The economy, however, began to recover in the second half of 2009, and as of November 2015, unemployment had declined from a high of 10% to 5%. In December 2014, public debt was slightly more than 100% of GDP. Domestic financial assets totaled $131 trillion and domestic financial liabilities totaled $106 trillion.
A blood glucose test measures the amount of a sugar called glucose in a sample of your blood. Glucose is a major source of energy for most cells of the body, including brain cells.
1 Fasting glucose (fasting blood glucose, FBG) â this test measures the level of glucose in the blood after fasting for at least 8 hours. 2  2-hour glucose tolerance test (GTT) â for this test, the person has a fasting glucose test done (see above), then drinks a 75-gram glucose drink.f the result is abnormal, it is typically followed up with a fasting blood glucose test or a GTT. Glucose blood tests are also used to screen pregnant women for gestational diabetes between their 24th and 28th week of pregnancy.