Rest of the World.

Rest of the World

                                   GDP
                          % change on year ago

                                     LT forecast

                   latest      2005E   2006F   2007F

Belgium           2.3 Q1 '06     1.5     2.5     2.4
Canada            3.2 Q1 '06     2.9     3.1     3.3
China            10.2 Q1 '06     9.9     9.7     9.5
France            1.5 Q1 '06     1.4     2.1     2.2
Germany           1.4 Q1 '06     1.1     1.8     1.6
Hong Kong         8.2 Q1 '06     7.3     4.2     4.3
India             8.4 Q1 '06     8.5     7.5     7.1
Italy             1.5 Q1 '06     0.1     1.4     1.3
Japan             3.0 Q1 '06     2.7     2.8     2.2
Korea             6.1 Q1 '06     4.0     5.2     5.3
Netherlands       2.1 Q1 '06     1.1     2.4     2.8
Russia            7.0 Q1 '06     6.4     6.2     5.7
Spain             3.5 Q1 '06     3.4     3.3     3.0
Switzerland       3.5 Q1 '06     1.9     2.4     1.8
United Kingdom    2.2 Q1 '06     1.8     2.4     2.9
United States     3.6 Q1 '06     3.5     3.6     3.1

                            Consumer prices
                         % change on year ago

                                       LT forecast

                   latest      2005E   2006F   2007F

Belgium           2.4 Feb '06    2.5     2.2     1.9
Canada            2.2 Feb '06    2.2     2.0     2.3
China             1.9 Jan '06    3.3     3.4     3.5
France            1.9 Feb '06    1.9     1.7     1.4
Germany           2.1 Feb '06    1.9     1.6     2.1
Hong Kong         1.3 Feb '06    1.8     2.3     2.3
India             4.6 Feb '06    5.6     5.1     5.1
Italy             2.1 Feb '06    2.2     2.4     2.1
Japan             0.4 Feb '06   -0.3     0.7     0.8
Korea             2.3 Feb '06    2.8     2.5     3.2
Netherlands       1.1 Feb '06    1.5     1.7     1.8
Russia           11.2 Feb '06   10.9    10.5    10.0
Spain             4.1 Feb '06    3.4     3.6     2.7
Switzerland       1.4 Feb '06    1.2     1.1     0.8
United Kingdom    2.4 Feb '06    2.0     2.2     1.7
United States     3.6 Feb '06    3.4     3.3     2.4

                        Interest rates
                          % per year

                            Lending

Belgium                 6.95   Feb '06
Canada                  5.25   Feb '06
China                   5.58   Feb '06
France                  4.99   Feb '06
Germany                 2.35   Feb '06 ([double dagger])
Hong Kong               7.75   Feb '06
India                  10.75   Feb '06
Italy                   2.61   Feb '06 ([double dagger])
Japan                   1.62   Feb '06
Korea                   5.80   Feb '06
Netherlands             3.00   Feb '06
Russia                 10.70   Feb '06
Spain                   2.34   Feb '06 ([double dagger])
Switzerland             3.03   Feb '06
United Kingdom          4.50   Feb '06
United States           7.50   Feb '06

                   Exchange rates           International
                    June 6, 2006         reserves ([dagger])
                                            US$ billions

                 per US$   per euro       latest        year ago

Belgium             0.77         --      8.9 Feb '06        9.5
Canada              1.10       1.42     32.6 Feb '06       35.5
China               8.01      10.37    856.2 Feb '06      647.0
France              0.77         --     29.4 Feb '06       35.6
Germany             0.77         --     43.2 Feb '06       48.3
Hong Kong           7.76      10.04    125.6 Feb '06      123.9
India              45.69      59.13    136.6 Feb '06      131.5
Italy               0.77         --     26.1 Feb '06       27.3
Japan             111.69     144.58    836.4 Feb '06      829.9
Korea                934      1,208    215.9 Feb '06      202.1
Netherlands         0.77         --      9.3 Feb '06       10.3
Russia             26.70      34.56    189.0 Feb '06      130.4
Spain               0.77         --      9.7 Feb '06       12.0
Switzerland         1.20       1.56     35.3 Feb '06       56.0
United Kingdom      0.53       0.69     42.9 Feb '06       45.9
United States        --        1.29     54.3 Feb '06       69.1

                  Unemployment rates
                       % rate

                     latest

Belgium             8.2   Feb '06
Canada              6.7   Feb '06
China               --       --
France              9.6   Feb '06
Germany            13.6   Feb '06
Hong Kong           5.1   Feb-Apr '06
India               --       --
Italy               7.7    Q4 '05
Japan               4.2   Feb '06
Korea               4.1   Feb '06
Netherlands         6.2   Feb '06
Russia              --       --
Spain               9.1    Q1 '06
Switzerland         3.8   Feb '06
United Kingdom      3.1   Feb '06
United States       5.1   Feb '06

([dagger]) Excluding gold, IMF definition.

([double dagger]) Money market rate.

SOURCE: IMF, Individual countries, Oanda, OECD, LATIN TRADE