The Economist - USA (2022-01-15)

TheEconomistJanuary15th 2022

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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* 2022† latest 2022† % % of GDP, 2022† % of GDP, 2022† latest,% year ago, bp Jan 12th on year ago

UnitedStates 4.9 Q3 2.3 3.8 7.0 Dec 4.3 3.9 Dec -3.7 -7.8 1.7 59.0 -

China 4.9 Q3 0.8 5.3 1.5 Dec 2.3 5.0 Nov‡§ 2.3 -4.7 2.6 §§ -38.0 6.36 1.7

Japan 1.2 Q3 -3.6 3.2 0.6 Nov 1.3 2.8 Nov 3.1 -7.0 nil -8.0 115 -9.3

Britain 6.8 Q3 4.3 3.6 5.1 Nov 4.5 4.2 Sep†† -2.6 -6.7 1.2 86.0 0.73 nil

Canada 4.0 Q3 5.4 3.5 4.7 Nov 2.8 5.9 Dec -0.4 -7.5 1.7 90.0 1.25 2.4

Euroarea 3.9 Q3 9.1 3.9 5.0 Dec 2.6 7.2 Nov 3.1 -4.2 -0.1 42.0 0.88 -6.8

Austria 5.7 Q3 14.6 4.1 4.3 Dec 2.4 5.3 Nov 1.8 -3.1 0.2 52.0 0.88 -6.8

Belgium 4.9 Q3 8.4 3.3 5.7 Dec 2.2 5.9 Nov 0.6 -4.3 0.3 57.0 0.88 -6.8

France 3.3 Q3 12.6 4.1 2.8 Dec 2.0 7.5 Nov -1.2 -5.5 0.3 60.0 0.88 -6.8

Germany 2.6 Q3 6.9 3.3 5.3 Dec 3.5 3.2 Nov 6.5 -2.7 -0.1 42.0 0.88 -

Greece 13.7 Q3 11.3 4.5 4.8 Nov 2.4 13.4 Nov -4.3 -4.4 1.5 84.0 0.88 -

Italy 3.9 Q3 11.0 4.4 3.9 Dec 1.8 9.2 Nov 3.5 -5.7 1.3 70.0 0.88 -

Netherlands 5.2 Q3 8.7 2.8 5.7 Dec 3.8 2.7 Nov 9.0 -4.1 -0.2 36.0 0.88 -

Spain 3.4 Q3 10.9 5.1 6.7 Dec 2.4 14.1 Nov 1.4 -5.2 0.6 61.0 0.88 -

CzechRepublic 3.0 Q3 6.4 4.3 6.6 Dec 4.6 2.3 Nov‡ 2.1 -5.1 3.3 197 21.3

Denmark 3.7 Q3 4.3 3.0 3.1 Dec 1.6 2.8 Nov 8.5 -0.2 0.1 54.0 6.51 -

Norway 5.1 Q3 16.1 3.4 5.3 Dec 3.0 3.6 Oct‡‡ 8.5 0.2 1.4 76.0 8.70 -1.9

Poland 5.5 Q3 9.5 4.9 8.6 Dec 4.8 5.4 Dec§ 0.8 -3.1 4.0 277 3.96 -6.1

Russia 4.3 Q3 na 2.4 8.4 Dec 4.9 4.3 Nov§ 6.3 0.2 8.8 243 74.8 -1.6

Sweden 4.5 Q3 8.2 3.0 3.3 Nov 2.4 7.5 Nov§ 3.7 -0.3 0.4 35.0 8.96 5

Switzerland 4.1 Q3 6.8 3.0 1.5 Dec 0.9 2.4 Dec 5.6 0.1 0.1 53.0 0.92 3

Turkey 7.4 Q3 11.3 3.7 36.1 Dec 20.7 10.9 Nov§ -1.9 -3.3 23.0 1,020 13.5 7

Australia 3.9 Q3 -7.5 3.1 3.0 Q3 2.7 4.6 Nov 1.9 -4.5 1.8 72.0 1.38 5

HongKong 5.4 Q3 0.5 3.0 1.9 Nov 2.0 4.1 Nov‡‡ 1.2 -1.0 1.7 81.0 7.79 4

India 8.4 Q3 54.1 7.0 5.6 Dec 4.6 7.9 Dec -1.6 -5.9 6.6 66.0 73.9 9

Indonesia 3.5 Q3 na 5.3 1.9 Dec 3.5 6.5 Q3§ -0.5 -4.9 6.3 10.0 14,320 3

Malaysia -4.5 Q3 na 4.5 3.3 Nov 2.8 4.3 Nov§ 3.3 -6.2 3.7 95.0 4.19 -3.1

Pakistan 4.7 2021** na 3.3 12.3 Dec 7.1 6.9 2019 -5.3 -6.2 11.5 ††† 161 176 -9.0

Philippines 7.1 Q3 16.1 5.3 3.6 Dec 3.8 7.4 Q4§ -2.7 -7.2 4.8 172 51.2 -6.2

Singapore 5.9 Q4 10.7 3.8 3.9 Nov 2.2 2.6 Q3 17.6 -2.0 1.8 82.0 1.35 -1.5

SouthKorea 4.0 Q3 1.3 2.8 3.7 Dec 1.9 3.5 Dec§ 4.2 -2.7 2.4 71.0 1,191 -7.6

Taiwan 3.7 Q3 1.1 3.3 2.6 Dec 2.4 3.7 Nov 14.2 -0.7 0.8 45.0 27.7 1.2

Thailand -0.3 Q3 -4.2 2.8 2.2 Dec 1.7 1.5 Dec§ 1.8 -6.8 1.9 58.0 33.4 -9.8

Argentina 11.9 Q3 17.3 2.3 51.2 Nov 49.7 8.2 Q3§ 1.3 -3.2 na na 104 -17.5

