Economy

Economy is a menu that shows information about the city's income and expenses and allows the player to adjust taxes and budget and take loans. The panel can easily be found by pressing the icon that looks like stacked green dollars. From the Budget tab, you can take a quick glance at the city’s Revenue, Expenses, and its current Monthly Balance. Additionally, highlighting each section reveals quick details of each of the revenues or expenses on the right side of the panel. It includes a description as well as an overview of where the revenue or expenses come from.

All cities will initially receive a limited amount of income. The higher the income from other sources, the lower the government subsidies income will be, until it will eventually stop.

Taxation

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Taxation tab

Taxation is unlocked at Milestone 2. Each of the zone types has its own overall tax rate which can be adjusted with sliders. On top of that, you can adjust the taxes of individual groups by expanding the menu for a specific zone type. Each tax can be set to be between -10% and 30%.

Lower taxes help buildings level up faster while higher taxes bring more money.

Residential taxes are collected from the citizens' monthly wages. Lower taxes will increase demand for residential zones while higher taxes will lower it. Taxes can be set separately for each Education Level.

Commercial, Industrial and Office taxes are collected from the companies' monthly profits. Taxes can be set separately for each product type. Lowering taxes for certain products and increasing them for others is an effective way to specialize the city in a certain field.

Loans

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Loan tab

Loans are large sums of money that a city can take at the cost of adding up to 2.3-20% of the loaned amount to monthly expenses. The loan can be increased or paid partially or in full at any point. The borrowing limit of the loan depends on the current Milestone, ranging from ₡100,000 to ₡26,100,000. The interest rate can be reduced by 1% by building the City Hall and by 2% by building the Central Bank.

The loans tab is not visible in games with unlimited money.

Production

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Production tab

From the Production tab you can observe each of the Materials, Material Goods, and Immaterial Goods your city is producing, and from that you can also observe whether your city’s production of the resource is either in Surplus or in Deficit. You can highlight each resource to reveal additional information which shows you where the resource can be gained from and where it can be either sold or used. For example, Wood can be produced from Forestry or it can be imported. Wood is also used for Heating and it can further be sold to Processing companies or be Exported to Outside Connections.

All resources will be imported if there is a deficit and exported if there is a surplus.

Efficiency

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Each company's building has an efficiency rating which affects performance. While the default efficiency is 100%, this can be impacted by the employees working there, services provided, and city-wide bonuses.

Efficiency Factor		Positive Impact	Negative Impact	Notes
File:Happy.png	Employee happiness	Average employee happiness increases	Average employee happiness decreases
File:Workers.png	Number of employees	n/a	Not enough employees
	City Production Specialization	Unknown	n/a	Not clear in-game what creates a city production specialization bonus
	City-wide bonuses	Place signature buildings that give commercial or industrial efficiency	n/a	referred to in-game as "Commercial Efficiency" or "Industrial Efficiency"
	Electricity fees	Reduce electricity fees	Increase electricity fees
File:Water & Sewage.png	Water fees	Reduce water & sewage fees	Increase water & sewage fees
File:Post.png	Mail handling	Increase post efficiency	Decrease post efficiency

Materials

Materials are obtained from File:Specialized Industry.png Specialized Industry zones.

Input	Resource	Use
Forestry zone	Wood	File:Heating.png Heating Processing Timber
Grain Farming zone	Grain	Processing Beverages Processing Convenience Food Processing Petrochemicals
Livestock Farming zone	Livestock	Processing Convenience Food Processing Food Processing Textiles
Vegetable Farming zone	Vegetables	Processing Beverages Processing Food
Textile Fiber Farming zone	Cotton	Processing Textiles
Oil Drilling zone	Crude Oil	Processing Chemicals Processing Petrochemicals
Ore Mining zone	Metal Ore	Processing Metals
Coal Mining zone	Coal	Electricity Processing Steel
Stone Mining zone	Rock	Processing Concrete Processing Minerals

Material goods

Material goods are processed at File:ZoneIndustrial.png Industrial zones.

Input	Resource	Use
Ore	Metals	Processing Steel Processing Machinery Processing Vehicles
Coal Metals	Steel	Processing Machinery
Rock	Minerals	Processing Chemicals Processing Electronics
Rock	Concrete	File:BuildingLevel.png Upkeep
Metals Steel	Machinery	File:ZoneIndustrial.png Industry
Crude Oil Grain	Petrochemicals	Consumers Electricity File:Heating.png Heating Processing Plastics Processing Textiles
Crude Oil Minerals	Chemicals	Consumers Processing Pharmaceuticals Processing Plastics
Chemicals Petrochemicals	Plastics	Consumers Processing Electronics Processing Vehicles
Chemicals	Pharmaceuticals	Consumers File:Healthcare.png Healthcare & Deathcare
Minerals Plastics	Electronics	Consumers Service Software Service Telecom
Metals Plastics	Vehicles	Consumers
Grain Vegetables	Beverages	Consumers Retail Entertainment
Grain Livestock	Convenience Food	Consumers
Livestock Vegetables	Food	Consumers File:Fire & Rescue.png Fire & Rescue Retail Lodging Retail Meals
Cotton Livestock Petrochemicals	Textiles	Consumers
Wood	Timber	File:BuildingLevel.png Upkeep Processing Furniture Processing Paper
Timber	Paper	Consumers File:ZoneOfficeLow.png Offices
Timber	Furniture	Consumers File:ZoneOfficeLow.png Offices

Immaterial goods

Immaterial goods are processed at File:ZoneCommercialLow.png Commercial or File:ZoneOfficeLow.png Office zones.

Input	Zone	Resource	Use
Electronics	File:ZoneOfficeLow.png Office	Software	File:ZoneIndustrial.png Industry File:ZoneOfficeLow.png Offices Service Financial Service Media Service Telecom
Electronics Software	File:ZoneOfficeLow.png Office	Telecom	Consumers File:ZoneIndustrial.png Industry File:ZoneOfficeLow.png Offices
Software	File:ZoneOfficeLow.png Office	Financial	Consumers File:ZoneIndustrial.png Industry File:ZoneOfficeLow.png Offices
Software	File:ZoneOfficeLow.png Office	Media	Consumers
Food	File:ZoneCommercialLow.png Commercial	Lodging	Consumers
Food	File:ZoneCommercialLow.png Commercial	Meals	Consumers
Beverages	File:ZoneCommercialLow.png Commercial	Entertainment	Consumers
	File:ZoneCommercialLow.png Commercial	Recreation	Consumers