
  6.5% (31 December 2007)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  6.5% (31 December 2007)

Sao Tome and Principe
  28% (31 December 2007)

Saudi Arabia
  NA

Senegal
  4.25% (31 December 2007)

Serbia
  9.57% (31 December 2007)

Seychelles
  5.13% (31 December 2007)

Sierra Leone
  NA (31 December 2007)

Slovakia
  4.25% (31 December 2007)

Slovenia
  NA (31 December 2007)

South Africa
  11% (31 December 2007)

Spain
  NA

Sri Lanka
  15% (31 December 2007)

Swaziland
  11% (31 December 2007)

Sweden
  3.5% (31 December 2007)

Switzerland
  2.05% (31 December 2007)

Taiwan
  NA

Tajikistan
  15% (31 December 2007)

Tanzania
  16.4% (31 December 2007)

Thailand
  3.75% (31 December 2007)

Togo
  4.25% (31 December 2007)

Trinidad and Tobago
  10% (31 December 2007)

Turkey
  25% (31 December 2007)

Uganda
  14.68% (31 December 2007)

Ukraine
  8% (31 December 2007)

United Arab Emirates
  NA

United Kingdom
  NA

United States
  4.83% (31 December 2007)

Uruguay
  10% (31 December 2007)

Vanuatu
  6% (31 December 2007)

Venezuela
  28.5% (31 December 2007)

Vietnam
  6.5% (31 December 2007)

Yemen
  NA

Zambia
  11.73% (31 December 2007)

Zimbabwe
  975% (31 December 2007)

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@2208 Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)

Afghanistan
  18.14% (31 December 2007)

Albania
  14.1% (31 December 2007)

Algeria
  8% (31 December 2007)

Angola
  17.7% (31 December 2007)

Anguilla
  9.76% (31 December 2007)

Antigua and Barbuda
  10.44% (31 December 2007)

Argentina
  11.05% (31 December 2007)

Armenia
  17.52% (31 December 2007)

Aruba
  11.01% (31 December 2007)

Australia
  10.02% (31 December 2007)

Austria
  6.3% (31 December 2007)

Azerbaijan
  19.13% (31 December 2007)

Bahamas, The
  5.5% (31 December 2007)

Bahrain
  8.35% (31 December 2007)

Bangladesh
  16% (31 December 2007)

Barbados
  10.8% (31 December 2007)

Belarus
  8.58% (31 December 2007)

Belgium
  6.98% (31 December 2007)

Belize
  14.33% (31 December 2007)

Benin
  NA

Bhutan
  14% (31 December 2007)

Bolivia
  12.86% (31 December 2007)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
  7.17% (31 December 2007)

Botswana
  16.22% (31 December 2007)

Brazil
  43.72% (31 December 2007)

Brunei
  5.5% (31 December 2007)

Bulgaria
  10% (31 December 2007)

Burkina Faso
  NA

Burma
  17% (31 December 2007)

Burundi
  16.84% (31 December 2007)

Cameroon
  15% (31 December 2007)

Canada
  6.1% (31 December 2007)

Cape Verde
  10.55% (31 December 2007)

Central African Republic
  15% (31 December 2007)

Chad
  15% (31 December 2007)

Chile
  8.67% (31 December 2007)

China
  7.47% (31 December 2007)

Colombia
  15.38% (31 December 2007)

Comoros
  10.5% (31 December 2007)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
  NA

Congo, Republic of the
  15% (31 December 2007)

Costa Rica
  12.8% (31 December 2007)

Cote d'Ivoire
  NA

Croatia
  9.33% (31 December 2007)

Cuba
  NA

Cyprus
  6.74% (31 December 2007)

Czech Republic
  5.79% (31 December 2007)

Denmark
  NA

Djibouti
  NA

Dominica
  9.17% (31 December 2007)

Dominican Republic
  15.83% (31 December 2007)

Ecuador
  12.08% (31 December 2007)

Egypt
  12.51% (31 December 2007)

El Salvador
  NA

Equatorial Guinea
  15% (31 December 2007)

Estonia
  6.46% (31 December 2007)

Ethiopia
  7% (31 December 2006)

European Union
  8.03% (31 December 2007)

Fiji
  9.01% (31 December 2007)

Finland
  5.62% (31 December 2007)

France
  7.28% (31 December 2007)

Gabon
  15% (31 December 2007)

Gambia, The
  27.92% (31 December 2007)

Gaza Strip
  7.73% (31 December 2006)

Georgia
  20.41% (31 December 2007)

Germany
  5.96% (31 December 2007)

Ghana
  NA

Greece
  7.71% (31 December 2007)

Grenada
  9.76% (31 December 2007)

Guatemala
  12.84% (31 December 2007)

Guinea
  NA (31 December 2007)

Guyana
  14.61% (31 December 2007)

Haiti
  46.99% (31 December 2007)

Honduras
  16.61% (31 December 2007)

Hong Kong
  6.75% (31 December 2007)

