Here’s an Americas Market Summary for the week ending Dec 20th : GDP (US$bn) GDP QoQ (%) Base Rate (%) Inflation Rate (%) Unemployment (%) Debt/GDP (%) Credit Rating (Moody’s/S&P/Fitch) United States 27,361 3.1 4.75 2.7 4.2 122.3 Aaa/AA+/AA+ Brazil 2,174 0.9 12.25 4.87 6.2 84.7 Ba2/BB/BB Canada 2,140 0.3 3.25 1.9 6.8 107.5 Aaa/AAA/AA+ Mexico 1,789 1.1 10.0 4.55 2.5 49.7