Rest of the World.
Rest of the World
GDP
% change on year ago
LT forecast
latest 2004E 2005F 2006F
Belgium 3.0 Q3 '04 1.5 1.9 2.0
Canada 1.7 Q4 '04 2.8 3.1 3.5
China 9.5 Q4 '04 9.5 8.5 8.5
France 2.2 Q4 '04 2.3 2.1 2.3
Germany 1.5 Q4 '04 1.2 1.4 1.8
Hong Kong 7.2 Q3 '04 8.2 5.0 5.1
India 6.6 Q3 '04 6.5 6.5 7.0
Italy 1.0 Q4 '04 1.3 1.6 2.0
Japan -0.5 Q4 '04 2.6 1.5 2.0
Korea 4.6 Q3 '04 4.8 4.0 4.5
Netherlands 1.3 Q4 '04 1.3 1.4 2.5
Russia 6.4 Q3 '04 7.1 5.8 4.5
Spain 2.7 Q4 '04 2.7 2.4 2.7
Switzerland 2.0 Q3 '04 1.7 1.8 2.1
United Kingdom 2.9 Q4 '04 3.0 2.5 2.5
United States 3.8 Q4 '04 4.4 3.6 3.4
Consumer prices
% change on year ago
LT forecast
latest 2004E 2005F 2006F
Belgium 2.6 Nov '04 1.2 1.3 1.4
Canada 2.4 Nov '04 1.8 2.3 2.5
China 4.3 Oct '04 -- -- --
France 2.0 Nov '04 2.3 1.7 1.5
Germany 1.8 Nov '04 1.8 1.4 1.2
Hong Kong 0.2 Nov '04 -0.5 0.5 --
India 4.2 Nov '04 4.4 6.0 --
Italy 1.9 Nov '04 2.3 1.7 1.6
Japan 0.8 Nov '04 0.0 0.1 0.5
Korea 3.3 Nov '04 2.7 2.4 --
Netherlands 1.3 Nov '04 1.4 1.1 1.4
Russia 11.7 Nov '04 11.7 14.0 10.0
Spain 3.5 Nov '04 3.1 2.4 2.4
Switzerland 1.6 Nov '04 0.8 1.1 1.2
United Kingdom 3.5 Nov '04 1.3 1.7 1.9
United States 3.5 Nov '04 2.7 2.6 2.8
Interest rates
% per year
Lending
Belgium 6.70 Nov '04
Canada 4.25 Nov '04
China 5.58 Nov '04
France 6.60 Nov '04
Germany 2.09 Nov '04 ([double dagger])
Hong Kong 5.00 Nov '04
India 10.75 Sep '04
Italy 2.17 Nov '04 ([double dagger])
Japan 1.74 Nov '04
Korea 5.60 Nov '04
Netherlands 2.75 Nov '04
Russia 10.40 Nov '04
Spain 2.08 Nov '04 ([double dagger])
Switzerland 3.21 Nov '04
United Kingdom 4.75 Nov '04
United States 4.93 Nov '04
International reserves
Exchange rates ([dagger])
February 21, 2005 US$ billions
per US$ per euro latest year ago
Belgium 0.77 -- 10.4 Nov '04 10.8
Canada 1.23 1.61 34.0 Nov '04 36.1
China 8.27 10.79 578.4 Nov '04 425.4
France 0.77 -- 35.6 Nov '04 30.3
Germany 0.77 -- 47.8 Nov '04 51.5
Hong Kong 7.80 10.18 121.4 Nov '04 114.0
India 43.66 57.00 123.7 Nov '04 93.4
Italy 0.77 -- 26.9 Nov '04 33.8
Japan 105.65 137.96 828.9 Nov '04 634.8
Korea 1,013 1,322 192.5 Nov '04 150.3
Netherlands 0.77 -- 10.3 Nov '04 11.4
Russia 27.93 36.47 113.7 Nov '04 64.4
Spain 0.77 -- 12.4 Nov '04 19.6
Switzerland 1.18 1.55 51.6 Nov '04 46.5
United Kingdom 0.53 0.69 44.7 Nov '04 41.8
United States -- 1.31 75.7 Nov '04 74.3
Unemployment rate
% rate
latest
Belgium 7.9 Nov '04
Canada 6.8 Nov '04
China -- --
France 9.9 Nov '04
Germany 10.3 Nov '04
Hong Kong 6.5 Oct-Dec '04
India -- --
Italy 8.1 Q3 '04
Japan 4.5 Nov '04
Korea 3.5 Nov '04
Netherlands 6.3 Oct-Dec '04
Russia -- --
Spain 10.4 Q4 '04
Switzerland 3.9 Nov '04
United Kingdom 2.6 Nov '04
United States 5.2 Nov '04
([dagger]) Excluding gold, IMF definition. ([double dagger]) Money
market rate.
SOURCE: IMF, individual countries, Oanda, LATIN TRADE
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