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		November 19, 2008, Mexico City 09:11

Domestic Market* Item Last Retail Automobile Sales (thousands of units) Date Sep 2008 76.62 Annual Change -11.47% YTD 762.36 Net Retail Sales of Autos and light Vehicles Net Retail Sales (base 94 = 100) Date Apr 2008 115.30 Annual Change 7.26% YTD 115.85 Net Retail Sales IMSS Real Wage (constant 1993 pesos) Date Apr 2008 44.28 Annual Change 0.33% YTD 44.53 Consumption and Wages IMSS Employment ('000s of workers) Date May 2008 14,384.67 Annual Change 2.97% YTD 14272.68 IMSS Employment Open Unemployment Rate (% of work force) Date May 2008 3.24 Unemployment Rate Manufacturing Remunerations (base 93 = 100) Date Dec 2007 134.30 Annual Change 0.15% YTD 99.27 Manufacturing Remunerations Wage Mass (millions of pesos) Date Apr 2008 634.00 Annual Change 3.21% YTD 634.37 Wage Mass Archives Seasonally Adjusted Variables   Date Last Industrial Activity Feb 2008 150.00 Trade Balance Mar 2008 1,051.70 Total Exports Mar 2008 25,705.50 Total Imports Mar 2008 26,757.20 IGAE (Global Indicator of Economic Activity) Jan 2008 154.70 Coincident Indicators Dec 2007 124.50 Forward Indicators Dec 2007 132.90 Gross Fixed Investment Jul 2008 145.68 TDA Sep 2008 3.96 Wholesale Sales Mar 2008 117.60 Retail Sales Mar 2008 120.60 GDP III-T 2007 1,913,866.00

Foreign Sector* Item Last Total Exports (US$ bn) Date Sep 2008 25.34 Annual Change 9.51% YTD 228.56 Total Imports (US$ bn) Date Sep 2008 28.02 Annual Change 17.84% YTD 236.94 Foreign Trade Oil Exports (US$ bn) Date Sep 2008 3.69 Annual Change -5.31% YTD 43.57 Oil Exports Manufacturing Exports (US$ bn) Date Sep 2008 21.06 Annual Change 12.17% YTD 177.13 Manufacturing Exports Consumer Goods Imports (US$ bn) Date Sep 2008 4.49 Annual Change 21.15% YTD 36.45 Capital Goods Imports (US$ bn) Date Sep 2008 3.43 Annual Change 26.58% YTD 28.75 Intermediate Goods Imports (US$ bn) Date Sep 2008 20.10 Annual Change 15.76% YTD 171.74 Goods Imports Trade Balance (US$ bn) Date Sep 2008 2.68 Trade Balance Autos and Light Truck Exports (000s) Date Sep 2008 144.45 Annual Change -6.26% YTD 1245.68 Autos and Light Truck Exports ('000s) Current Account Deficit as a % of GDP (US$ bn) Date 2006 0.20 Current Account Deficit as a Percentage of GDP Archives *More information regarding these subjects in our Economic Studies section.

Production* Item Last Global Indicator of Economic Activity 1 (monthly change) Date Nov 2007 -0.00% Global Indicator of Economic Activity 2 (annual % change) Date Nov 2007 3.79% Global Indicator of Economic Activity (IGAE) Real GDP (bn pesos) Date IV-T 2007 1,972.74 Annual Change 3.79% YTD 1898.40 Real Gross Domestic Product Manufacturing Production (base 93 = 100) Date Jan 2008 149.85 Annual Change 3.70% YTD 149.85 Total Manufacturing Maquiladora Production (base 93 = 100) Date Dec 2006 210.60 Annual Change -2.09% YTD 227.74 Maquiladora Manufacturing Output Construction (base 93 = 100) Date Jan 2008 140.04 Annual Change 0.82% YTD 140.04 Composite Coincident Indicators (base 93 = 100) Date Aug 2008 106.90 Annual Change -1.84% YTD 107.72 Composite Forward Indicators (base 93 = 100) Date Aug 2008 115.00 Annual Change 1.86% YTD 114.78 Construction Output Volume Index Leading Indicators Number of Companies Date Dec 2007 Total 826.96 Annual Change 1.55% YTD 823.95 National Companies by Size Micro 708.69 Annual Change 1.19% YTD 706.73 Small 95.95 Annual Change 3.41% YTD 95.06 Medium-sizeded -- Annual Change 4.71% YTD 0.00 Large -- Annual Change 4.93% YTD 0.00 1 - Seasonally Adjusted 2 - Not Seasonally Adjusted Archives

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