Current gross national product

CCT cone calorimeter test GGNP current gross national product... 

The OBE collects and generates information on the gross national product and income accounts, balance of international payments, business expenditures for new plants and equipment, manufacturers and distributors sales, manufacturing and trade inventories, as well as several other subjects. The means used to disseminate this information is mainly the Survey of Current Business and the various supplements thereto. 

Despite economic difficulties common to many Asian states in late 1997 and early 1998, the country optimistically maintains a political stability for future growth. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) figures in 1998, the inflation rate was 10.5 percent with 4.3 percent projected for 1999. The growth rate, previously over 8 percent, was less than 1 percent in 1998, but was anticipated to recuperate to approximately 4 to 6 percent in July 1999. The Gross National Product (GNP) is over US 10,000 per capita with about 7.5 percent of the GNP currently spent on healthcare. The exchange rate of the national currency (the Won) has fallen to about 1204 Won to the US (Status July 1999, Bank of Korea). 

Figure 5.1.2 Gross national product in purchasing power parity per capita (2008) versus primary energy consumption pc (2007) (solid line with slope of current global average dot-dash line indicates the development in countries with increased energy efficiency (Jess, 2010).

The Economic Effects of Corrosion and Wear. The progressive deterioration, due to corrosion and wear, of metallic surfaces in use in major industrial plants ultimately leads to loss of plant efficiency and at worst a shutdown. Corrosion and wear damage to materials, both directly and indirectly, costs the United States hundreds of billions of dollars annually. For example, corrosion of metals costs the U.S. economy almost 300 billion per year at current prices. This amounts to about 4.2% of the gross national product... 

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