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alt DATA ON GDP AND ECONOMIC INFORMATION
Central bankBank for International Settlements
International ReservesIMF and World Bank
Gross Domestic Product - GDPInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) - World Economic Outlook October 2010
GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)International Monetary Fund (IMF) - World Economic Outlook October 2010
Real GDP growthInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) - World Economic Outlook October 2010
GDP per capita - current pricesInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) - World Economic Outlook October 2010
GDP per capita - PPPInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) - World Economic Outlook October 2010
GDP (PPP) - share of world totalInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) - World Economic Outlook October 2010
GDP - composition by sector
    CIA - World Fact Book
      Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP)

      Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

      InflationInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) - World Economic Outlook October 2010
      Unemployment rateInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) - World Economic Outlook October 2010
      Household saving ratesOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - Economic Outlook 88 (November 2010)
      Public debt (% of GDP)International Monetary Fund (IMF) - World Economic Outlook October 2010
      Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP)International Monetary Fund (IMF) - World Economic Outlook October 2010
      Government bond ratings

      Standard & Poor's

      Moody's

      Market value of publicly traded sharesWorld Bank - World Development Indicators (WDI)
      Largest companies in the United StatesForbes Global 2000
      alt DATA ON TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS
      Current account balanceInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) - World Economic Outlook October 2010
      Current account balance by percentage of GDP

      International Monetary Fund (IMF) - World Economic Outlook October 2010

      Exports as percent of GDP
      (Exports of goods and services)      		World Bank
      Shares in world total merchandising exportWTO - Trade Profiles
      Shares in world total commercial services exportWTO - Trade Profiles
      Total exportsCIA - World Fact Book
      Export commoditiesCIA - World Fact Book
      Total importsCIA - World Fact Book
      Import commoditiesCIA - World Fact Book
      Exports - major partnersCIA - World Fact Book
      Imports - major partnersCIA - World Fact Book
      Inward FDI flows by host economyUnited Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) - World Investment Report 2010
      Outward FDI flows by host economyUnited Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) - World Investment Report 2010
      Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaserUnited Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) - World Investment Report 2010
      Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2007

      (Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal)

      United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) - World Investment Report 2010

      Best countries for doing business

      (ranking by country on a basis of 181, the first is the best)

      		World Bank - Doing Business
      Global competitiveness ranking
      (ranking by country on a basis of 142, the first is the best)      		World Economic Forum
      Economic freedom indexThe Heritage Foundation
      alt COUNTRY AND POPULATION OVERVIEW
      Time zoneBIPM - International Bureau of Weights and Measures
      Total area UN - Demographic Yearbook
      Capital

      UN - Demographic Yearbook

      CIA - World Fact Book

      Currency

      UN - World Statistics Pocketbook

      CIA - World Fact Book

      Government typeCIA - World Fact Book
      LanguagesCIA - World Fact Book
      ReligionsCIA - World Fact Book
      Total populationInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) - World Economic Outlook October 2010
      Urban population as % of total populationWorld Bank - World Development Indicators (WDI)
      Population median ageUN - World Health Organization
      Population growth rateWorld Bank - World Development Indicators (WDI)
      Life expectancyUnicef - The State of the World's Children 09
      Adult literacyUnicef - The State of the World's Children 09
      % of population living on less than $2 a dayWorld Bank - World Development Indicators
      Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index)World Bank - World Development Indicators
      Freedom House ratingFreedom House
      Total telephone subscribers as % of populationUN - International Telecommunication Union (ITU) - Indicators 2010
      Internet users as % of total populationUN - International Telecommunication Union (ITU) - Indicators 2010
      Cost of living index

      (ranking by city on a basis of 214; the 1st is the most expensive and the 214th is the least expensive)

      		Mercer index
      CO2 emissionsUnited Nations Millennium Development Goals
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