Hungary
  9.09% (31 December 2007)

Iceland
  19.29% (31 December 2007)

India
  13.02% (31 December 2007)

Indonesia
  13.86% (31 December 2007)

Iran
  12% (31 December 2007)

Iraq
  19.74% (31 December 2007)

Ireland
  6.52% (31 December 2007)

Israel
  6.27% (31 December 2007)

Italy
  10.93% (31 December 2007)

Jamaica
  17.2% (31 December 2007)

Japan
  1.88% (31 December 2007)

Jordan
  8.68% (31 December 2007)

Kenya
  13.34% (31 December 2007)

Korea, South
  6.55% (31 December 2007)

Kuwait
  8.54% (31 December 2007)

Kyrgyzstan
  25.32% (31 December 2007)

Laos
  28.5% (31 December 2007)

Latvia
  10.91% (31 December 2007)

Lebanon
  10.26% (31 December 2007)

Lesotho
  14.13% (31 December 2007)

Liberia
  15.05% (31 December 2007)

Libya
  6% (31 December 2007)

Lithuania
  6.86% (31 December 2007)

Macau
  7.81% (31 December 2007)

Macedonia
  10.23% (31 December 2007)

Madagascar
  45% (31 December 2007)

Malawi
  27.72% (31 December 2007)

Malaysia
  6.41% (31 December 2007)

Maldives
  13% (31 December 2007)

Mali
  NA (31 December 2007)

Malta
  6.24% (31 December 2007)

Mauritius
  21.87% (31 December 2007)

Mexico
  7.56% (31 December 2007)

Micronesia, Federated States of
  14.03% (31 December 2007)

Moldova
  18.83% (31 December 2007)

Mongolia
  17.54% (31 December 2007)

Montenegro
  9.09% (31 December 2007)

Montserrat
  10.4% (31 December 2007)

Morocco
  NA (31 December 2007)

Mozambique
  19.52% (31 December 2007)

Namibia
  12.88% (31 December 2007)

Nepal
  8% (31 December 2007)

Netherlands
  8.72% (31 December 2007)

Netherlands Antilles
  9.21% (31 December 2007)

New Zealand
  12.83% (31 December 2007)

Nicaragua
  13.04% (31 December 2007)

Niger
  NA (31 December 2007)

Nigeria
  16.94% (31 December 2007)

Norway
  6.65% (31 December 2007)

Oman
  7.29% (31 December 2007)

Panama
  8.25% (31 December 2007)

Papua New Guinea
  9.78% (31 December 2007)

Paraguay
  25.03% (31 December 2007)

Peru
  22.86% (31 December 2007)

Philippines
  8.69% (31 December 2007)

Poland
  5.48% (31 December 2006)

Portugal
  7.92% (31 December 2007)

Qatar
  7.43% (31 December 2007)

Romania
  13.35% (31 December 2007)

Russia
  10.03% (31 December 2007)

Rwanda
  15.84% (31 December 2007)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
  9.28% (31 December 2007)

Saint Lucia
  10.12% (31 December 2007)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  9.61% (31 December 2007)

Samoa
  12.65% (31 December 2007)

San Marino
  7.58% (31 December 2007)

Sao Tome and Principe
  32.4% (31 December 2007)

Saudi Arabia
  NA

Senegal
  NA (31 December 2007)

Serbia
  11.13% (31 December 2007)

Seychelles
  10.89% (31 December 2007)

Sierra Leone
  25% (31 December 2007)

Singapore
  5.33% (31 December 2007)

Slovakia
  7.99% (31 December 2007)

Slovenia
  6.82% (31 December 2007)

Solomon Islands
  14.12% (31 December 2007)

South Africa
  13.17% (31 December 2007)

Spain
  9.89% (31 December 2007)

Sri Lanka
  17.08% (31 December 2007)

Suriname
  13.77% (31 December 2007)

Swaziland
  13.17% (31 December 2007)

Sweden
  4% (31 December 2004)

Switzerland
  3.15% (31 December 2007)

Syria
  8% (31 December 2005)

Taiwan
  NA

Tajikistan
  22.87% (31 December 2007)

Tanzania
  16.03% (31 December 2007)

Thailand
  7.05% (31 December 2007)

Timor-Leste
  15.05% (31 December 2007)

Togo
  NA (31 December 2007)

Tonga
  12.16% (31 December 2007)

Trinidad and Tobago
  11.75% (31 December 2007)

Uganda
  19.11% (31 December 2007)

Ukraine
  13.9% (31 December 2007)

United Kingdom
  5.52% (31 December 2007)

United States
  8.05% (31 December 2007)

Uruguay
  8.94% (31 December 2007)

Vanuatu
  8.16% (31 December 2007)

Venezuela
  17.11% (31 December 2007)

Vietnam
  11.18% (31 December 2007)

West Bank
  7.73% (31 December 2006)

Yemen
  18% (31 December 2007)

Zambia
  18.89% (31 December 2007)

Zimbabwe
  578.96% (31 December 2007)

