The Econmist - USA (2021-10-30)

TheEconomistOctober30th 2021

Economic& financial indicators

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Economic data

Grossdomesticproduct Consumerprices Unemployment Current-account Budget Interestrates Currencyunits

% change on year ago % change on year ago rate balance balance 10-yr gov't bonds change on per $ % change

latest quarter* 2021† latest 2021† % % of GDP, 2021† % of GDP, 2021† latest,% year ago, bp Oct 27th on year ago

UnitedStates 12.2 Q2 6.7 6.0 5.4 Sep 4.3 4.8 Sep -3.4 -12.6 1.5 75.0 -

China 4.9 Q3 0.8 7.9 0.7 Sep 1.0 4.9 Sep‡§ 1.9 -4.9 2.8 §§ -20.0 6.39 5.2

Japan 7.6 Q2 1.9 2.3 0.2 Sep -0.2 2.8 Aug 3.4 -8.9 nil -8.0 114 -8.1

Britain 23.6 Q2 23.9 6.4 3.1 Sep 2.8 4.5 Jul†† -3.9 -10.9 1.1 79.0 0.73 5.5

Canada 12.7 Q2 -1.1 5.4 4.4 Sep 3.1 6.9 Sep -2.3 -9.5 1.6 102 1.23 7.3

Euroarea 14.2 Q2 8.7 4.8 3.4 Sep 1.9 7.5 Aug 3.3 -7.2 -0.2 42.0 0.86 -1.2

Austria 12.8 Q2 24.6 3.1 3.2 Sep 2.4 6.1 Aug 2.7 -7.7 0.1 48.0 0.86 -1.2

Belgium 15.1 Q2 7.1 5.0 2.9 Sep 2.3 6.4 Aug 1.1 -7.1 0.1 49.0 0.86 -1.2

France 18.7 Q2 4.5 6.1 2.2 Sep 1.9 8.0 Aug -1.5 -8.5 0.2 52.0 0.86 -1.2

Germany 9.4 Q2 6.7 3.1 4.1 Sep 2.5 3.6 Aug 6.7 -5.7 -0.2 42.0 0.86 -

Greece 16.4 Q2 14.5 6.5 2.2 Sep 0.1 13.2 Aug -4.4 -9.6 1.0 9.0 0.86 -

Italy 17.2 Q2 11.2 6.0 2.5 Sep 1.6 9.3 Aug 3.8 -9.6 0.9 18.0 0.86 -

Netherlands 10.4 Q2 15.9 3.7 2.7 Sep 2.3 3.1 Sep 8.9 -5.2 -0.1 44.0 0.86 -

Spain 17.6 Q2 4.3 6.1 4.0 Sep 2.4 14.0 Aug 0.9 -8.9 0.5 36.0 0.86 -

CzechRepublic 8.8 Q2 3.9 3.4 4.9 Sep 3.6 3.0 Aug‡ 3.2 -8.3 2.7 165 22.2

Denmark 10.0 Q2 11.7 3.2 2.2 Sep 1.7 3.6 Aug 7.5 -0.3 0.1 55.0 6.42 -

Norway 6.1 Q2 4.4 3.0 4.1 Sep 3.0 4.2 Jul‡‡ 6.9 -3.0 1.4 76.0 8.42 8.4

Poland 10.8 Q2 6.6 5.2 5.9 Sep 4.7 5.6 Sep§ 2.1 -6.7 2.9 170 3.99 -3.0

Russia 10.5 Q2 na 3.8 7.4 Sep 5.9 4.4 Aug§ 4.5 -1.8 8.0 173 70.7 8.9

Sweden 9.5 Q2 3.6 4.0 2.5 Sep 1.9 8.2 Sep§ 4.3 -1.9 0.4 39.0 8.59 3

Switzerland 7.7 Q2 7.4 3.5 0.9 Sep 0.3 2.8 Sep 6.8 -3.8 -0.1 41.0 0.92 1

Turkey 21.7 Q2 na 8.0 19.6 Sep 17.1 12.0 Aug§ -3.0 -3.2 19.1 511 9.52 2

Australia 9.6 Q2 2.7 4.2 3.0 Q3 2.4 4.6 Sep 1.8 -5.9 1.8 101 1.33 3

HongKong 7.6 Q2 -3.7 6.2 1.4 Sep 1.6 4.5 Sep‡‡ 2.9 -4.2 1.5 94.0 7.78 4

India 20.1 Q2 -41.2 8.2 4.3 Sep 5.4 6.9 Sep -0.9 -7.2 6.3 49.0 75.0 8

Indonesia 7.1 Q2 na 3.0 1.6 Sep 1.7 6.3 Q1§ -0.2 -6.0 6.1 -46.0 14,173 2

Malaysia 16.1 Q2 na 3.8 2.2 Sep 2.4 4.6 Aug§ 2.6 -6.0 3.6 94.0 4.15 0.5

Pakistan 4.7 2021** na 3.8 9.0 Sep 9.2 6.9 2019 -4.4 -6.9 11.0 ††† 113 173 -7.1

Philippines 11.8 Q2 -5.1 4.2 4.8 Sep 4.5 6.9 Q3§ -1.4 -7.5 4.8 179 50.8 -4.7

Singapore 6.5 Q3 3.4 5.4 2.5 Sep 1.9 2.7 Q2 19.1 -4.2 1.8 92.0 1.35 0.7

SouthKorea 4.0 Q3 1.2 4.1 2.5 Sep 2.2 2.7 Sep§ 4.6 -4.4 2.5 98.0 1,171 -3.8

Taiwan 7.4 Q2 -4.2 5.7 2.6 Sep 2.0 3.9 Sep 15.2 -1.2 0.6 23.0 27.8 2.8

Thailand 7.5 Q2 1.5 1.4 1.7 Sep 1.0 1.5 Dec§ -1.2 -7.5 1.7 60.0 33.4 -6.4

Argentina 17.9 Q2 -5.5 8.1 52.5 Sep 47.3 9.6 Q2§ 1.6 -5.7 na na 99.6 -21.4

Brazil 12.4 Q2 -0.2 5.0 10.2 Sep 8.0 13.2 Aug§‡‡ 0.5 -5.4 11.9 434 5.58 1.3

Chile 18.1 Q2 4.2 10.3 5.3 Sep 3.9 8.5 Aug§‡‡ -1.5 -6.7 6.2 362 807 -4.7

