Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Latin America and the Caribbean GDP Industrial production % change on year ago % change on year ago LT Consensus Forecast * latest 2005 2006 2007F latest Argentina 7.9 Q2 '06 9.2 7.8 5.9 9.1 Jul '06 Brazil 1.2 Q2 '06 2.3 3.3 3.5 3.2 Jul '06 Chile 4.5 Q2 '06 6.3 5.3 5.2 1.9 Jul '06 Colombia 6.0 Q2 '06 5.1 4.6 3.9 13.9 Jul '06 Ecuador 4.8 Q2 '06 3.5 4.2 2.9 -1.1 Jul '06 Mexico 4.7 Q2 '06 3.0 4.3 3.5 6.1 Jul '06 Peru 6.0 Q2 '06 6.7 5.8 5.0 9.0 Jul '06 Venezuela 9.2 Q2 '06 9.3 7.2 5.1 -- -- Unemployment % rate latest Argentina 10.4 Q2 '06 Brazil 10.7 Jul '06+ Chile 7.9 Jul-Sep '06 Colombia 12.6 Jul '06 Ecuador 10.2 Jul '06 Mexico 4.0 Jul '06 Peru 8.2 Jul '06 Venezuela 9.6 Jul '06 Producer prices Consumer prices % change on year ago LT Consensus Forecast* latest 2005 2006 2007F Argentina 11.5 Jul '06 12.3 10.5 11.0 Brazil 1.0 Jul '06 5.7 3.6 4.3 Chile 9.9 Jul '06 3.7 3.4 3.1 Colombia 5.3 Jul '06 4.9 4.6 4.4 Ecuador 19.0 Jul '06 3.5 3.5 3.1 Mexico 7.5 Jul '06 3.3 3.6 3.4 Peru 3.6 Jul '06 1.5 2.3 2.4 Venezuela 11.8 Jul '06 14.4 15.2 14.6 Exchange rates Current account end of period per US$ as % of GDP LT Consensus Forecast * LT Consensus Forecast * 2005 2006E 2007F 2005 2006E 2007F Argentina 3.02 3.12 3.22 3.0 2.4 1.4 Brazil 2.34 2.18 2.26 1.8 1.0 0.6 Chile 514 539 558 0.6 2.0 0.6 Colombia 2284 2,404 2,501 -1.6 -1.2 -1.7 Ecuador 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.6 0.1 -0.9 Mexico 10.62 11.04 11.44 -0.7 -0.5 -1.1 Peru 3.42 3.31 3.35 1.3 0.5 -0.5 Venezuela 2.149 2,174 2,376 18.6 14.0 10.9 International reserves US$ billions LT Consensus Forecast * 2005 2006E 2007F Argentina 28.0 30.0 34.9 Brazil 53.8 74.8 77.5 Chile 16.5 17.3 17.7 Colombia 15.0 15.3 15.8 Ecuador 2.1 2.3 2.5 Mexico 68.7 70.0 73.7 Peru 13.9 15.5 16.6 Venezuela 29.8 31.6 31.2 * LATIN TRADE Consensus Forecast includes ABN-Amro, Banamex, BBVA, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Santander Central Hispano Investment, Smith Barney, UBS Warburg, LATIN TRADE + open unemployment (economically active, seeking work) Consumer prices Interest rates % change on year ago % per year year latest ago deposit lending Argentina 10.6 Jul '06 9.6 6.78 9.10 Jul '06 Bolivia 4.6 Jul '06 5.4 4.18 11.17 Jul '06 Brazil 4.0 Jul '06 6.6 14.24 49.70 Jul '06 Chile 3.8 Jul '06 3.1 5.16 8.08 Jul '06 Colombia 4.3 Jul '06 4.9 6.51 12.31 Jul '06 Costa Rica 12.0 Jul '06 13.7 9.41 22.58 Jul '06 Dominican Rep. 10.6 Jul '06 -1.0 9.85 20.67 Jul '06 Ecuador 2.8 Jul '06 2.4 4.06 9.87 Jul '06 El Salvador 5.6 Jul '06...