Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Latin America and the Caribbean GDP % change on year ago LT Consensus Forecast * latest 2005 2006F 2007F Argentina 8.6 Q1'06 9.2 6.7 3.7 Brazil 3.4 Q1'06 2.3 3.6 4.2 Chile 5.1 Q1'06 6.3 5.6 5.1 Colombia 5.2 Q1'06 5.1 4.3 3.9 Ecuador 4.9 Q4'05 3.9 2.7 2.8 Mexico 5.5 Q1'06 3.0 3.7 3.5 Peru 7.2 Q1'06 6.7 5.2 4.4 Venezuela 9.4 Q1'06 9.3 6.3 4.4 Industrial production Unemployment % change on year ago % rate latest latest Argentina 7.2 Mar'06 11.4 Q1'06 Brazil 5.2 Mar'06 10.4 Mar'06+ Chile 7.6 Mar'06 7.9 Ql'06 Colombia 12.2 Mar'06 11.3 Mar'06 Ecuador -1.9 Mar'06 11.3 Mar'06 Mexico 9.7 Mar'06 3.4 Mar'06+ Peru 10.7 Mar'06 7.7 Mar'06 Venezuela -- -- 10.1 Mar'06 Producer prices Consumer prices % change on year ago LT Consensus Forecast * latest 2005 2006F 2007F Argentina 11.0 Mar'06 12.3 13.7 14.6 Brazil -2.7 Mar'06 5.8 4.7 4.2 Chile 4.2 Mar'06 3.7 3.3 3.0 Colombia 1.5 Mar'06 4.9 4.7 4.4 Ecuador 8.5 Mar'06 4.4 5.9 3.2 Mexico 3.3 Mar'06 3.3 3.4 3.3 Peru 4.0 Mar'06 1.5 2.5 2.3 Exchange rates end of period per US$ LT Consensus Forecast * 2005 2006F 2007F Argentina 3.05 3.11 3.19 Brazil 2.34 2.28 2.33 Chile 514 546 572 Colombia 2,284 2,336 2,438 Ecuador 1.00 1.00 1.00 Mexico 10.63 11.13 11.49 Peru 3.42 3.36 3.39 Venezuela 2150 2239 2474 Current account as % of GDP LT Consensus Forecast * 2005 2006F 2007F Argentina 3.0 1.5 0.8 Brazil 1.8 0.7 0.4 Chile -0.4 -0.6 -1.3 Colombia -1.1 -1.5 -1.8 Ecuador 0.7 -0.3 -0.5 Mexico -0.7 -1.2 -1.6 Peru 1.3 0.3 -1.0 Venezuela 18.8 13.6 10.5 International reserves US$ billions LT Consensus Forecast * 2005 2006F 2007F Argentina 27.8 26.6 28.9 Brazil 53.8 58.0 63.4 Chile 17.0 16.8 17.3 Colombia 15.0 15.8 16.3 Ecuador 2.1 2.0 2.1 Mexico 68.7 73.1 73.8 Peru 14.1 15.6 16.8 Venezuela 30.0 28.6 26.3 * LATIN TRADE Consensus Forecast includes ABN-Amro, Banamex, BBVA, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Santander Central Hispano Investment, Smith Barney, UBS Warburg, LATIN TRADE + open unemployment (economically active, seeking work) Consumer prices Interest rates % change on latest% per year year latest ago deposit lending Argentina 11.1 Mar'06 9.1 5.82 7.41 Mar'06 Bolivia 3.7 Mar'06 5.7 4.59 12.37 Mar'06 Brazil 5.4 Mar'06 7.5 15.15 53.60 Mar'06 Chile 4.0 Mar'06 2.4 4.78 7.57 Mar'06 Colombia 4.1 Mar'06 5.0 5.97 13.56 Mar'06 Costa Rica 12.2 Mar'06 13.6 10.52 24.67 Mar'06 Dominican 8.3 Mar'06 4.3 11.74 21.46 Mar'06 Rep. Ecuador 4.4 Mar'06 1.4 3.73 9.46 Mar'06 El Salvador 4.0 Mar'06 4.7 4.12 7.43 Mar'06 Guatemala 7.1 Mar'06 8.2 4.41 12.76...