- The latest “Trends” reports on Latin American economies February 23, 2012

	ARGENTINA-10/27/2011
	Deceleration has been confirmed. The international slowdown, the depreciation of the Brazilian real, and falling commodi...

	BRAZIL-01/04/2012
	The concern regarding an overheating economy has abated, as growth in 2011 has declined markedly. Estimates for 2011 are...

	CHILE-12/02/2011
	Growth in the first quarter is revised upwards. Although the indicators for demand and economic activity slowed somewha...

	COLOMBIA-01/17/2012
	Economic activity was revitalized during the first 6 months of 2011, thanks to strong domestic demand, which was underp...

	ECUADOR-09/27/2011
	Despite economic growth slowing in the first quarter of the year, the economy continues to grow. However, this growth is...

	MEXICO-02/21/2012
	The rate of GDP growth is consolidated. In relation to the Mexican economy, the Global Economic Activity Indicator (whi...

	PERU-11/22/2011
	GDP’s robust growth slows. In the second quarter, GDP increased by 6.6%, two points less than in the previous quarter. T...

	VENEZUELA-02/21/2012
	The growth of the economy was larger than expected. According to preliminary figures released by the central bank, GDP i...

- Daily data on Latin American markets February 23, 2012

Stock Market Indices

			Variation...
Country	Indicator	Last data		3 months ago	1 year ago
Argentina	MERVAL	02/17/12	2.799	11,11%	-20,38%
Brazil	IBOVESPA	02/17/12	66.204	16,17%	-1,57%
Chile	IGPA	02/21/12	21,433	6.29%	1.11%
Colombia	IGBC	02/21/12	14,571	16.75%	-0.22%
Ecuador	Ecuindex	02/17/12	958	1,70%	-2,68%
Mexico	IPC	02/21/12	37,859	4.34%	0.90%
Peru	IGBVL	02/21/12	22,873	20.66%	-0.60%
Venezuela	IBC	02/17/12	135.900	18,51%	104,20%

Interbank interest rate (3 months)

		Difference in basis points...
Country	Indicator	Last data		3 months ago	1 year ago
Argentina	BAIBAR	02/16/12	9,06	12,52	9,51
Brazil	SELIC	02/17/12	10,40	11,4	11,17
Chile	TI MN	02/20/12	1.28	0,99	1,41
Colombia	DTF	02/22/12	5,33	4,85	3,47
Ecuador	Tipo Básico	02/22/12	0,20	0,20	0,20
Mexico	TI Fondeo	02/20/12	4.47	5.44	4,46
Peru	TI Interbanc.	02/20/12	4.3	4,3	3,5
Venezuela	TI Pasivo	02/15/12	12,51	12,51	12,50

Exchange rate with the U.S. Dollar

			Variation...
Country	Indicator	Last data		3 months ago	1 year ago
Argentina	Peso/$	02/17/12	4,36	2,30%	8,23%
Brazil	Real/$	02/17/12	1,71	-5,16%	2,85%
Chile	Peso/$	02/22/12	481,50	-7,83%	2,28%
Colombia	Peso/$	02/22/12	1.778	-7,68%	-5,93%
Ecuador	Dólar	02/22/12	1,00	0,0%	0,0%
Mexico	Peso/$	02/21/12	12,76	-7,14%	5,83%
Peru	Nuevo Sol/$	02/17/12	2.68	-0.78%	-3.11%
Venezuela	Bolívar/$	02/17/12	4,3	0,00%	0,00%

EMBI Country Risk Indicator

	Difference in basis points...
Country	Last data		3 months ago	1 year ago
Argentina	02/17/12	808 808	912	554
Brazil	02/17/12	200	220	181
Chile	01/31/12	164	168	116
Colombia	02/17/12	168	233	150
Ecuador	02/17/12	787	864	744
Mexico	02/17/12	204	227	158
Peru	02/17/12	192	210	147
Venezuela	02/17/12	1,053	1,319	1,133

- Forecasts for Latin America

Latest Updates 01/23/2012

	GDP						Inflation
	2011			2012			2011			2012
	Jun. 11	Sep. 11	Present	Jun. 11	Sep. 11	Present	Jun. 11	Sep. 11	Present	Jun. 11	Sep. 11	Present
Argentina	6,2	7,5	8,0	4,4	4,6	3,7	10,9	10,4	10,1	10,1	10,9	10,6
Brazil	4,3	4,4	3,2	4,5	4,4	3,5	5,9	5,3	6,5	4,8	4,8	5,4
Chile	6,3	6,5	6,3	5,1	4,9	4,5	4,3	3,9	3,6	3,4	3,4	3,1
Colombia	4,7	4,9	5,0	4,5	4,9	4,5	3,5	3,4	3,5	3,7	3,4	3,3
Ecuador	3,3	4,1	5,2	3,3	3,6	3,8	3,9	4,4	5,0	3,1	3,6	3,3
Mexico	4,5	4,3	3,9	3,9	3,8	3,3	4,0	3,8	3,3	3,7	3,6	3,7
Peru	7,0	6,4	6,4	6,2	5,6	5,2	3,5	3,2	3,7	2,5	2,8	3,1
Venezuela	1,8	2,8	3,1	2,0	3,0	3,4	31,2	29,8	27,8	29,1	27,8	28,8

* These predictions are updated weekly and can therefore differ from those published in the quarterly reports, in "Latin American Trends", and in the area of predictions of this website.