Latin America and the Caribbean.

• Position: Ilustraci

Latin America and the Caribbean GDP % change on year ago LT Consensus Forecast * latest 2005 2006E 2007F Argentina 8.7 Q3 '06 9.2 8.5 6.8 Brazil 3.2 Q3 '06 2.3 3.0 3.5 Chile 2.9 Q3 '06 6.3 4.4 5.1 Colombia 7.7 Q3 '06 5.1 5.4 4.6 Ecuador 4.6 Q3 '06 3.5 4.7 3.8 Mexico 4.6 Q3 '06 3.0 4.4 3.4 Peru 8.7 Q3 '06 6.7 7.0 5.9 Venezuela 10.2 Q3 '06 9.3 9.2 6.2 Industrial production Unemployment % change on year ago % rate latest latest Argentina 7.6 Sep. '06 10.2 Q3 '06 Brazil 1.3 Sep. '06 10.0 Sep. '06 (+) Chile -2.6 Sep. '06 7.9 Sep. '06 Colombia 15.3 Sep. '06 12.9 Sep. '06 Ecuador 2.5 Sep. '06 10.4 Sep. '06 Mexico 5.0 Sep. '06 4.0 Sep. '06 (+) Peru 7.4 Sep. '06 8.2 Sep. '06 Venezuela -- -- 9.5 Sep. '06 Producer prices Consumer prices % change on year ago LT Consensus Forecast * latest 2005 2006E 2007F Argentina 8.6 Sep '06 12.3 10.0 10.8 Brazil 3.1 Sep '06 5.7 3.1 4.1 Chile 7.1 Sep '06 3.7 2.7 2.9 Colombia 6.0 Sep '06 4.9 4.5 4.3 Ecuador -0.5 Sep '06 3.5 3.2 3.0 Mexico 8.2 Sep '06 3.3 3.9 3.4 Peru 2.7 Sep '06 1.5 2.0 2.4 Venezuela 13.3 Sep '06 14.4 16.8 17.6 Exchange rates end of period per US$ LT Consensus Forecast * 2005 2006E 2007F Argentina 3.02 3.11 3.20 Brazil 2.34 2.17 2.25 Chile 514 535 545 Colombia 2,284 2,347 2,411 Ecuador 1.00 1.00 1.00 Mexico 10.62 10.96 11.23 Peru 3.42 3.23 3.20 Venezuela 2,149 2,149 2,321 Current account as % of GDP LT Consensus Forecast * 2005 2006E 2007F Argentina 3.0 2.5 1.4 Brazil 1.8 1.4 0.6 Chile 0.6 3.5 2.1 Colombia -1.6 -1.7 -2.3 Ecuador 0.6 1.6 0.2 Mexico -0.7 -0.5 -1.1 Peru 1.3 1.5 0.9 Venezuela 18.6 15.1 10.4 International reserves US$ billions LT Consensus Forecast * 2005 2006E 2007F Argentina 28.0 30.3 35.9 Brazil 53.8 81.0 89.0 Chile 16.5 18.0 18.4 Colombia 15.0 15.1 15.7 Ecuador 2.1 2.6 2.8 Mexico 68.7 69.8 73.4 Peru 13.9 16.3 18.0 Venezuela 29.8 31.8 28.0 * 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 Pactual, LATIN TRADE (+) open unemployment (economically active, seeking work) Consumer prices Interest rates % change on year ago % per year latest year ago deposit lending Argentina 10.4 Sep '06 10.3 6.88 9.39 Sep '06 Bolivia 4.3 Sep '06 5.5 3.32 12.40 Sep '06 Brazil 3.7 Sep '06 6.1 12.92 49.40 Sep '06 Chile 2.8 Sep '06 3.9 5.28 8.47 Sep '06 Colombia 4.6 Sep '06 5.0 6.42 13.12 Sep '06 Costa Rica 11.2 Sep '06 13.4 9.42 22.50 Sep '06 Dominican Rep. 4.7 Sep '06 4.2...