General Statistics

As of June 30, 2007, the gross U.S. external debt was $12 trillion or 88% of the overall size of the U.S. economy.

 

U.S. official gold reserves are worth $160 billion, foreign exchange reserves $63 billion and the Strategic Petroleum Reserve $55 billion.

The debt equates to $28,412 per head of the U.S. population, or $58,390 per head of the U.S. working population.

In 2003 $318 billion was spent on interest payments servicing the debt, out of a total tax revenue of $1,952 billion.

Total U.S. household debt, including mortgage loan and consumer debt, was $11,400 billion in 2005. By comparison, total U.S. household assets, including real estate, equipment, and financial instruments such as mutual funds, was $62,500 billion in 2005.

Total third world debt was estimated to be $1,300 billion (or $1.3 trillion) in 1990.

The U.S. balance of trade deficit in goods and services was $725.8 billion in 2005.

The global market capitalization for all stock markets was $43,600 billion (or $43.6 trillion) in March 2006.

The borrowing cap debt ceiling as of 2005 stood at $8.18 trillion.. In March 2006, Congress raised that ceiling an additional $0.79 trillion to $8.97 trillion, which is approximately 68% of GDP.

While the U.S. national debt is the world's largest in absolute size, a more accurate measure is that of its size relative to the nation's GDP. When the national debt is put into this perspective it appears considerably less today than in past years. By this measure, it is also considerably less than those of other industrialized nations such as Japan and roughly equivalent to those of several Western European nations.

 Industrial production growth rate: 3.2% (2005 est.)

Electricity:

Electricity - production by source:

Oil:

Natural gas:

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

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