Friday, January 16, 2009

THE WORLD'S WEALTH

This might broaden your understanding of the potential severity of the US going into recession¦

Apart from having the largest (by capitalisation) stock market in the World, this is why the US is so important in the Global Financial System¦

The map renames US states after countries that have similar GDPs to the state in question¦

GDP is the measure of national income and output for a given country's economy. GDP = Total market value of all final goods and services produced within the country in a given period of time.