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Key Economic Indicators Dr. Khaled F. Sherif Chief Administrative Officer Africa Region The World Bank. MOROCCO. 2008. $89 billion. $50 billion. 2003. Gross Domestic Product (GDP). GDP at Current Prices:. Bernard Madoff’s ponzi scheme: $50 billion
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Key Economic IndicatorsDr. Khaled F. SherifChief Administrative Officer Africa RegionThe World Bank MOROCCO
2008 $89 billion $50 billion 2003 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) GDP at Current Prices: • Bernard Madoff’s ponzi scheme: $50 billion • Size of the market for servers: $49 billion • Warren Buffet’s net worth: $47 billion • Assets of BB&T Corporation: $92 billion • Size of the “Adventure Tourism” market: $89 billion • Brazil’s investment to host the 2014 World Cup: $86 billion
2008 $33 billion $14 billion 2003 Exports Exports of Goods and Services: • Citigroup’s 2003 profit: $18 billion • eBay’s market cap decrease because it missed its earning’s revenue by 1 cent: $17 billion • Airbus’ investment in the A380: $16 billion • Size of the Harvard endowment (2007): $34.9 billion • US spending on alternative medicine (2007): $34 billion • Size of the Solar market in 2008: $33.4 billion
2008 $2.2 billion $2.3 billion 2003 Foreign Direct Investment Foreign Direct Investment Inflows: • Amount distributed by Spain’s El Gordo lottery in 2004: $2.4 billion • News Corp’s profit in 2003: $2.3 billion • Dell’s profit in 2003: $2.1 billion • JP Morgan’s profits for the first month of this year: $3.3 billion • Time Warner and its auditor’s settlement for securities fraud litigation: $2.5 billion • FedEx’s purchase price for Kinko’s: $2.4 billion • Total IBRD commitments to Morocco (2010): $1.2 billion
2008 $23 billion $14 billion 2004 Reserves Total Reserves (Incl. Gold): • Iran’s 8 year investment in the petrochemical industry (as of 2005): $18 billion • ChevronTexaco’s 2005 purchase of Unocal: $18 billion • Tax dodgers estimated amount owed in the US: $17 billion • Total debt of Dubai World: $26 billion • Apple’s cash reserves as of September 2008: $24.5 billion • LG’s investment in eco business: $18 billion
2008 $66 billion $13 billion 2003 Market Capitalization Market Capitalization of Listed Companies: • Combined losses of airlines in 2001: $18 billion • Australian consumers shopping in September 2004: $17 billion • Cost of Athens Olympic Games: $16 billion • US beef and cattle industry size: $74 billion • Fannie Mae’s loss in 2009: $72billion • Investment of mobile operators in mobile broadband: $72 billion
2008 $24 billion $12 billion 2003 Industry – Value-Added Industry Value-Added at Current USD: • Purchase price for Hertz: $15 billion • UAE-based telecom provider Etisalat’s market capitalization (2004): $13.5 billion • Estimated size of Saddam Hussein’s illicit oil sales: $11 billion • Decrease in BP’s market cap as a result of sinking of the Deepwater Horizon and the resulting oil spill: $28 billion • Size of voice over IP industry: $24 billion • Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud’s net worth (2010): $19.4 billion
2008 $20 billion $12 billion 2003 Savings Gross Savings: • US Small Business Association 2004 loan fund: $16 billion • Amount Australians spend each year on goods they don’t use: $10.5 billion • Annual cost of illegal immigrants to the US (2004): $10 billion • Bank of America’s loans to small and medium-sized businesses in the first quarter of 2010: $19.4 billion • Kraft’s purchase price of Cadbury: $18.9 billion • Nintendo’s annual revenues: $18.5 billion
2008 $11 billion $2.6 billion 2003 ICT Information and Communications Technology Spend: • Estimated cost attributed to Hurricane Frances (2004): $3 billion • Size of online advertising sales in the first quarter of 2005: $2.8 billion • ABC network’s advertising revenues in 2004: $2.7 billion • Sergey Brin (Google Founder) current net worth: $17.5 billion • Size of the nutritional supplement market in Japan: $11.1 billion • Bill Gates’ charitable contribution for vaccine work only: $11.1 billion