Colombia 17.0 Q2 -9.2 9.8 4.5 Sep 3.4 12.3 Aug§ -4.1 -8.5 7.8 258 3,764 1.2

Mexico 19.6 Q2 6.0 6.4 6.0 Sep 5.3 3.9 Sep 1.8 -3.3 7.5 169 20.2 3.4

Peru 41.9 Q2 3.5 12.6 5.2 Sep 4.2 10.1 Sep§ -3.4 -4.4 6.0 174 3.99 -9.5

Egypt 7.7 Q2 na 3.3 6.6 Sep 5.4 7.3 Q2§ -4.4 -8.0 na na 15.7 nil

Israel 17.5 Q2 16.6 5.3 2.5 Sep 1.7 5.2 Sep 4.3 -6.5 1.3 49.0 3.19 6.0

SaudiArabia -4.1 2020 na 2.2 0.7 Sep 3.1 6.6 Q2 4.5 -2.0 na na 3.75 nil

SouthAfrica 19.3 Q2 4.7 4.9 5.1 Sep 4.4 34.4 Q2§ 1.8 -8.5 9.5 27.0 15.0 7.1

Source: Haver Analytics. *% change on previous quarter, annual rate. †The Economist Intelligence Unit estimate/forecast. §Not seasonally adjusted. ‡New series. **Year ending June. ††Latest 3 months. ‡‡3-month moving

average. §§5-year yield. †††Dollar-denominated bonds.

Markets

%changeon: %changeon:

Index one Dec31st index one Dec31st

Inlocalcurrency Oct27th week 2020 Oct27th week 2020

UnitedStatesS&P 500 4,551.7 0.3 21.2

UnitedStatesNAScomp 15,235.8 0.8 18.2

ChinaShanghaiComp 3,562.3 -0.7 2.6

ChinaShenzhenComp 2,397.5 -0.9 2.9

JapanNikkei 225 29,098.2 -0.5 6.0

JapanTopix 2,013.8 -0.7 11.6

BritainFTSE 100 7,253.3 0.4 12.3

CanadaS&PTSX 20,955.0 -1.1 20.2

EuroareaEUROSTOXX 50 4,220.9 1.2 18.8

FranceCAC 40 6,753.5 0.7 21.7

GermanyDAX* 15,705.8 1.2 14.5

ItalyFTSE/MIB 26,806.2 0.8 20.6

NetherlandsAEX 815.3 1.2 30.5

SpainIBEX 35 8,972.3 -0.5 11.1

PolandWIG 73,377.9 -1.1 28.7

RussiaRTS,$ terms 1,891.3 -0.7 36.3

SwitzerlandSMI 12,087.5 0.6 12.9

Tu r ke yBIST 1,519.3 6.0 2.9

AustraliaAllOrd. 7,758.0 0.4 13.2

HongKongHangSeng 25,628.7 -1.9 -5.9

IndiaBSE 61,143.3 -0.2 28.0

IndonesiaIDX 6,602.2 -0.8 10.4

MalaysiaKLSE 1,583.1 -1.4 -2.7

PakistanKSE 45,851.0 0.8 4.8

SingaporeSTI 3,218.2 0.6 13.2

SouthKoreaKOSPI 3,025.5 0.4 5.3

TaiwanTWI 17,074.6 1.1 15.9

ThailandSET 1,627.6 -0.6 12.3

ArgentinaMERV 85,353.1 -2.0 66.6

BrazilBVSP 106,363.1 -4.0 -10.6

MexicoIPC 51,714.6 -1.1 17.4

EgyptEGX 30 11,344.9 1.9 4.6

IsraelTA-125 1,930.9 0.9 23.1

SaudiArabiaTadawul 11,807.8 -0.8 35.9

SouthAfricaJSEAS 67,475.1 0.9 13.6

World,dev'dMSCI 3,152.1 0.1 17.2

EmergingmarketsMSCI 1,282.9 -1.4 -0.6

UScorporatebonds,spreadoverTreasuries

Dec31st

Basispoints latest 2020

Investmentgrade 112 136

High-yield 329 429

Sources:RefinitivDatastream;Standard& Poor'sGlobalFixedIncome

Research.*Totalreturnindex.

Commodities

The Economist commodity-price index %changeon

2015=100 Oct 19th Oct 26th* month year

Dollar Index

All Items 160.9 156.7 3.5 33.2

Food 130.1 130.7 0.8 22.1

Industrials

All 189.6 181.0 5.4 42.0

Non-food agriculturals 150.7 146.2 2.8 36.9

Metals 201.2 191.4 6.0 43.2

Sterling Index

All items 178.0 173.5 1.6 26.2

Euro Index

All items 153.2 149.9 4.2 36.0

Gold

$ per oz 1,772.6 1,788.0 2.9 -6.4

Brent

$ per barrel 85.2 86.5 9.8 109.6

Sources: Bloomberg; CME Group; Cotlook; Refinitiv Datastream;

Fastmarkets; FT; ICCO; ICO; ISO; Live Rice Index; LME; NZ Wool

Services; Thompson Lloyd & Ewart; Urner Barry; WSJ. *Provisional.

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