Year

Real GDP annual growth rate

Short-term interest rate

Government debt (percent of GDP)

Government budget deficit (percent of GDP)

1991

     3.4%

   7.38%

     64.8%

 −1.81%

1995

  1.9

1.23

  87.1

4.71

1996

  3.4

0.59

  93.9

5.07

1997

  1.9

0.60

100.3

3.79

1998

−1.1

0.72

112.2

5.51

1999

  0.1

0.25

125.7

7.23

2000

  2.8

0.25

134.1

7.48

2001

  0.4

0.12

142.3

6.13

2002

−0.3

0.06

149.3

7.88

2003

  2.5

0.04

157.5

7.67