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Weekly Report - 21 October 2003

Exchange rates, inflation in the region, the stockmarket in figures...

Exchange rates
Local currency per US$1
COUNTRY CURRENCY
Year ago
Previous
Current
18.10.02
10.10.03
17.10.03
Argentina peso
3.58
2.86
2.87
Barbados dollar
2.00
2.00
2.00
Belize dollar
2.00
2.00
2.00
Bolivia boliviano
7.38
_
_
Brazil real
3.87
2.83
2.86
Chile peso
747.00
649.00
650.00
Colombia peso
2,854.27
2,878.51
2,867.92
Costa Rica colón
371.21
410.19
411.10
Cuba peso
1.00
1.00
1.00
Dominican Rep. peso
_
35.87
35.37
Ecuador dollar
1.00
1.00
1.00
El Salvador colón
8.75
8.75
8.75
Grenada EC dollar
2.70
2.70
2.70
Guatemala quetzal
7.75
8.05
8.07
Honduras lempira
16.93
17.78
17.81
Mexico nuevo peso
10.08
11.27
11.30
Nicaragua córdoba oro
14.49
15.52
15.55
Panama balboa
1.00
1.00
1.00
Paraguay guaraní­
6,480.00
6,220.00
6,220.00
Peru nuevo sol
3.63
3.48
3.48
Uruguay nuevo peso
27.75
28.80
28.80
Venezuela bolí­var
1,430.00
1,600.00
1,600.00
Sources: EFE; Bank of America.

Inflation in the region
Country
Source
July
August
September
Last 12m
Jan-Dec 2002
Argentina Indec
0.40
0.00
0.00
3.50
41.00
Bolivia INE
0.60
0.64
0.23
3.62
2.45
Brazil FGV
-0.20
0.62
1.05
20.13
26.41
Chile INE
-0.10
0.20
0.20
2.20
2.80
Colombia Dane
-0.14
0.31
0.22
7.11
6.99
Costa Rica DGEC
0.80
0.70
0.13
8.36
9.68
Ecuador Inec
0.03
0.06
0.73
7.54
9.36
El Salvador Min.Ec.
-0.40
0.30
0.10
2.10
2.80
Guatemala BCG
0.27
0.28
0.42
5.68
6.33
Honduras BCH
0.40
0.90
0.40
7.90
8.10
Mexico Bco.Mx.
0.14
-0.07
0.60
4.04
5.70
Nicaragua
BCN
-0.08
0.30
_
4.04
3.87
Paraguay BCP
-0.70
-0.20
0.20
8.10
14.60
Peru INE
0.15
0.01
0.56
1.89
1.52
Uruguay DGEC
0.50
1.16
0.80
11.63
25.94
Venezuela BCV
1.80
1.30
1.30
26.60
31.20
US DOL
0.10
0.40
0.30
2.30
1.60
Previous: WR-03-40

The stockmarket in figures
Market Index
10.10.03
17.10.03
Variation (%)
Buenos Aires Merval
863.44
877.84
1.67
São Paulo Bovespa
17676.14
17790.71
0.65
Santiago IPSA
1519.15
1560.32
2.71
Bogotá IGBC
2149.35
2130.10
-0.90
San José BCT
12497.86
12681.40
1.47
Quito & Guayaquil Interinvest
69.52
67.46
-2.96
Mexico BMV
7949.03
7859.82
-1.12
Lima ISVBL
2064.42
2090.26
1.25
Caracas BC
18081.41
18628.24
3.02
Source: Daily market reports.


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