is. The total population of Central America - (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, and Nicaragua) total to 35.5 million. Taking account these statistics, plant and equipments costs for our firm providing the Central American region would cost $154.22 billion. Using this cost estimate, we would finance $103.33 billion though new market issuance in the U.S. 30 -year Treasury market. At a $100,000/ per U.S. Treasury bond face amount, we would need to have access to 1.03 million 30 yr bond contracts, at the prevailing market interest rate of 6.36%. This financing of 67% of our operations would suffer an annual interest payment of $6.55 billion per year. Our choice of financing through the 30 year treasury bond market is that long-term bond prices are more sensitive to interest rate movements in the U.S. economy. We feel that an efficient estimation of the bond market by investment analysts at our firm can reduce our lending costs in the long-term. The annual interest payment of $6.55 billion/ year can be significantly reduced by 15-20%/ year on forecasts of our analysts at our company. The cost of labor is another important element is determining the production costs of our firm in Central America. The total population of Central America is estimated at 35.77 million residents. The average unemployment rate in the 7 Central American countries is 8.99%. The adult population, ages 17 and older, represent about 62% of this population; approximately there are 2 million unemployed workers in Central America. We feel that our firm can take significant advantage of the available labor force in Central America. The average hourly wage for an unskilled worker for the Central American region is the equivalent of $2.12 U.S. dollars. Based on the financial data from Com Ed, we would utilize 210,000 from the unskilled labor force, and 55,000 from the skilled labor force (from areas of engineering, env...
