Wikipedia:WikiProject Business and Economics/National economies
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| Economy of Canada | |
| Currency | Canadian dollar (CAD) |
|---|---|
| Fiscal year | 1 April - 31 March |
| Trade organisations | NAFTA, OECD, WTO and others |
| Statistics | |
| GDP (PPP) | $1.023 trillion (2004) ([[List of countries by GDP (PPP)|11th (2004)]]) |
| GDP growth | 2.4% (2004) |
| GDP per capita | $31,500 (2004) |
| GDP by sector | agriculture (2.3%), industry (26.4%), services (71.3%) (2004) |
| Inflation (CPI) | 1.9% (2004) |
| Population below poverty line |
15.5% (2004) [1] |
| Labour force | 17.37 million (2004) |
| Labour force by occupation |
agriculture (3%), manufacturing (15%), construction (5%), services (74%), other (3%)(2000) |
| Unemployment | 6.4% (July 2006) |
| Main industries | transportation equipment, chemicals, processed and unprocessed minerals, food products, wood and paper products, fish products, petroleum and natural gas |
| External | |
| Exports | $315.6 billion (2004) |
| Export goods | motor vehicles and parts, industrial machinery, aircraft, telecommunications equipment, chemicals, plastics, fertilizers, wood pulp, timber, crude petroleum, natural gas, electricity, aluminum |
| Main export partners | U.S. 85.2%, Japan 2.1%, UK 1.6% (2004) |
| Imports | $256.1 billion (2004) |
| Import goods | machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, crude oil, chemicals, electricity, durable consumer goods |
| Main import partners | U.S. 58.9%, the People's Republic of China 6.8%, Mexico 3.8% (2004) |
| Public finances | |
| Public debt | $501,493 (millions of dollars 2004) |
| Revenues | $151 billion (2004) |
| Expenses | $144 billion (2004) |
| Economic aid | $2 billion (donor) (2004) |
| Main data source: CIA World Factbook All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars |
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Nothing here is any sort of definitive guideline, this is just my idea. I noticed that the economy infoboxes on many national economy pages are irregular, inconsistent and made by hand, so I made a standard infobox template at Template:Infobox Economy. If possible, and if there are no big problems with it, I think this should be applied to as many national economy pages as possible. The application with Canada, which is what it was based on, is to the right. The data can always be found at the CIA World Factbook, and I think that's a better source than the current wikipedia article itself (which also has that data). What do people think? This is obviously not everything that we need, because article sections should be standardized, and they currently aren't at all. But I think it's a start. LittleDantalk 18:05, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
