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### Table 1 — Western Hemisphere: Main Economic Indicators (Real GDP Growth; Inflation; External Current Account Balance)
- Indicators reported:
  - Real GDP Growth (Year-over-year percent change)
  - Inflation (End of period; percent)
  - External Current Account Balance (Percent of GDP)
- Geographic coverage and aggregates:
  - Regional output growth aggregates are purchasing-power-parity GDP-weighted averages.
  - Consumer price index (CPI) inflation aggregates exclude Venezuela but include Argentina starting from 2017 and are geometric averages.
  - Current account aggregates are US dollar nominal GDP-weighted averages.
- Cutoff date for data and projections: September 27, 2021.
- Note on inflation series: "These figures will generally differ from period average inflation reported in the IMF World Economic Outlook, although both are based on the same underlying series."
- Classification notes:
  - Puerto Rico is classified as an advanced economy; it is a territory of the United States, but its statistical data are maintained on a separate and independent basis.
  - See Annex 6 for details on the data for certain countries (referenced for Argentina and others in the table).
  - Ratios and fiscal-year conventions vary by country as noted in table footnotes where applicable.
- Table contents: country-level time series for 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 (projections), and 2022 (projections) for Real GDP Growth, Inflation (end-period), and External Current Account Balance (percent of GDP) for: North America (Canada, Mexico, United States, Puerto Rico), South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela), CAPDR (Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic) and constituent countries, Caribbean: Tourism Dependent and Caribbean: Commodity Exporters and constituent countries, Memorandum lines (Latin America and the Caribbean; LAC Excluding Venezuela; Eastern Caribbean Currency Union).
- Footnotes included in the table:
  - 1: Regional output growth aggregates are purchasing-power-parity GDP-weighted averages. Consumer price index (CPI) inflation aggregates exclude Venezuela but include Argentina starting from 2017 and are geometric averages. Current account aggregates are US dollar nominal GDP-weighted averages. Consistent with the IMF World Economic Outlook, the cutoff date for the data and projections in this table is September 27, 2021.
  - 2: These figures will generally differ from period average inflation reported in the IMF World Economic Outlook, although both are based on the same underlying series.
  - 3: Puerto Rico is classified as an advanced economy. It is a territory of the United States, but its statistical data are maintained on a separate and independent basis.
  - 4: See Annex 6 for details on the data.
  - 5: Ratios to GDP are based on the 2007-base GDP series.
  - 6: Fiscal year data.
  - 7: Eastern Caribbean Currency Union comprises Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Anguilla and Montserrat, which are not IMF members.

### Table 2 — Western Hemisphere: Main Fiscal Indicators (General Government Primary Expenditure; Primary Balance; Gross Debt)
- Indicators reported:
  - General Government Primary Expenditure (Percent of GDP)
  - General Government Primary Balance (Percent of GDP)
  - General Government Gross Debt (Percent of GDP)
- Coverage and conventions:
  - All indicators are reported on a fiscal year basis.
  - Regional aggregates are fiscal year US dollar nominal GDP-weighted averages.
  - Definitions of government vary across countries depending on country-specific institutional differences and IMF staff definitions; details and country-specific coverage notes are provided in the table footnotes.
  - Cutoff date for data and projections: September 27, 2021.
- Key methodological notes (selected footnotes preserved verbatim where they appear in the source):
  - 1: Definitions of government vary across countries, depending on country-specific institutional differences, including on what constitutes the appropriate coverage from a fiscal policy perspective, as defined by the IMF staff. All indicators are reported on a fiscal year basis. Regional aggregates are fiscal year US dollar nominal GDP-weighted averages. Consistent with the IMF World Economic Outlook, the cutoff date for the data and projections in this table is September 27, 2021.
  - 2: Includes central government, social security system funds, nonfinancial public corporations, and nonmonetary public financial corporations.
  - 3: For cross-country comparability, expenditure and fiscal balances of the United States exclude the items related to the accrual-basis accounting of government employees’ defined-benefit pension plans, which are counted as expenditure under the 2008 System of National Accounts (2008 SNA) adopted by the United States but not for countries that have not yet adopted the 2008 SNA. Data for the United States in this table may thus differ from data published by the US Bureau of Economic Analysis.
  - 4: Puerto Rico is classified as an advanced economy. It is a territory of the United States, but its statistical data are maintained on a separate and independent basis.
  - 5: Primary expenditure and primary balance include the federal government, provinces, and social security funds. Gross debt is for the federal government only.
  - 6: Nonfinancial public sector, excluding the operations of nationalized mixed-ownership companies in the hydrocarbon and electricity sectors.
  - 7: Nonfinancial public sector, excluding Petrobras and Eletrobras, and consolidated with the Sovereign Wealth Fund. The definition includes treasury securities on the central bank’s balance sheet, including those not used under repurchase agreements (repos). The national definition of general government gross debt includes the stock of Treasury securities used for monetary policy purposes by the central bank (those pledged as security in reverse repo operations). It excludes the rest of the government securities held by the central bank.
  - 8–20: Additional country- and region-specific notes (see table footnotes for details on Argentina, Ecuador, Uruguay, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Caribbean country treatments, Suriname, Jamaica, Eastern Caribbean Currency Union composition, and other measurement caveats).
- Table contents: country-level fiscal time series for 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 (projections), and 2022 (projections) for General Government Primary Expenditure (percent of GDP), General Government Primary Balance (percent of GDP), and General Government Gross Debt (percent of GDP) for: North America (Canada, Mexico, United States, Puerto Rico), South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela), CAPDR and constituent countries, Caribbean: Tourism Dependent and Caribbean: Commodity Exporters and constituent countries, Memorandum lines (Latin America and the Caribbean; LAC Excluding Venezuela; Eastern Caribbean Currency Union).
- Memorandum and regional aggregates included: Latin America and the Caribbean; LAC Excluding Venezuela; Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (with country composition noted in footnotes).

*Sources: IMF, World Economic Outlook database; and IMF staff calculations and projections.*

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