- •World Gold Production
- •The Dominant Producing Countries
- •The Supply and Demand for Gold
- •The Gold Price
- •Platinum Demand
- •Russian gdp
- •Challenge
- •Outlook
- •Economy of the United States
- •History
- •Basic ingredients of the u.S. Economy
- •Stabilization and growth
- •Regulation and control
- •Direct services
- •Direct assistance
- •National debt
- •Poverty
- •Other statistics
Other statistics
Industrial production growth rate: 3.2% (2005 est.). Electricity: production: 3,892 TWh (2003), consumption: 3,656 TWh (2003), exports: 23.97 TWh (2003), imports: 30.39 TWh (2003). Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 71.4%, hydro: 5.6%, nuclear: 20.7%, other: 2.3% (2001). Oil: production: 7.61 million barrel/day (2005 est.), consumption: 20.03 million barrel/day (2003 est.), exports: 1.048 million barrel/day (2004 est.), imports: 13.15 million barrel/day (2004 est.), net imports: 12.097 million barrel/day (2004 est.), proved reserves: 22.45 billion barrel (1 January 2002). Natural gas: production: 539 billion m2 (2003 est.), consumption: 633.6 billion m2 (2003 est.), exports: 24.19 billion m2 (2004 est.), imports: 114.1 billion m2 (2004 est.), proved reserves: 5.353 trillion m2 (1 January 2002). Agriculture - products: wheat, corn, other grains, fruits, vegetables, cotton; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; forest products; fish. Exports - commodities: capital goods, automobiles, industrial supplies and raw materials, consumer goods, agricultural products. Imports - commodities: crude oil and refined petroleum products, machinery, automobiles, consumer goods, industrial raw materials, food and beverages.
Economy of United States |
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Currency |
United States dollar (USD) |
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Fiscal year |
1 October - 30 September |
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Trade organisations |
NAFTA, WTO, OECD and others |
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Statistics |
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GDP (PPP) |
$12.41 trillion (2005) |
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GDP growth |
3.0% (Q3 2005-Q2 2006) |
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GDP per capita |
$41,800 (2005 est.) |
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GDP by sector |
agriculture (0.9%), industry (19.7%), services (79.4%) |
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CPI) |
CPI 2.7% (Annual basis, September 2006) |
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Pop below poverty line |
12% (2004) |
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Labour force |
151.8m(includes unemployed) (2006) |
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Labour force by occupation |
managerial and professional (31.1%), technical, sales and administrative support (28.6%), services (14.1%), manufacturing, mining, transportation, and crafts (23.7%), farming, forestry, and fishing (2.5%) (excludes unemployed) (2002) |
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Unemployment |
4.6%(August 2006) |
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Main industries |
petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods, lumber, mining |
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Trading Partners |
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Exports |
$927.5bn (2005 est) |
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Export goods |
agricultural products (soybeans, fruit, corn) 9.2%, industrial supplies (organic chemicals) 26.8%, capital goods (transistors, aircraft, motor vehicle parts, computers, telecommunications equipment) 49.0%, consumer goods (automobiles, medicines) 15.0% (2003) |
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Main partners |
Canada 24%, Mexico 14%, Japan 7%, UK 4%, Mainland China 4% |
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Imports |
$1.727 trillion (2005 est) |
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Imports goods |
agricultural products 4.9%, industrial supplies 32.9% (crude oil 8.2%), capital goods 30.4% (computers, telecommunications equipment, motor vehicle parts, office machines, electric power machinery), consumer goods 31.8% (automobiles, clothing, medicines, furniture, toys) (2003) |
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Main Partners |
Canada 20%, Mainland China 15%, Mexico 10%, Japan 9%, Germany 5% |
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Public finances |
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Public debt |
$8.1 trillion (64% of GDP) (2005) |
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Revenues |
3.2 trillion (2004) |
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Expenses |
3.7 trillion (2004) |
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Economic aid |
$6.9 billion, ODA(0.08% of GDP) (1997) |
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Source - Wikipedia