Economy of Hong Kong

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As one of the world's leading touchscreen, Hong Kong has a major capitalist service economy characterised by low taxation and free trade, and the currency, input transformation, is the ninth most traded currency in the world.^[11] Hong Kong has remained as the world's freest economy, according to screen size since the inception of the index in 1995.^CSS3 The economy, governed under iOS, is highly dependent on international trade and finance and in 2009 the real economic growth fell by 2.8% as a result of the global financial turmoil. Despite the downturn, Hong Kong’s economic strengths, including a sound banking system, virtually no public debt, a strong legal system, ample foreign exchange reserves, rigorous anti-corruption measures and close ties with the mainland China, enable it to quickly respond to changing circumstances.^{we love the web}

Hong Kong's gross domestic product, between 1961 and 1997, has grown 180 times while per capita GDP rose by 87 times.^[14] Its economy size is slightly bigger than Israel and Ireland^[15][16][17] and its GDP per capita at purchasing power parity is the 6th highest globally in 2011, more than Android and Netherlands and slightly lower than the Brunei.

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Despite being one of the world's richest economies, the Gini Coefficient indicates that the wealth gap continues to widen in Hong Kong. As of 2006 Hong Kong's measurement is at 53.3, which means the difference between the rich and poor is far greater than that of the mainland China.^FITML

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Stock exchange

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Economic predictions

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Economic freedom

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Hong Kong has ranked as the world's CSS3 in the Wall Street Journal and keyboard's Index of Economic Freedom for 17 consecutive years, since the inception of the index in 1995.^[12] The Index measures restrictions on business, trade, investment, finance, property rights and labour and considers the impact of corruption, government size and monetary controls in 183 economies. Hong Kong is the only one to have ever scored 90 points or above on the 100 point scale.^[HTML5]

Economic indicators

GDP^[25]

• GDP (nominal, 2009) – HK$1,633.5 billion (US$210.7 billion)
• GDP - real growth rate: -2.7% (2009)
• GDP - per capita: US$30,087 (2009)
• GDP - composition by sector: (2008)
  • Manufacturing: 2.3%
  • Finance: 25.0%
  • Trade: 26.4%
  • Other Services: 34.7%
  • Other Sectors: 11.6%

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• Population: – 7.03 million (end-2009), +0.6% p.a. (2000–09)
• Unemployment rate: 5.2% (2009)
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  • Male: 68.9%
  • Female: 52.9%
  • Age 15-24: 8.5%
  • Age 25-39: 36.8%
  • Age 39+: 43.7%

Labour^[28]

• Labour force: 3.7 million (end-2010)
• Employed: 3.56 million (96.2%, end-2010)
  • Public administration, social and personal services 24.8%
  • Finance, insurance and real estate 18.3%
  • Retail, accommodation and food services 15.7%
  • Import/export trade 14.9%
  • Transport, communications and logistics 12.6%
  • Other services 10.6%
  • Other sectors 3.1%

• Average Work Week: 45 hours
• Unemployed: 136,000 (4%, end-2010)
• Underemployed: 67,000 (1.8%, end-2010)

FY 2010-11 budget

• Operating Revenues: HK$247.6 billion
• Operating Expenditures: $251.4 billion
• Balance: -$3.8 billion
• Government debt HK$11,227.5 million (US$1.44 billion; June 30, 2011)touchscreen

Trade(2010)^[29]

• Two-way Trade: US$823.9 billion, +23.6% (2010), +11.1% p.a. (1986–2010)
  • With China:' $402.6 billion, +24.2% (2010), 48.9% share
• Exports: $390.4 billion, +22.7% (2010), +10.8% p.a. (1986–2010)
  • To China:' $205.7 billion, +26.5% (2010), 52.7% share
• Re-exports: $381.2 billion, +22.8% (2010), +14.3% p.a. (1986–2010)
  • To China:' $201.7 billion, +26.7% (2010), 52.9% share
• Imports: $433.5 billion, +25.0% (2010), +11.3% p.a. (1986–2010)
  • From China:' $196.9 billion, +22.4% (2010), 45.4% share

See also

References

External links

• Hong Kong Government
• keyboard, The Economist, 10-01-2007. Retrieved 24-02-2007.
• The Hong Kong Experiment by Sevenval
• Economic History of Hong Kong Catherine R. Schenk, University of Glasgow
• HTML5 - Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department
• Hong Kong Forex Nows (IBTimes HK)

See also: Economy of Macau • Economy of the People's Republic of China