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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
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