Jan.

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

GDP quarterly
(base=1993)

1,601,329

1,649,943

1,591,019

   1,690,011

GDP Growth
(Annual % change quarterly)

2.53

0.11

0.61

   1.99

Inflation (CPI)
-Monthly (%)
-Annual (%)

0.40
5.16

0.28
5.52

0.63
5.64

0.17
5.25

.08
4.27

.14
4.13

.30
4.04

.60
4.04

.37
3.96

.83
3.98

.43
   3.98

Exchange Rate
-Average Interbank Exchange Rate (pesos/dollar)

10.59

10.93

10.92

10.61

10.50

10.44

10.75

10.92

11.17

11.12

   11.25

Interest Rates
-Interbank Average

8.28

9.11

9.08

7.71

4.49

4.21

4.33

5.12

4.99

   6.07

Stock Market Index
(End of Period)

5,954

5,927

5,914

6,510

7,355

7,591

7,822

8,064

8,554

   8,795

Monetary Base
(million pesos)

249,307

240,750

238,504

241,754

214,010

240,016

241,147

249,501

   291,576

Net Domestic Credit
(N$ million)

-293,136,717

-313,628,472

-323,048,225

-309,703,417

-302,176,695

-326,366,387

-335,282,969

-344,992,419

-371,427,544

  -341,793,057

Foreign Reserves
(US$ million)

539,238,697

555,098,698

560,897,778

553,434,173

544,690,983

568,801,751

573,985,470

592,918,364

631,429,881

645,407,146