Persistent deficits and rising indebtedness increased EEFSU s susceptibility to capital flow reversals.14 As a result of these two factors, though EEFSU grew as a whole by 7.1 per cent over 2000-2006, as opposed to 3.7 per cent in Latin America over the same period (5.4 over 2003-2006), this superior growth performance disappeared in 2008 and was reversed sharply in 2009-2010. This was particularly true for the Baltic countries, Hungary, Russian Federation and Ukraine. In Latin America, only Mexico (whose trade relations remained less diversified) recorded a large GDP decline in 2009.