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Table 1 L.A.—Economic indicators

From: Real exchange rate and manufacturing growth in Latin America

 

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

Argentina

 Real effective exchange rate (index: 2,000 = 100)

96

228.3

208.3

214

213.7

218

213.8

201.6

210

 Net resource transfer (millions of dollars)

−16,016

−20,773

−12,535

−7,175

−3,722

−10,388

−226

−14,630

−19,218

 Net foreign direct investment (millions of dollars)

2,005

2,776

878

3,449

3,954

3,099

4,969

8,335

4216

 Nominal deposit rate (annual percentages)

16.3

39.3

10.5

2.7

3.9

6.5

7.9

11.1

12

 Nominal lending rate (annual percentages)

28.6

40.7

16.8

10.8

10.5

12.9

14

19.8

21.3

Brazil

 Real effective exchange rate (index: 2,000 = 100)

120.1

132.6

131.1

123.8

100.5

88.9

82.7

80.1

81.4

 Net resource transfer (millions of dollars)

6,778

−10,252

−14,234

−29,955

−35,633

−10,553

56,642

−9,401

37,301

 Net foreign direct investment (millions of dollars)

24,715

14,108

9,894

8,339

12,550

−9,380

27,518

24,601

36,033

 Nominal deposit rate (annual percentages)

8.6

9.2

11.1

8.1

9.2

8.3

7.7

7.9

6.9

 Nominal lending rate (annual percentages)

41.1

44.4

49.8

41.1

43.7

40

34.5

38.8

40.4

Chile

 Real effective exchange rate (index: 2,000 = 100)

111.8

109.4

114.5

108.5

103.1

100.9

102.8

102.4

106.1

 Net resource transfer (millions of dollars)

−2,022

−2,068

−4,076

−10,102

−10,220

−23,558

−29,297

−4,466

−12,876

 Net foreign direct investment (millions of dollars)

2,590

2,207

2,701

5,610

4,801

4,556

9,961

7,194

4,719

 Nominal deposit rate (annual percentages)

6.5

4.1

3.2

2.4

4.5

5.5

5.9

7.8

2.4

 Nominal lending rate (annual percentages)

16.7

14.4

13

11

13.5

14.4

13.6

15.2

12.9

Colombia

 Real effective exchange rate (index: 2,000 = 100)

104.1

105.8

119.5

107

94.7

96.1

85.7

82.2

86.8

 Net resource transfer (millions of dollars)

−323

−1,439

−2,609

−850

−1846

−2,924

2,686

−712

−3151

 Net foreign direct investment (millions of dollars)

2,526

1,277

783

2,873

5,590

5,558

8,136

8,346

4,177

 Nominal deposit rate (annual percentages)

12.4

8.9

7.8

7.8

7

6.2

8

9.7

6.3

 Nominal lending rate (annual percentages)

20.7

16.3

15.2

15.1

14.6

12.9

15.4

17.2

13

Peru

 Real effective exchange rate (index: 2,000 = 100)

98.2

95.9

99.9

100

101.1

104

104.1

100.4

98.6

 Net resource transfer (millions of dollars)

377

505

−679

−1262

−4753

−7224

669

−539

−5674

 Net foreign direct investment (millions of dollars)

1,070

2,156

1,275

1,599

2,579

3,467

5,425

6,188

4,364

 Nominal deposit rate (annual percentages)

–

3.2

2.9

2.4

2.7

3.4

3.5

3.3

2.9

 Nominal lending rate (annual percentages)

26.1

23.3

20.2

18.7

17.9

17.1

16.5

16.7

16

  1. Source: economic survey Of Latin America and the Caribbean. 2009–2010