Latin American and Caribbean Macro Watch Data Tool

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Country:

Haiti

Economic Activity and Employment Prices and wages Fiscal Accounts and Public Debt External Accounts Money and Banking Financial Markets
National Accounts 1997 2002 2006 2007 2008
GDP
Real Annual Variations, in % 2.71 -0.25 2.32 3.44 1.27
US$ Billions 3.34 3.47 4.84 6.14 7.36
National Currency, billions 54.01 94.03 200.46 229.47 281.75
Consumption
Real Annual Variation, in % 2.98 -1.24 3.94 1.87 3.09
% of GDP 91.50 98.80 99.40 97.30 100.10
Investment
Real Annual Variation, in % 7.65 2.55 2.18 2.77 1.54
% of GDP 24.50 25.10 28.90 27.70 25.70
Unemployment Rate
in % n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

* CAR-5: Bahamas, Barbados, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago

Price Indices 1997 2002 2006 2007 2008
CPI
12-month inflation, end of period 15.59 15.19 10.33 9.96 10.15
NXR bilateral vis a the US
Local currency per US, end of period 16.80 37.20 38.30 37.10 40.20
12-month variation, end of period, in % 12.00 41.98 -10.93 -3.13 8.36
RXR bilateral vis a the US
12-month variation, end of period, in % -1.49 26.45 -17.20 -8.37 -1.41
Terms of Trade
12-month variation, period average, in % 2.85 -0.82 -3.76 -2.60 -22.90
Export Prices
12-month variation, period average, in % -0.29 0.00 2.09 3.01 7.96
Import Prices
12-month variation, period average, in % -2.87 0.95 6.01 5.96 40.00

* CAR-5: Bahamas, Barbados, Haiti, Jamaica , Trinidad and Tobago

Fiscal Accounts 1997 2002 2006 2007 2008
Revenues
Real annual variation, in % 12.90 5.67 -5.31 15.10 -3.76
% of GDP 10.10 8.20 9.90 10.90 9.70
Primary Expenditure
Real annual variation, in % n/a 11.23 -6.23 33.53 -5.75
Total Expenditure
Real annual variation, in % 8.65 9.65 -3.72 22.39 -6.00
% of GDP 10.70 11.00 10.60 12.40 10.80
Interest Payments
% of GDP 1.30 0.10 1.20 0.30 0.30
Primary Balance
% of GDP 0.70 -2.70 0.50 -1.20 -0.80
Overall Balance
% of GDP -0.60 -2.80 -0.60 -1.50 -1.10
Public Debt
% of GDP, end of period 43.40 62.20 36.70 32.60 38.10

* CAR-5: Bahamas, Barbados, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago

Balance of payments 1997 2002 2006 2007 2008
Current Account Balance
% of GDP -1.40 -2.60 -1.80 0.20 -4.00
Capital Account Balance + errors and omissions
% of GDP 2.30 0.20 3.70 2.40 5.30
Foreign Direct Investment
% of GDP 0.20 0.20 3.30 1.20 0.40
Variation of International Reserves
% of GDP 1.50 -1.40 2.30 3.40 2.30
Trade Balance
% of GDP -15.00 -21.90 -24.30 -16.60 -24.80
Exports
% of GDP 6.20 7.90 10.20 8.50 6.70
Imports
% of GDP 21.20 29.80 34.40 25.10 31.40
Total External Debt
% of GDP, end of period 30.50 36.70 28.80 25.30 26.00

* CAR-5: Bahamas, Barbados, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago

Monetary Aggregates 1997 2002 2006 2007 2008
Monetary Base
Real annual variation, in % -3.85 5.26 2.83 1.01 6.96
M2
Real annual variation, in % -2.01 3.72 -0.11 -3.79 3.19
Total Deposits
Real annual variation, in % 6.53 13.57 -1.53 -2.15 6.25
% of GDP, end of period 24.70 34.60 30.60 28.20 27.80
Deposit Dollarization
in %, end of period 29.90 47.50 49.30 50.90 52.10
Total Credit
Real annual variation, in % 5.83 12.65 -9.69 -6.61 -0.72
% of GDP, end of period 25.20 33.30 23.00 20.30 18.00
Credit to Private Sector
Real annual variation, in % 24.88 12.39 -2.48 0.06 7.95
% of GDP, end of period 18.75 20.14 16.93 15.62 n/a
International Reserves
% of GDP, end of period 5.00 3.20 6.30 7.90 8.10
% of M2 21.88 15.14 27.33 39.54 44.13
U$S Dollars 173.40 105.50 324.40 507.50 594.80

* CAR-5: Bahamas, Barbados, Haiti, Jamaica , Trinidad and Tobago

Stock Market 1997 2002 2006 2007 2008
Stock Market Index
Real annual variation, in % n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
EMBI Spreads
Basis points n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Interbank Interest Rate
nominal rate, in % n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Bank Deposit Rate
nominal rate, in % 5.00 2.30 1.10 0.50 0.50
Bank Lending Rate
Nominal rate, in % 30.00 36.00 51.00 36.00 33.80

* CAR-5: Bahamas, Barbados, Haiti, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago
** Interest Rate Differential: Lending minus Deposit Rate, in %

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