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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 not control the quantity of money and quasi money circulating within their own borders
Gabon $1.547 billion (31 December 2007)
Gambia, The $186.7 million (31 December 2007)
Gaza Strip $1.574 billion (31 December 2007)
Georgia $1.154 billion (31 December 2007)
Germany 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
Ghana $2.179 billion (31 December 2006)
Greece 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
Grenada $151.2 million (31 December 2007)
Guatemala $6.227 billion (31 December 2007)
Guinea $309.8 million (31 December 2005)
Guinea-Bissau $142.5 million (31 December 2007)
Guyana $315.2 million (31 December 2007)
Haiti $704.7 million (31 December 2007)
Honduras $1.573 billion (31 December 2007)
Hong Kong $51.25 billion (31 December 2007)
Hungary $36.78 billion (31 December 2007)
Iceland $6.64 billion (31 December 2007)
India $250.9 billion (31 December 2007)
Indonesia $47.78 billion (31 December 2007)
Iran $46.13 billion (31 December 2007)
Iraq $18.81 billion (31 December 2007)
Ireland 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
Israel $15.36 billion (31 December 2006)
Italy 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
Jamaica $1.369 billion (31 December 2007)
Japan $4.37 trillion (31 December 2007)
Jordan $6.765 billion (31 December 2007)
Kazakhstan $12.74 billion (31 December 2007)
Kenya $5.932 billion (31 December 2007)
Korea, South $92.59 billion (31 December 2007)
Kuwait $15.12 billion (31 December 2007)
Kyrgyzstan $911.1 million (31 December 2007)
Laos $327.9 million (31 December 2007)
Latvia $8.196 billion (31 December 2007)
Lebanon $2.374 billion (31 December 2007)
Lesotho $439.2 million (31 December 2007)
Liberia $145.6 million (31 December 2007)
Libya $18.04 billion (31 December 2007)
Lithuania $11.84 billion (31 December 2007)
Luxembourg 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
Macau $1.16 billion (31 December 2007)
Macedonia $1.173 billion (31 December 2007)
Madagascar $1.161 billion (31 December 2007)
Malawi $361.5 million (31 December 2007)
Malaysia $49.41 billion (31 December 2007)
Maldives $344.1 million (31 December 2007)
Mali $1.58 billion (31 December 2007)
Malta $4.603 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)
Mauritania NA (31 December 2007)
Mauritius $1.673 billion (31 December 2007)
Mexico $103.5 billion (31 December 2007)
Micronesia, Federated States of $22.45 million (31 December 2007)
Moldova $965 million (31 December 2007)
Mongolia $504.7 million (31 December 2007)
Montenegro $1.172 billion (31 December 2007)
Montserrat $17.9 million (31 December 2007)
Morocco $67.42 billion (31 December 2007)
Mozambique $1.261 billion (31 December 2007)
Namibia $2.149 billion (31 December 2007)
Nepal $2.184 billion (31 December 2007)
Netherlands 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
Netherlands Antilles $1.133 billion (31 December 2007)
New Zealand $24.2 billion (31 December 2007)
Nicaragua $465.1 million (31 December 2007)
Niger $604.5 million (31 December 2007)
Nigeria $21.72 billion (31 December 2007)
Norway NA (31 December 2007)
Oman $5.044 billion (31 December 2007)
Pakistan $52.76 billion (31 December 2007)
Panama $3.054 billion (31 December 2007)
Papua New Guinea $1.685 billion (31 December 2007)
Paraguay $1.943 billion (31 December 2007)
Peru $14.66 billion (31 December 2007)
Philippines $21.27 billion (31 December 2007)
Poland $137.4 billion (31 December 2007)
Portugal 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
Qatar $9.718 billion (31 December 2007)
Romania $25.17 billion (31 December 2007)
Russia $303.7 billion (31 December 2007)
Rwanda $233.6 million (31 December 2005)
Saint Kitts and Nevis $97.31 million (31 December 2007)
Saint Lucia $264.7 million (31 December 2007)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $155.5 million (31 December 2007)
Samoa $69.97 million (31 December 2007)
San Marino $1.326 billion (31 December 2007)
Sao Tome and Principe $19.99 million (31 December 2007)
Saudi Arabia $102.4 billion (31 December 2007)
Senegal $2.842 billion (31 December 2007)
Serbia $4.632 billion (31 December 2007)
Seychelles $330.8 million (31 December 2007)
Sierra Leone $184.6 million (31 December 2007)
Singapore $44.4 billion (31 December 2007)
Slovakia $26.17 billion (31 December 2007)
