Rest of the world.
Rest of the World
GDP
% change on year ago
LT forecast
latest 2005E 2006F 2007F
Belgium 1.4 Q4 '05 1.4 2.0 2.2
Canada 2.9 Q4 '05 3.0 3.2 3.1
China 9.9 Q4 '05 9.9 9.4 8.5
France 1.2 Q4 '05 1.6 2.1 2.2
Germany 1.5 Q4 '05 1.1 1.8 1.7
Hong Kong 7.6 Q4 '05 7.3 4.2 4.3
India 8.0 Q3 '05 7.5 8.0 7.0
Italy 0.5 Q4 '05 0.2 1.1 1.5
Japan 4.5 Q4 '05 2.4 2.0 2.0
Korea 5.3 Q4 '05 3.9 5.1 5.2
Netherlands 1.6 Q4 '05 0.7 2.2 2.5
Russia 7.0 Q4 '05 5.7 5.5 5.5
Spain 3.5 Q4 '05 3.4 3.2 3.3
Switzerland 2.8 Q4 '05 1.9 1.7 1.8
United Kingdom 1.7 Q4 '05 1.7 2.4 2.7
United States 1.7 Q4 '05 3.5 3.5 3.3
Consumer prices
% change on year ago
LT forecast
latest 2005E 2006F 2007F
Belgium 2.9 Dec '05 2.9 2.4 1.7
Canada 2.2 Dec '05 2.2 2.4 1.7
China 1.3 Nov '05 3.3 3.0 3.0
France 1.5 Dec '05 1.5 1.7 1.1
Germany 2.1 Dec '05 2.1 1.7 1.3
Hong Kong 1.8 Dec '05 1.8 2.3 2.3
India 5.6 Dec '05 5.6 5.1 5.1
Italy 2.0 Dec '05 2.0 2.7 2.2
Japan -0.1 Dec '05 -0.1 0.1 0.8
Korea 2.6 Dec '05 2.6 3.3 3.4
Netherlands 2.0 Dec '05 2.0 1.7 0.8
Russia 10.9 Dec '05 10.9 10.0 10.0
Spain 3.8 Dec '05 3.8 3.0 2.8
Switzerland 1.0 Dec '05 1.0 1.2 0.8
United Kingdom 2.2 Dec '05 2.2 2.1 1.6
United States 3.4 Dec '05 3.4 2.8 2.5
Interest rates
% per year
Lending
Belgium 6.95 Dec'05
Canada 5.00 Dec'05
China 5.58 Dec'05
France 4.91 Dec'05
Germany 2.28 Dec'05 ([double dagger])
Hong Kong 7.75 Dec'05
India 10.75 Dec'05
Italy 2.50 Dec'05 ([double dagger])
Japan 1.62 Dec'05
Korea 5.70 Dec'05
Netherlands 3.00 Dec'05
Russia 11.10 Dec'05
Spain 2.28 Dec'05 ([double dagger])
Switzerland 3.03 Dec'05
United Kingdom 4.50 Dec'05
United States 7.15 Dec'05
International reserves
Exchange rates ([dagger])
April 3, 2006 US$ billions
per US$ per euro latest year ago
Belgium 0.82 -- 8.2 Dec'05 10.4
Canada 1.17 1.41 33.0 Dec'05 34.4
China 8.01 9.70 821.5 Dec'05 614.5
France 0.82 -- 27.8 Dec'05 35.3
Germany 0.82 -- 45.1 Dec'05 48.8
Hon y Kony 7.76 9.40 124.3 Dec'05 123.5
India 44.47 53.87 131.9 Dec'05 126.6
Italy 0.82 -- 25.5 Dec'05 27.9
Japan 117.73 142.67 834.3 Dec'05 833.9
Korea 961 1,164 210.3 Dec'05 199.0
Netherlands 0.82 -- 9.1 Dec'05 10.1
Russia 28.02 33.93 175.9 Dec'05 120.8
SV)ain 0.82 -- 9.7 Dec'05 12.4
Switzerland 1.30 1.58 36.3 Dec'05 55.5
United Kingdom 0.58 0.70 43.5 Dec'05 45.3
United States 1.21 54.1 Dec'05 75.9
Unemploymemnt rates
latest
Belgium 8.4 Dec '05
Canada 6.1 Dec '05
China -- --
France 9.5 Dec' 05
Germany 12.5 Dec' 05
Hon y Kony 5.2 Dec-Feb '06
India -- --
Italy 7.7 Q4 '05
Japan 4.0 Dec '05
Korea 3.5 Dec '05
Netherlands 6.1 Dec '05
Russia -- --
SV)ain 8.7 Q4 '05
Switzerland 3.8 Dec '05
United Kingdom 2.9 Dec '05
United States 4.6 Dec '05
([dagger]) Excluding gold, IMF definitiion, ([double dagger]) Money
market rate.
SOURCE: IMF, Individual countries, Oanda, OECD, LATIN TRADE
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