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Market Research 18 © BPlanExperts.com Economy of the United States Rank 1st ( nominal) / 1st ( PPP) Currency United States Dollar ( USD) Fiscal year October 1 – September 30 Statistics GDP $14.660 trillion (2010) (nominal ; 1st) $14.660 trillion (2010) (PPP ; 1st) GDP growth 2.9% (2010) GDP per capita $46,442 (2009)(nominal;17th) $46,442 (2009) (PPP; 6th) GDP by sector agriculture: (1.2%), industry: (21.9%), services: (76.9%) (2009 est.) Inflation (CPI) 1.1% (November 09-10) Population below poverty line 14.3% (2009) Gini index 45 (List of countries) Labor force 154.5 million (includes unemployed) (2009 est.) Labor force by occupation farming, forestry, and fishing: 0.7% manufacturing, extraction, transportation, and crafts: 20.3% managerial, professional, and technical: 37.3% sales and office: 24.2% other services: 17.6% note: figures exclude the unemployed (2009) Unemployment 9.0% (Jan 2011) Main industries petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, creative industries, electronics, food processing, consumer goods , lumber, mining, defense Ease of Doing Business Rank 5th External Exports $1.280 trillion f.o.b (2010) 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% (2009) Main export partners Canada, 13.2%; Mexico, 8.3%; China, 4.3% ; Japan, 3.3%. (2009) Imports $1.948 trillion c.i.f. (2010) Import 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) (2009) Main import partners China, 15.4% ; Canada, 11.6% ; Mexico, 9.1% ; Japan, 4.9% ; Germany, 3.7%. (2009) FDI stock $2.398 trillion (31 December 2009 est.) Gross external debt $14.39 trillion (30 Sept 2010) Public finances Public debt $14 trillion (Jan 2011) 93% of GDP Revenues $2.162 trillion (2010) Expenses $3.456 trillion (2010) Economic aid ODA $ 19 billion, 0.2% of GDP (2004) Main data source: CIA World Fact Book All values, unless otherwise stated, are i n US dollars