Table 2: General Government Debt Per cent of GDP, 1998 Italy Belgium  BIS Review 58/1999  119.4 117.3  2  Japan Canada Sweden Spain Netherlands France Germany Denmark Ireland United States United Kingdom Finland New Zealand Norway Australia  99.9 90.0 73.1 72.0 67.9 66.4 62.6 59.3 56.6 57.4 57.2 52.5 37.6 37.1 37.0  Source: OECD One aspect of Australia’s recent economic performance that has received favourable comment is the behaviour of the exchange rate.
Agreeing on this at the G7 (Group of Seven) level would be a good starting point. Reaching an agreement at the G20 (Gruppe der Zwanzig) level would be a major step, although this is a long way to go. A second factor for accelerating the transition are climate-neutral technologies.