Slovenia $9.347 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 2006)
Solomon Islands $118.3 million (31 December 2007)
South Africa $58.49 billion (31 December 2007)
Spain 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
Sri Lanka $2.465 billion (31 December 2007)
Sudan $5.549 billion (31 December 2007)
Suriname $416.6 million (31 December 2007)
Swaziland $244.8 million (31 December 2007)
Sweden $217.1 billion (31 December 2007)
Switzerland $213.9 billion (31 December 2007)
Syria $58.84 billion note: This number reflects the greatly overvalued official exchange rate of 11.23 Syrian pounds per dollar. At the unofficial rate of 50 Syrian pounds per dollar, the stock of Syrian pounds would equal US$13.22 billion and Syria's velocity of money (the number of times money turns over in the course of a year) would be three, in line with the velocity of money for other countries in the region. (31 December 2006)
Taiwan NA
Tajikistan $91.59 million (31 December 2006)
Tanzania $2.263 billion (31 December 2007)
Thailand $28.62 billion (31 December 2007)
Timor-Leste $74.94 million (31 December 2007)
Togo $624.9 million (31 December 2007)
Tonga $46.38 million (31 December 2007)
Trinidad and Tobago $2.646 billion (31 December 2007)
Tunisia $9.491 billion (31 December 2007)
Turkey $64.43 billion (31 December 2007)
Uganda $1.363 billion (31 December 2007)
Ukraine $35.97 billion (31 December 2007)
United Arab Emirates $49.5 billion (31 December 2007)
United States $1.374 trillion (31 December 2007)
Uruguay $2.145 billion (31 December 2007)
Vanuatu $107.1 million (31 December 2007)
Venezuela $63.18 billion (31 December 2007)
Vietnam $27.15 billion (31 December 2007)
West Bank $1.574 billion (31 December 2007)
Yemen $3.076 billion (31 December 2007)
Zambia $995.8 million (31 December 2007)
Zimbabwe $14.18 billion note: This number reflects the vastly overvalued official exchange rate of 30,000 Zimbabwe dollars per US dollar. At an unofficial rate of 800,000 Zimbabwe dollars per US dollar, the stock of Zimbabwe dollars would equal only about US$500 million and Zimbabwe's velocity of money (the number of times money turns over in the course of a year) would be nine, in line with the velocity of money for other countries in the region. (31 December 2007)
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@2210 Stock of quasi money
Afghanistan $958.6 million (31 December 2007)
Albania $6.433 billion (31 December 2007)
Algeria $28.59 billion (31 December 2007)
Angola $7.216 billion (31 December 2007)
Anguilla $470.1 million (31 December 2007)
Antigua and Barbuda $902 million (31 December 2007)
Argentina $45.92 billion (31 December 2007)
Armenia $765.2 million (31 December 2007)
Aruba $792.9 million (31 December 2007)
Australia $667.2 billion (31 December 2007)
Austria NA
Azerbaijan $2.593 billion (31 December 2007)
Bahamas, The $4.324 billion (31 December 2007)
Bahrain $10.63 billion (31 December 2007)
Bangladesh $32.4 billion (31 December 2007)
Barbados $2.717 billion (31 December 2007)
Belarus $6.823 billion (31 December 2007)
Belgium NA
Belize $549 million (31 December 2007)
Benin $627.2 million (31 December 2007)
Bhutan $220.3 million (31 December 2007)
Bolivia $4.729 billion (31 December 2007)
Bosnia and Herzegovina $5.597 billion (31 December 2007)
Botswana $4.336 billion (31 December 2007)
Brazil $792.8 billion (31 December 2007)
Brunei $4.258 billion (31 December 2007)
Bulgaria $17.03 billion (31 December 2007)
Burkina Faso $663 million (31 December 2007)
Burma $216.9 billion (31 December 2007)
Burundi $141 million (31 December 2007)
Cambodia $2.309 billion (31 December 2007)
Cameroon $1.698 billion (31 December 2007)
Canada $1.381 trillion (31 December 2007)
Cape Verde $689 million (31 December 2007)
Central African Republic $47.58 million (31 December 2007)
Chad $55.23 million (31 December 2007)
Chile $80.42 billion (31 December 2007)
China $3.437 trillion (31 December 2007)
Colombia $27.25 billion (31 December 2007)
Comoros $23.39 million (31 December 2007)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the $677.9 million (31 December 2007)
Congo, Republic of the $204.3 million (31 December 2007)
Costa Rica $2.87 billion (31 December 2007)
Cote d'Ivoire $1.915 billion (31 December 2007)
Croatia $31.86 billion (31 December 2007)
Cuba NA
Cyprus $43.93 billion (31 December 2007)
Czech Republic $58.77 billion (31 December 2007)