Rest of the world.

Rest of the World

                                      GDP
                             % change on year ago

                        latest      2004    2005F    2006F

Belgium              1.1  Q3 '05    2.7      1.4      1.8
Canada               2.8  Q3 '05    2.9      2.8      3.0
China                9.4  Q3 '05    9.5      9.9      8.4
France               1.8  Q3 '05    2.1      1.6      1.8
Germany              1.4  Q3 '05    1.6      0.8      1.2
Hong Kong            8.2  Q3 '05    8.2      5.8      4.5
India                8.1  Q3 '05    6.9      7.0      7.0
Italy                0.0  Q3 '05    1.0      0.1      1.2
Japan                2.9  Q3 '05    2.6      2.2      1.9
Korea                4.4  Q3 '05    4.6      3.8      4.6
Netherlands          0.9  Q3 '05    1.7      0.6      1.8
Russia               6.1  Q3 '05    7.2      6.0      5.7
Spain                3.5  Q3 '05    3.1      3.3      3.1
Switzerland          3.2  Q3 '05    2.1      1.2      1.7
United Kingdom       1.6  Q3 '05    3.2      1.8      2.2
United States        3.6  Q3 '05    4.2      3.6      3.3

                                 Consumer prices
                              % change on year ago

                        latest       2004    2005F    2006F

Belgium              2.5  Oct '05     2.1     2.4      2.1
Canada               2.6  Oct '05     1.8     2.3      2.3
China                1.3  Aug '05     3.9     2.1      2.2
France               1.8  Oct '05     2.2     1.8      1.8
Germany              2.3  Oct '05     1.7     2.0      1.8
Hong Kong            1.8  Oct '05    -0.4     1.2      2.2
India                4.2  Oct '05     3.8     5.0      5.1
Italy                2.2  Oct '05     2.2     2.0      2.0
Japan               -0.7  Oct '05     0.0    -0.2      0.3
Korea                2.5  Oct '05     3.6     2.9      3.1
Netherlands          1.6  Oct '05     1.2     1.7      1.3
Russia              11.7  Oct '05    11.7    11.0     11.3
Spain                3.5  Oct '05     3.0     3.3      3.1
Switzerland          1.3  Oct '05     0.8     1.2      1.0
United Kingdom       2.5  Oct '05     1.3     2.1      2.0
United States        4.3  Oct '05     2.7     3.4      3.0

                            Interest rates
                               % per yer

                                Lending

Belgium           6.70  Oct '05
Canada            4.75  Oct '05
China             5.58  Oct '05
France            4.76  Oct '05
Germany           2.07  Oct '05 ([double dagger])
Hong Kong         7.00  Oct '05
India             10.79  Sep '05
Italy             2.19  Oct '05 ([double dagger])
Japan             1.65  Oct '05
Korea             5.60  Sep '05
Netherlands       2.75  Oct '05
Russia            10.60  Oct '05
Spain             2.07  Oct '05 ([double dagger])
Switzerland       3.03  Oct '05
United Kingdom    4.50  Oct '05
United States     6.75  Oct '05

                            Exchange rates
                           January 18, 2006

                       per US$          per euro

Belgium                   0.83               --
Canada                    1.16             1.40
China                     8.07             9.76
France                    0.83               --
Germany                   0.83               --
Hong Kong                 7.75             9.38
India                    44.21            53.49
Italy                     0.83               --
Japan                   115.18           139.36
Korea                      976            1,180
Netherlands               0.83               --
Russia                   28.32            34.26
Spain                     0.83               --
Switzerland               1.28             1.55
United Kingdom            0.57             0.69
United States               --             1.21

                           International
                        reserves ([dagger])
                           US$ billions

                        latest          year ago

Belgium               9.3  Oct '05        10.2
Canada               34.2  Oct '05        36.4
China               788.2  Oct '05       547.0
France               29.7  Oct '05        34.3
Germany              47.1  Oct '05        47.6
Hong Kong           121.8  Oct '05       121.4
India               138.7  Oct '05       117.0
Italy                25.3  Oct '05        26.9
Japan               830.2  Oct '05       827.4
Korea               207.2  Oct '05       178.3
Netherlands           9.9  Oct '05        10.2
Russia              161.2  Oct '05       103.6
Spain                 9.5  Oct '05        12.4
Switzerland            36  Oct '05        49.8
United Kingdom      42.1  Oct '05         42.6
United States       59.2  Oct '05         73.2

                  Unemployment rates
                        % rate

                        latest

Belgium            8.4  Oct '05
Canada             6.4  Oct '05
China              --        --
France             9.7  Oct '05
Germany            8.3  Oct '05
Hong Kong          5.3  Oct-Dec '05
India              --        --
Italy              7.7  Q3 '05
Japan              4.5  Oct '05
Korea              3.9  Oct '05
Netherlands        3.7  Oct '05
Russia             --        --
Spain              8.4  Q3 '05
Switzerland        3.7  Oct '05
United Kingdom     2.8  Oct '05
United States      4.6  Oct '05

([dagger]) Excluding gold, IMF definition.

([double dagger]) Money market rate.

SOURCE: IMF, individual countries, Oanda, LATIN TRADE