Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Latin America and the Caribbean GDP % change on year ago LT Consensus Forecast * latest 2006E 2007F 2008F Argentina 8.7 Q3 '06 8.5 6.9 4.5 Brazil 3.2 Q3 '06 3.0 3.5 3.7 Chile 2.9 Q3 '06 4.4 5.1 5.1 Colombia 7.7 Q3 '06 5.9 4.8 4.3 Ecuador 4.6 Q3 '06 4.7 3.8 3.5 Mexico 4.6 Q3 '06 4.5 3.5 3.7 Peru 8.7 Q3 '06 7.0 5.9 5.3 Venezuela 10.2 Q3 '06 9.2 6.5 4.4 Industrial production Unemployment % change on year ago % rate latest latest Argentina 8.3 Nov '06 10.2 Q3 '06 Brazil 4.2 Nov '06 9.5 Nov '06+ Chile 3.2 Nov '06 6.6 Nov '06 Colombia 16.5 Nov '06 11.0 Nov '06 Ecuador 6.0 Nov '06 9.8 Nov '06 Mexico 4.8 Nov '06 3.6 Nov '06+ Peru 6.9 Nov '06 8.5 Nov '06 Venezuela -- -- 8.8 Nov '06 Producer prices Consumer prices % change on year ago LT Consensus Forecast * latest 2006E 2007F 2008F Argentina 7.6 Nov '06 9.9 10.9 10.5 Brazil 4.0 Nov '06 3.1 4.1 4.2 Chile 6.1 Nov '06 2.7 2.9 3.0 Colombia 5.2 Nov '06 4.5 4.3 4.0 Ecuador 4.5 Nov '06 3.1 2.9 2.4 Mexico 7.3 Nov '06 3.9 3.4 3.3 Peru 2.0 Nov '06 1.7 2.4 2.6 Venezuela 14.9 Nov '06 16.4 16.6 19.6 Exchange rates Current account end of period per US$ as % of GDP LT Consensus Forecast * LT Consensus Forecast * 2006E 2007F 2008F 2006E 2007F 2008F Argentina 3.08 3.19 3.35 2.7 1.5 1.0 Brazil 2.16 2.25 2.34 1.4 0.7 0.1 Chile 534 546 561 3.5 1.9 0.5 Colombia 2,302 2,407 2,499 -1.8 -2.3 -2.5 Ecuador 1.00 1.00 1.00 2.0 0.7 -0.8 Mexico 10.90 11.23 11.47 -0.4 -1.1 -1.3 Peru 3.23 3.20 3.22 1.6 0.8 0.1 Venezuela 2,149 2,301 2,532 20.0 14.6 10.8 International reserves US$ billions LT Consensus Forecast * 2006E 2007F 2008F Argentina 31.1 37.8 45.3 Brazil 84.3 90.7 94.3 Chile 18.0 18.4 18.7 Colombia 15.3 15.9 16.6 Ecuador 2.6 2.8 2.7 Mexico 68.4 73.1 75.9 Peru 16.6 17.8 19.5 Venezuela 35.4 33.3 32.0 * LATIN TRADE Consensus Forecast includes ABN-Ambro, 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 deposit lending latest year ago Argentina 10.0 Nov '06 12.0 6.82 9.53 Nov '06 Bolivia 4.7 Nov '06 5.0 3.32 12.40 Sep '06 Brazil 3.0 Nov '06 6.2 12.40 48.40 Nov '06 Chile 2.1 Nov '06 3.6 5.28 8.21 Nov '06 Colombia 4.1 Nov '06 5.1 6.68 12.81 Nov '06 Costa Rica 9.4 Nov '06 14.2 9.10 15.92 Nov '06 Dominican Rep. 5.2 Nov '06 4.8 7.60 17.56 Nov '06 Ecuador 2.2 Nov '06 4.1 4.63 9.69 Nov '06 El Salvador 3.9 Nov...