The Economist - USA (20212-12-04)

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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 Dec 1st on year ago

UnitedStates 4.9 Q3 2.1 5.5 6.2 Oct 4.4 4.6 Oct -3.4 -12.4 1.4 51.0 -

China 4.9 Q3 0.8 7.9 1.5 Oct 0.8 4.9 Oct‡§ 2.8 -4.9 2.7 §§ -41.0 6.37 3.1

Japan 1.4 Q3 -3.0 2.1 0.1 Oct -0.2 2.7 Oct 3.3 -8.9 nil -8.0 113 -7.5

Britain 6.6 Q3 5.1 6.7 4.2 Oct 2.4 4.3 Aug†† -2.9 -10.9 0.9 49.0 0.75 nil

Canada 4.0 Q3 5.4 5.0 4.7 Oct 3.2 6.7 Oct 0.8 -9.5 1.5 75.0 1.27 2.4

Euroarea 3.7 Q3 9.3 5.0 4.9 Nov 2.3 7.4 Sep 3.2 -7.3 -0.3 17.0 0.88 -5.7

Austria 12.8 Q2 24.6 4.7 4.3 Nov 2.7 5.2 Sep 2.0 -5.8 -0.1 28.0 0.88 -5.7

Belgium 4.9 Q3 8.4 5.2 5.6 Nov 2.8 6.3 Sep 1.7 -6.6 nil 37.0 0.88 -5.7

France 3.3 Q3 12.6 6.7 2.8 Nov 2.1 7.7 Sep -1.3 -8.9 nil 38.0 0.88 -5.7

Germany 2.6 Q3 6.9 2.8 5.2 Nov 3.0 3.4 Sep 7.0 -6.2 -0.3 17.0 0.88 -5.7

Greece 16.4 Q2 14.5 6.5 3.4 Oct 0.1 13.3 Sep -4.4 -9.6 1.2 56.0 0.88 -

Italy 3.9 Q3 11.0 6.3 3.8 Nov 1.8 9.2 Sep 3.9 -9.6 1.0 37.0 0.88 -

Netherlands 5.0 Q3 8.0 3.7 3.4 Oct 2.3 2.9 Oct 8.5 -5.2 -0.1 49.0 0.88 -

Spain 2.7 Q3 8.3 5.5 5.6 Nov 2.5 14.6 Sep 0.9 -8.9 0.4 39.0 0.88 -

CzechRepublic 2.8 Q3 6.1 3.0 5.8 Oct 3.8 2.7 Sep‡ 3.2 -8.3 2.6 132 22.5 -

Denmark 3.6 Q3 3.5 3.2 3.0 Oct 1.7 3.1 Oct 7.5 -0.3 -0.1 34.0 6.56 -

Norway 5.1 Q3 16.1 3.0 3.5 Oct 3.0 3.6 Sep‡‡ 6.9 -3.0 1.4 76.0 9.03 -2.1

Poland 5.5 Q3 9.5 5.1 7.7 Nov 4.9 5.5 Oct§ 1.1 -5.8 3.2 196 4.07 -9.1

Russia 4.3 Q3 na 4.2 8.1 Oct 6.6 4.3 Oct§ 5.2 -0.7 8.3 219 73.8 2.4

Sweden 4.5 Q3 8.2 4.1 2.8 Oct 2.2 7.6 Oct§ 4.9 -1.9 0.1 12.0 9.04 -5.9

Switzerland 4.1 Q3 6.8 3.5 1.5 Nov 0.5 2.7 Oct 5.2 -3.8 -0.2 30.0 0.92 2

Turkey 7.4 Q3 na 8.0 19.9 Oct 18.1 11.1 Sep§ -2.8 -3.1 20.2 819 13.1 1

Australia 3.9 Q3 -7.5 3.8 3.0 Q3 2.7 5.2 Oct 4.1 -5.8 1.7 81.0 1.40 9

HongKong 5.4 Q3 0.5 6.2 1.8 Oct 1.6 4.3 Oct‡‡ 3.0 -4.5 1.5 86.0 7.79 5

India 8.4 Q3 54.1 8.2 4.5 Oct 5.0 7.0 Nov -0.9 -7.0 6.3 42.0 74.9 7

Indonesia 3.5 Q3 na 3.1 1.7 Nov 1.6 6.5 Q3§ -0.1 -6.0 6.3 18.0 14,343 5

Malaysia -4.5 Q3 na 3.8 2.9 Oct 2.4 4.5 Sep§ 2.7 -6.0 3.5 80.0 4.22 -3.3

Pakistan 4.7 2021** na 3.8 11.5 Nov 9.2 6.9 2019 -4.5 -6.9 11.7 ††† 182 175 -9.0

Philippines 7.1 Q3 16.1 4.8 4.6 Oct 4.5 6.9 Q3§ -1.9 -7.5 4.9 191 50.4 -4.6

Singapore 7.1 Q3 5.2 6.1 3.2 Oct 1.9 2.6 Q3 18.1 -4.2 1.7 88.0 1.36 -1.5

SouthKorea 4.0 Q3 1.3 4.1 3.7 Nov 2.2 2.8 Oct§ 4.6 -4.4 2.2 53.0 1,179 -6.2

Taiwan 3.7 Q3 1.1 5.7 2.6 Oct 2.0 3.8 Oct 15.1 -1.2 0.6 31.0 27.8 2.8

Thailand -0.3 Q3 -4.2 1.4 2.4 Oct 1.0 1.5 Dec§ -1.4 -7.8 1.7 39.0 33.7 -10.3

Argentina 17.9 Q2 -5.5 8.7 52.1 Oct 48.3 9.6 Q2§ 1.7 -4.6 na na 101 -19.4

Brazil 12.4 Q2 -0.2 5.0 10.7 Oct 8.2 12.6 Sep§‡‡ 0.5 -6.1 11.5 397 5.62 -6.6

