Comparative Economic Data
| GDP growth | Consumer price index | GDP US$bn | Real interest rates | Exchange rate | ||||
| % change year- on-year | quarter | % change | 12 months to | % | % change since 1/1/04 | Local curr./US$1 06/08/2004 |
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| China | 9.6 | Q2 | 5 | June | 1,300 | 0.5 |
na |
8.28 |
| Hong Kong | 6.8 | Q1 | -0.1 | June | 161.5 | 1 | 0 | 7.8 |
| India | 8.2 | Q1 | 3 | June | 510.2 | -2 | 1 | 46.3 |
| Indonesia | 4.5 | Q1 | 7.2 | July | 172.9 | 0 | -8 | 9,226 |
| Japan | 6.1 | Q1 | -0.1 | June | 4,000 | 0 | -3 | 110.1 |
| Malaysia | 7.6 | Q1 | 1.3 | June | 94.9 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| Philippines | 6.4 | Q1 | 6 | July | 78 | 1.5 | 0 | 55.9 |
| Singapore | 11.7 | Q2 | 2.3 | June | 87 | -1.5 | -0.5 | 1.72 |
| South Korea | 5.3 | Q1 | 4.4 | July | 476.7 | -1 | 3 | 1,168 |
| Taiwan | 6.3 | Q1 | 1.8 | June | 281.5 | -1 | 0 | 34 |
| Thailand | 6.5 | Q1 | 3.1 | July | 126.9 | -2 | -4 | 41.5 |
| Argentina | 10.7 | Q1 | 3.1 | June | 102 | 0 | -2 | 3.01 |
| Brazil | 2.7 | Q1 | 5.89 | June | 452.4 | 9 | -5 | 3.06 |
| Chile | 4.8 | Q1 | -0.3 | June | 64.2 | 1 | -8 | 644 |
| Colombia | 4.1 | Q1 | 6.1 | June | 80.9 | 1 | 5 | 2,611 |
| Mexico | 3.7 | Q1 | 4.2 | June | 637.2 | 3 | -2 | 11.5 |
| Peru | 4.2 | Q1 | 0.46 | June | 56.5 | -0.5 | 2 | 3.42 |
| Venezuela | 29.8 | Q1 | 33.4 | June | 94.3 | -20 | 9 | 2,665* |
| The US | 4.8 | Q2 | 3.3 | June | 10400 | -0.5 | ||
| Sources - Official data; CPI: LAWR; Real interest rates: LAAR estimate, based on short-term money market rate. * Free market rate; official rate is Bs1,960=US$ | ||||||||