word | | Economy - overview |
| banks | World | ... global money supply, narrowly defined, rose 11%, and broadly defined money increased roughly 8%, as central banks continued efforts to keep interest rates low. The global budget deficit was narrowed to roughly ... |
| bans | Burma | ... and economic sanctions on Burma. US sanctions, prohibiting most financial transactions with Burmese entities, impose travel bans on senior Burmese military and civilian leaders and others connected to the ruling regime, and ... |
| Barack | United States | ... returned to the government by early 2011. In January 2009 the US Congress passed and President Barack OBAMA signed a bill providing an additional $787 billion fiscal stimulus to be used over ... |
| Barbadian | Barbados | Historically, the Barbadian economy was dependent on sugarcane cultivation and related activities. However, in recent years the economy has diversified into light industry and tourism with about three-quarters of GDP and ... |
| Barbuda | Antigua and Barbuda | Tourism continues to dominate Antigua and Barbuda's economy, accounting for nearly 60% of GDP and 40% of investment. The dual-island nation's agricultural production is focused on the domestic market ... |
| barrels | Angola | ... member of OPEC in late 2006 and its current assigned a production quota of 1.65 million barrels a day (bbl/day). Oil production and its supporting activities contribute about 85% of GDP ... |
| barrels | Chad | ... two US companies has been investing $3.7 billion to develop oil reserves - estimated at 1.5 billion barrels - in southern Chad. Chinese companies are also expanding exploration efforts and have completed a 311 ... |
| barrels | Cuba | ... late 2000, Venezuela has been providing oil on preferential terms, and it currently supplies about 100,000 barrels per day of petroleum products. Cuba has been paying for the oil, in part, with ... |
| barrels | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | ... around the islands in 1993, and early seismic surveys suggest substantial reserves capable of producing 500,000 barrels per day. Political tensions between the UK and Argentina remain high following the start of ... |
| barrels | Ghana | ... maintaining fiscal discipline and resisting debt accumulation. Estimated oil reserves have jumped to almost 700 million barrels . Ghana signed a Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact in 2006, which aims to assist in ... |
| barrels | Iraq | ... government revenues increased accordingly. For 2012, Iraq's draft budget forecasts oil exports of 2.6 million barrels per day (bbl/day), a significant increase from Iraq's average of 2.2 million bbl ... |
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