Chile 17.2 Q3 21.0 11.0 6.0 Oct 4.3 8.1 Oct§‡‡ -1.8 -7.1 5.7 295 832 -8.7

Colombia 12.9 Q3 24.9 9.8 4.6 Oct 3.4 11.8 Oct§ -5.3 -8.5 8.2 321 3,949 -10.1

Mexico 4.5 Q3 -1.7 6.1 6.2 Oct 5.6 3.9 Oct 1.7 -3.3 7.5 196 21.3 -5.6

Peru 11.4 Q3 15.0 13.2 5.7 Nov 4.0 8.6 Oct§ -2.6 -4.4 5.9 202 4.07 -11.6

Egypt 7.7 Q2 na 3.3 6.3 Oct 5.7 7.5 Q3§ -4.3 -8.0 na na 15.7 -0.2

Israel 4.1 Q3 2.4 6.1 2.3 Oct 1.6 5.0 Oct 5.1 -5.5 0.9 11.0 3.15 4.4

SaudiArabia -4.1 2020 na 2.2 0.8 Oct 3.1 6.6 Q2 4.6 -2.0 na na 3.75 nil

SouthAfrica 19.3 Q2 4.7 4.9 5.1 Oct 4.4 34.9 Q3§ 2.8 -8.0 9.8 75.0 15.8 -3.7

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 Dec1st week 2020 Dec1st week 2020

UnitedStatesS&P 500 4,513.0 -4.0 20.2

UnitedStatesNAScomp 15,254.1 -3.7 18.4

ChinaShanghaiComp 3,576.9 -0.4 3.0

ChinaShenzhenComp 2,524.1 0.1 8.4

JapanNikkei 225 27,935.6 -4.7 1.8

JapanTopix 1,936.7 -4.1 7.3

BritainFTSE 100 7,168.7 -1.6 11.0

CanadaS&PTSX 20,464.6 -5.0 17.4

EuroareaEUROSTOXX 50 4,179.2 -2.3 17.6

FranceCAC 40 6,881.9 -2.3 24.0

GermanyDAX* 15,472.7 -2.6 12.8

ItalyFTSE/MIB 26,371.9 -2.7 18.6

NetherlandsAEX 790.7 -1.5 26.6

SpainIBEX 35 8,452.6 -3.9 4.7

PolandWIG 68,513.0 -0.9 20.1

RussiaRTS,$ terms 1,687.1 1.6 21.6

SwitzerlandSMI 12,266.5 -1.0 14.6

Tu r ke yBIST 1,857.4 2.5 25.8

AustraliaAllOrd. 7,557.8 -2.2 10.3

HongKongHangSeng 23,658.9 -4.2 -13.1

IndiaBSE 57,684.8 -1.1 20.8

IndonesiaIDX 6,507.7 -2.6 8.8

MalaysiaKLSE 1,496.9 -1.7 -8.0

PakistanKSE 45,369.1 2.3 3.7

SingaporeSTI 3,098.3 -4.0 8.9

SouthKoreaKOSPI 2,899.7 -3.2 0.9

TaiwanTWI 17,586.0 -0.3 19.4

ThailandSET 1,590.8 -3.6 9.8

ArgentinaMERV 85,164.8 2.0 66.3

BrazilBVSP 100,774.6 -3.6 -15.3

MexicoIPC 50,007.2 -1.7 13.5

EgyptEGX 30 11,420.0 0.6 5.3

IsraelTA-125 1,980.6 0.2 26.3

SaudiArabiaTadawul 10,850.0 -4.6 24.9

SouthAfricaJSEAS 71,198.1 0.9 19.8

World,dev'dMSCI 3,088.0 -3.4 14.8

EmergingmarketsMSCI 1,226.8 -2.1 -5.0

UScorporatebonds,spreadoverTreasuries

Dec31st

Basispoints latest 2020

Investmentgrade 124 136

High-yield 371 429

Sources:RefinitivDatastream;Standard& Poor'sGlobalFixedIncome

Research.*Totalreturnindex.

Commodities

The Economist commodity-price index %changeon

2015=100 Nov 23rd Nov 30th* month year

Dollar Index

All Items 151.2 150.9 1.0 8.6

Food 137.6 132.3 -0.6 19.0

Industrials

All 164.0 168.2 2.2 2.0

Non-food agriculturals 152.1 150.9 2.8 30.7

Metals 167.5 173.3 2.0 -3.5

Sterling Index

All items 172.7 174.0 3.9 9.7

Euro Index

All items 148.9 148.6 3.9 16.1

Gold

$ per oz 1,782.9 1,780.1 -0.5 -1.7

Brent

$ per barrel 82.3 73.3 -13.3 54.3

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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