Economy
- Nominal Gross Domestic Product: ranked 7
- Public debt: ranked 7 at 104% of GDP
- PPP Gross Domestic Product: ranked 10
- Economic growth rate: ranked 195 at 1.40%
- Labour force participation: 23rd in the world (24,740,000 workers).
- Unemployment: 78th lowest at 6.20%
- Index of Economic Freedom: ranked 64
- World Economic Forum: Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009, ranked 49 out of 130 countries
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“Wise men read very sharply all your private history in your look and gait and behavior. The whole economy of nature is bent on expression. The tell-tale body is all tongues. Men are like Geneva watches with crystal faces which expose the whole movement.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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