<P> Antiguo Cuscatlán has the highest per capita income of all the cities in the country, and is a center of international investment . </P> <P> GDP in purchasing power parity (PPP) in 2008 was estimated at $25.895 billion USD . The service sector is the largest component of GDP at 64.1%, followed by the industrial sector at 24.7% (2008 est .). Agriculture represents only 11.2% of GDP (2010 est .) </P> <P> The GDP grew after 1996 at an annual rate that averaged 3.2% real growth . The government committed to free market initiatives, and the 2007 GDP's real growth rate was 4.7% . </P> <P> In December 1999, net international reserves equaled US $1.8 billion or roughly five months of imports . Having this hard currency buffer to work with, the Salvadoran government undertook a monetary integration plan beginning January 1, 2001 by which the U.S. dollar became legal tender alongside the Salvadoran colón, and all formal accounting was done in U.S. dollars . Thus, the government has formally limited the implementing of open market monetary policies to influence short - term variables in the economy . As of September 2007, net international reserves stood at $2.42 billion . </P>

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