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Once the center of the Caribbean slave trade, the island of Curacao was hard hit by the abolition of slavery in 1863. Its prosperity (and that of neighboring Aruba) was restored in the early 20th century with the construction of oil refineries to service newly discovered Venezuelan oil fields. The island of Saint Martin is shared with France; its southern portion is named Sint Maarten and is part of the '''Netherlands Antilles'''; its northern portion, called Saint Martin, is an overseas collectivity of France.<ref name="CIA_AN" />
Once the center of the Caribbean slave trade, the island of Curacao was hard hit by the abolition of slavery in 1863. Its prosperity (and that of neighboring [[Aruba]]) was restored in the early 20th century with the construction of oil refineries to service newly discovered [[Venezuela|Venezuelan]] oil fields. The island of Saint Martin is shared with [[France]]; its southern portion is named Sint Maarten and is part of the '''Netherlands Antilles'''; its northern portion, called Saint Martin, is an overseas collectivity of France.<ref name="CIA_AN" />


==Economical characteristics==
==Economical characteristics==
* '''Currency''': Netherlands Antillean guilder (ISO code: ANG)
* '''Currency''': Netherlands Antillean guilder (ISO code: ANG)
* Central bank '''[[Wikipedia:Discount rate|discount rate]]''': NA%<ref name="CIA_AN" />
* [[Central bank]] '''[[Wikipedia:Discount rate|discount rate]]''': NA%<ref name="CIA_AN" />
* Commercial banks '''lending rate''': 8.33% (31 December 2008)<ref name="CIA_AN" />
* [[Bank|Commercial banks]] '''lending rate''': 8.33% (31 December 2008)<ref name="CIA_AN" />
* '''Stock of money''' ([[Money supply#M1|M1]]): $1.295 billion (31 December 2008)<ref name="CIA_AN" />
* '''Stock of money''' ([[Money supply#M1|M1]]): $1.295 billion (31 December 2008)<ref name="CIA_AN" />
* '''Quasi money''' (with M1 makes [[Money supply#M2|M2]]): $2.586 billion (31 December 2008)<ref name="CIA_AN" />
* '''Quasi money''' (with M1 makes [[Money supply#M2|M2]]): $2.586 billion (31 December 2008)<ref name="CIA_AN" />

Revision as of 04:21, 4 December 2010

Once the center of the Caribbean slave trade, the island of Curacao was hard hit by the abolition of slavery in 1863. Its prosperity (and that of neighboring Aruba) was restored in the early 20th century with the construction of oil refineries to service newly discovered Venezuelan oil fields. The island of Saint Martin is shared with France; its southern portion is named Sint Maarten and is part of the Netherlands Antilles; its northern portion, called Saint Martin, is an overseas collectivity of France.[1]

Economical characteristics


Statistics

Statistic / Year 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
GDP (USD)[2]
Govt. debt (% of GDP)[3]
Govt. revenue (% of GDP)[4]
Govt. expenses (% of GDP)[5]
Debt to revenue (years)

References

Note: statistical data was rounded. Different sources may use different methodologies for their estimates. Debt to revenue is calculated by dividing the two variables from their original ('unrounded') values. It represents how long it would a government take to repay its entire debt if it used its whole revenue for this purpose.

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named CIA_AN
  2. World Bank. "Netherlands Antilles: GDP", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-30.
  3. World Bank. "Netherlands Antilles: government debt", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-30.
  4. World Bank. "Netherlands Antilles: government revenue", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-30.
  5. World Bank. "Netherlands Antilles: government expenses", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-30.

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