Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Latin America and the Caribbean GDP % change on year ago LT Consensus Forecast * latest 2006 2007F 2008F Argentina 8.6 Q4 '06 8.5 7.0 4.7 Brazil 3.8 Q4 '06 3.7 4.0 4.0 Chile 5.8 Q1 '07 4.0 5.4 5.2 Colombia 8.0 Q4 '06 6.8 5.0 4.4 Ecuador 2.2 Q4 '06 4.5 3.3 2.8 Mexico 2.6 Q1 '07 4.8 3.3 3.7 Peru 7.5 Q1 '07 8.0 6.7 5.6 Venezuela 8.8 Q1 '07 10.3 7.0 4.3 Industrial production Unemployment % change on year ago % rate latest latest Argentina 6.8 Mar '07 9.8 Q1 '07 Brazil 3.9 Mar '07 10.1 Mar '07 (+) Chile 5.2 Mar '07 6.7 Mar '07 Colombia 14.8 Mar '07 12.0 Mar '07 Ecuador 10.1 Feb '07 10.3 Mar '07 Mexico 0.2 Mar '07 4.0 Mar '07 (+) Peru 5.6 Mar '07 9.8 Mar '07 Venezuela -- -- 9.5 Mar '07 Producer prices Consumer prices % change on year ago LT Consensus Forecast * latest 2006 2007F 2008F Argentina 6.6 Mar '07 9.8 10.3 11.1 Brazil 3.7 Feb '07 3.1 3.6 3.8 Chile 5.3 Mar '07 2.6 2.7 3.0 Colombia 4.3 Mar '07 4.5 4.5 3.9 Ecuador 4.0 Mar '07 2.9 2.8 2.3 Mexico 6.6 Mar '07 4.1 3.6 3.5 Peru 0.4 Mar '07 1.1 2.0 2.5 Venezuela 17.4 Mar '07 17.0 17.9 18.8 Exchange rates Current account end of period per US$ as % of GDP LT Consensus Forecast * LT Consensus Forecast * 2006 2007F 2008F 2006 2007F 2008F Argentina 3.07 3.16 3.29 3.2 2.3 1.4 Brazil 2.14 2.03 2.06 1.4 0.8 0.2 Chile 534 544 552 3.6 1.5 0.8 Colombia 2,239 2,351 2,443 -2.1 -2.0 -2.0 Ecuador 1.00 1.00 1.00 2.7 0.5 -1.4 Mexico 10.81 11.19 11.44 -0.2 -1.2 -1.3 Peru 3.20 3.18 3.19 2.5 1.3 0.6 Venezuela 2,147 2,279 2,420 15.5 8.7 5.2 International reserves US$ billions LT Consensus Forecast * 2006 2007F 2008F Argentina 32.0 43.3 49.1 Brazil 85.8 131.6 154.6 Chile 18.8 17.4 18.0 Colombia 15.4 15.9 16.4 Ecuador 3.0 3.2 2.9 Mexico 67.7 71.6 71.1 Peru 17.3 19.7 21.2 Venezuela 37.1 35.9 33.8 * LATIN TRADE Consensus Forecast includes Banamex, BBVA, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Santander Central Hispano Investment, UBS Pactual, LATIN TRADE (+) open unemployment (economically active, seeking work) Consumer prices % change on year ago latest years ago Argentina 9.1 Mar '07 11.1 Bolivia 7.2 Mar '07 3.7 Brazil 3.0 Mar '07 5.3 Chile 2.6 Mar '07 4.0 Colombia 5.8 Mar '07 4.1 Costa Rica 9.2 Mar '07 12.2 Dominican Rep. 5.5 Mar '07 8.3 Ecuador 1.5 Mar '07 4.4 El Salvador 5.1 Mar '07 4.0 Guatemala 6.6 Mar '07 7.1 Honduras 6.3 Mar '07 6.2 Jamaica 6.6 Mar '07 11.4 Mexico 4.2 Mar '07 3.4 Panama 3.2 Mar '07 2.0 Paraguay 5.6 Mar '07 11.6 Peru 0.2 Mar '07 2.5 Trinidad & Tobago 8.0 Mar '07 6.6 Uruguay 7.4...