Italy's Italy's EconomyEconomy

By: Adelaide and Austin

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Monetary Unit

Italy’s Monetary unit is the euro

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Comparing Euros and USD

One Euro(1.00) = $1.35 USD

One USD(1.00) = 0.73 Euros

Italy per capita income- $30,200 in 2009

USA per capita income- $46,400 in 2009

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Comparing Prices

Hamburger meat oranges €3.78EUR/kg = 5.06USD/kg € .66eur/kg = .88usd/kg

potatoes coffee

€.39eur/kg = .52usd/kg €6.98eur/kg = 9.35/kg

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Main Goods• Engineering Products, Textiles, Clothing,

Motor Vehicles, Production machinery ,Transport, equipment, Food, Beverages, Tobacco, Minerals

Italy’s Natural are sources are- coal, Mercury, zinc, potash, marble, pyrite,

fish, natural gas, and crude oil

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Bibliography

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• "Italy Natural resources". index mundi. 3-24-10 <http://www.indexmundi.com/italy/natural_resources.html>.

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