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Economic Indicators, 2002 - 2008 |
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2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
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2008 |
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| Real Sector |
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| Population (million) |
500.8 |
507.9 |
514.6 |
520.5 |
527.8 |
533.5 |
542.5 |
| GDP per capita (US$) |
3,421 |
3,655 |
4,162 |
5,006 |
5,802 |
6,789 |
8,027 |
| GDP (US$ billion) |
1,713 |
1,856 |
2,141 |
2,606 |
3,062 |
3,622 |
4,355 |
| GDP (annual
variation in %) |
0.6 |
2.0 |
5.9 |
4.6 |
5.5 |
5.7 |
4.3 |
| Unemployment (%) |
8.2 |
8.0 |
7.6 |
6.7 |
6.9 |
6.3 |
6.4 |
| Fiscal Balance (% of
GDP) |
-2.6 |
-2.0 |
-0.8 |
-0.7 |
-0.4 |
-0.1 |
-0.4 |
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| Monetary Sector |
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| CPI (%-change) |
11.3 |
7.1 |
6.9 |
5.7 |
4.9 |
6.1 |
8.4 |
| Interest Rate (%) |
14.3 |
9.7 |
10.7 |
10.9 |
9.1 |
9.3 |
11.8 |
| Stock Market
(US$-terms, %) |
-24.8 |
67.1 |
34.8 |
44.9 |
39.3 |
46.9 |
-52.8 |
| Bonds (EMBI+ Latin) |
1007.0 |
521.0 |
418.0 |
283.0 |
180.0 |
275.0 |
746.0 |
| Exchange rate
depreciation |
23.3 |
-4.6 |
-3.5 |
-5.9 |
-2.9 |
-8.7 |
17.6 |
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| External Sector |
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| Current Account (%
of GDP) |
-0.8 |
0.6 |
1.0 |
1.4 |
1.5 |
0.4 |
-0.7 |
| Trade Balance (% of GDP) |
1.3 |
2.3 |
2.7 |
3.0 |
3.1 |
1.8 |
0.9 |
| Current Account (US$ bn) |
-14.1 |
10.5 |
22.3 |
36.9 |
47.0 |
14.1 |
-29.7 |
| Trade Balance (US$ bn) |
22.4 |
42.5 |
58.0 |
79.0 |
94.1 |
66.5 |
38.1 |
| Exports (US$ bn) |
349.8 |
380.4 |
470.1 |
565.7 |
673.3 |
758.1 |
879.1 |
| Imports (US$ bn) |
327.4 |
337.8 |
411.9 |
486.5 |
580.1 |
691.6 |
823.7 |
| Exports (%-change) |
1.2 |
8.7 |
23.6 |
20.3 |
19.0 |
12.6 |
16.0 |
| Imports (%-change) |
-7.0 |
3.2 |
21.9 |
18.1 |
19.2 |
19.2 |
19.1 |
| Int. Reserves (US$ bn) |
160.1 |
194.2 |
218.0 |
249.3 |
300.4 |
438.8 |
489.8 |
| Int. Reserves (ms
imports) |
5.9 |
6.9 |
6.4 |
6.2 |
6.2 |
7.6 |
7.1 |
| External Debt (US$ bn) |
745.1 |
774.9 |
780.4 |
700.2 |
695.6 |
782.9 |
807.5 |
| External Debt (% of
GDP) |
43.5 |
41.7 |
36.4 |
26.9 |
22.7 |
21.6 |
18.5 |
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Note: Latin America refers to the sum or the GDP
(current US$) weighted average of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Central America,
Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay
and Venezuela.
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