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@2209 Stock of money

Afghanistan
  $1.426 billion (31 December 2007)

Albania
  $2.707 billion (31 December 2007)

Algeria
  $55.43 billion (31 December 2007)

Angola
  $4.153 billion (31 December 2007)

Anguilla
  $23.57 million (31 December 2007)

Antigua and Barbuda
  $294.8 million (31 December 2007)

Argentina
  $33.93 billion (31 December 2007)

Armenia
  $1.507 billion (31 December 2007)

Aruba
  $640.9 million (31 December 2007)

Australia
  $298.5 billion (31 December 2007)

Austria
  NA
  note: see entry for the European Union for money supply in the Euro
  Area; the European Central Bank (ECB) controls monetary policy for
  the 15 members of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); individual
  members of the EMU do not control the quantity of money and quasi
  money circulating within their own borders

Azerbaijan
  $4.261 billion (31 December 2007)

Bahamas, The
  $1.274 billion (31 December 2007)

Bahrain
  $4.169 billion (31 December 2007)

Bangladesh
  $8.444 billion (31 December 2007)

Barbados
  $1.478 billion (31 December 2007)

Belarus
  $4.065 billion (31 December 2007)

Belgium
  NA
  note: see entry for the European Union for money supply in the Euro
  Area; the European Central Bank (ECB) controls monetary policy for
  the 15 members of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); individual
  members of the EMU do not control the quantity of money and quasi
  money circulating within their own borders

Belize
  $323.9 million (31 December 2007)

Benin
  $1.324 billion (31 December 2007)

Bhutan
  $381.1 million (31 December 2007)

Bolivia
  $3.032 billion (31 December 2007)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
  $5.13 billion (31 December 2007)

Botswana
  $1.026 billion (31 December 2007)

Brazil
  $131.1 billion (31 December 2007)

Brunei
  $2.674 billion (31 December 2007)

Bulgaria
  $15.58 billion (31 December 2007)

Burkina Faso
  $1.051 billion (31 December 2007)

Burma
  $598 billion
  note: This number reflects the vastly overvalued official exchange
  rate of 5.38 kyat per dollar. At the unofficial black market rate of
  1305 kyat per dollar, the stock of kyats would equal only US$2.465
  billion and Burma's velocity of money (the number of times money
  turns over in the course of a year) would be six, in line with the
  velocity of money for other countries in the region. (31 December
  2007)

Burundi
  $208.7 million (31 December 2007)

Cambodia
  $513.6 million (31 December 2007)

Cameroon
  $2.616 billion (31 December 2007)

Canada
  $391.6 billion (31 December 2007)

Cape Verde
  $574 million (31 December 2007)

Central African Republic
  $218.3 million (31 December 2007)

Chad
  $874.5 million (31 December 2007)

Chile
  $16.6 billion (31 December 2007)

China
  $2.09 trillion (31 December 2007)

Colombia
  $21.81 billion (31 December 2007)

Comoros
  $76.68 million (31 December 2007)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
  $597 million (31 December 2007)

Congo, Republic of the
  $1.4 billion (31 December 2007)

Costa Rica
  $4.504 billion (31 December 2007)

Cote d'Ivoire
  $4.451 billion (31 December 2007)

Croatia
  $11.61 billion (31 December 2007)

Cuba
  NA

Cyprus
  $4.094 billion
  note: see entry for the European Union for money supply in the Euro
  Area; the European Central Bank (ECB) controls monetary policy for
  the 15 members of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); individual
  members of the EMU do not control the quantity of money and quasi
  money circulating within their own borders (31 December 2007)

Czech Republic
  $84.43 billion (31 December 2007)

Denmark
  $148.7 billion (31 December 2007)

Djibouti
  $380 million (31 December 2007)

Dominica
  $73.71 million (31 December 2007)

Dominican Republic
  $4.074 billion (31 December 2007)

Ecuador
  $4.395 billion (31 December 2007)

Egypt
  $27.6 billion (31 December 2007)

El Salvador
  $1.802 billion (31 December 2007)

Equatorial Guinea
  $835.2 million (31 December 2007)

Eritrea
  $749.1 million (31 December 2007)

Estonia
  $7.158 billion (31 December 2007)

Ethiopia
  $3.651 billion (31 December 2006)

European Union
  $5.742 trillion
  note: this is the quantity of money, M1, for the Euro Area,
  converted into US dollars at the exchange rate for the date
  indicated; it excludes the stock of money carried by non-Eurozone
  members of the European Union

Fiji
  $1.042 billion (31 December 2007)

Finland
  NA
  note: see entry for the European Union for money supply in the Euro
  Area; the European Central Bank (ECB) controls monetary policy for
  the 15 members of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); individual
  members of the EMU do not control the quantity of money and quasi
  money circulating within their own borders

France
  NA
  note: see entry for the European Union for money supply in the Euro
  Area; the European Central Bank (ECB) controls monetary policy for
  the 15 members of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); individual
  members of the EMU do