Brazil 4.0 Q3 -0.4 0.7 10.1 Dec 7.7 12.1 Oct§‡‡ -0.7 -7.2 11.3 365 5.55 -2.0

Chile 17.2 Q3 21.0 3.0 7.2 Dec 5.6 7.5 Nov§‡‡ -2.2 -4.5 6.1 335 826 -12.1

Colombia 12.9 Q3 24.9 5.0 5.6 Dec 4.2 10.8 Nov§ -4.9 -6.5 8.8 388 3,973 -12.2

Mexico 4.5 Q3 -1.7 2.9 7.4 Dec 4.6 3.8 Nov 0.8 -3.4 7.8 242 20.4 -2.1

Peru 11.4 Q3 15.0 3.3 6.4 Dec 4.4 8.6 Nov§ -3.0 -3.8 6.0 249 3.90 -7.4

Egypt 9.8 Q3 na 5.0 5.9 Dec 6.3 7.5 Q3§ -4.2 -6.9 na na 15.7 -0.3

Israel 4.4 Q3 2.5 4.3 2.4 Nov 2.8 4.5 Nov 4.8 -3.2 1.2 28.0 3.11 1.6

SaudiArabia -4.1 2020 na 4.5 1.1 Nov 2.0 6.6 Q3 4.5 1.4 na na 3.75 nil

SouthAfrica 2.9 Q3 -5.8 2.1 5.5 Nov 4.7 34.9 Q3§ -0.3 -6.3 9.4 57.0 15.4 nil

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 Jan12th week 2020 Jan12th week 2020

UnitedStatesS&P 500 4,726.4 0.5 25.8

UnitedStatesNAScomp 15,188.4 0.6 17.8

ChinaShanghaiComp 3,597.4 0.1 3.6

ChinaShenzhenComp 2,475.8 -0.3 6.3

JapanNikkei 225 28,765.7 -1.9 4.8

JapanTopix 2,019.4 -1.0 11.9

BritainFTSE 100 7,551.7 0.5 16.9

CanadaS&PTSX 21,395.0 1.7 22.7

EuroareaEUROSTOXX 50 4,316.4 -1.7 21.5

FranceCAC 40 7,237.2 -1.9 30.4

GermanyDAX* 16,010.3 -1.6 16.7

ItalyFTSE/MIB 27,714.3 -1.6 24.7

NetherlandsAEX 790.4 -1.3 26.5

SpainIBEX 35 8,770.3 -0.2 8.6

PolandWIG 73,334.3 3.7 28.6

RussiaRTS,$ terms 1,612.8 1.7 16.2

SwitzerlandSMI 12,670.5 -1.8 18.4

Tu r ke yBIST 2,064.2 2.9 39.8

AustraliaAllOrd. 7,762.2 -1.7 13.3

HongKongHangSeng 24,402.2 6.5 -10.4

IndiaBSE 61,150.0 1.5 28.1

IndonesiaIDX 6,647.1 -0.2 11.2

MalaysiaKLSE 1,563.2 1.0 -3.9

PakistanKSE 45,916.3 1.1 4.9

SingaporeSTI 3,255.0 2.9 14.5

SouthKoreaKOSPI 2,972.5 0.6 3.4

TaiwanTWI 18,375.4 -0.7 24.7

ThailandSET 1,678.5 0.1 15.8

ArgentinaMERV 85,100.3 1.5 66.1

BrazilBVSP 105,685.7 4.6 -11.2

MexicoIPC 53,951.1 1.7 22.4

EgyptEGX 30 12,060.0 0.1 11.2

IsraelTA-125 2,138.8 1.6 36.4

SaudiArabiaTadawul 11,957.1 4.4 37.6

SouthAfricaJSEAS 75,884.8 1.1 27.7

World,dev'dMSCI 3,214.2 0.3 19.5

EmergingmarketsMSCI 1,267.3 3.6 -1.9

UScorporatebonds,spreadoverTreasuries

Dec31st

Basispoints latest 2020

Investmentgrade 119 136

High-yield 331 429

Sources:RefinitivDatastream;Standard& Poor'sGlobalFixedIncome

Research.*Totalreturnindex.

Commodities

The Economist commodity-price index %changeon

2015=100 Jan 4th Jan 11th* month year

Dollar Index

All Items 163.3 166.1 6.4 3.5

Food 140.8 140.6 3.4 12.6

Industrials

All 184.2 189.8 8.5 -2.0

Non-food agriculturals 164.8 168.3 5.6 31.5

Metals 190.0 196.2 9.3 -8.0

Sterling Index

All items 183.9 186.3 3.5 3.6

Euro Index

All items 160.1 162.4 5.8 11.0

Gold

$ per oz 1,814.0 1,813.4 2.1 -1.7

Brent

$ per barrel 80.1 83.8 13.7 47.8

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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