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Figure 15.8. Ratio of Exports to GDP in 2008 and GDP Growth in Selected Countries, 2009 4 Uruguay

GDP growth in 2009 (%)

2

Australia Argentina

0 Brazil

Peru

Ecuador

Colombia New Zealand

–2

Norway South Africa

Chile

Canada –4

–6 Mexico –8 10

15

20

25 30 exports/GDP in 2008 (%)

35

40

Source: Zahler & Co., based on data from Bloomberg and the IMF: Bloomberg (database), New York, http://www.bloomberg.com; and International Financial Statistics (database), IMF, http://www.imfstatistics.org.

Figure 15.9. Chile’s Commercial Openness, 1986–2009 100

55 50

90

45 80

35

70

30

60

% of GDP

% of GDP

40

25 50 20 40

15

30

19 86 19 87 19 88 19 89 19 90 19 91 19 92 19 93 19 94 19 9 19 5 9 19 6 97 19 98 19 99 20 00 20 01 20 02 20 03 20 0 20 4 05 20 06 20 07 20 08 20 09

10

year exports (% GDP)

imports (% GDP)

exports and imports (% GDP) (right axis)

Source: Zahler & Co., based on data from the Central Bank of Chile: Statistics Database, Central Bank of Chile, Santiago, http://www.bcentral.cl.


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