The Economist - USA (2022-02-12)

TheEconomistFebruary12th 2022

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* 2022† latest 2022† % % of GDP, 2022† % of GDP, 2022† latest,% year ago, bp Feb 9th on year ago

UnitedStates 5.5 Q4 6.9 3.4 7.0 Dec 4.9 4.0 Jan -3.5 -7.7 1.9 76.0 -

China 4.0 Q4 6.6 5.3 1.5 Dec 2.3 5.1 Dec‡§ 2.3 -4.7 2.4 §§ -65.0 6.36 1.4

Japan 1.2 Q3 -3.6 3.2 0.8 Dec 1.3 2.7 Dec 3.1 -7.0 nil -8.0 115 -9.4

Britain 6.8 Q3 4.3 4.3 5.4 Dec 3.7 4.1 Oct†† -2.6 -6.5 1.5 92.0 0.74 -2.7

Canada 4.0 Q3 5.4 3.8 4.8 Dec 3.8 6.5 Jan nil -7.5 1.9 85.0 1.27 nil

Euroarea 4.6 Q4 1.2 3.9 5.1 Jan 3.0 7.0 Dec 3.2 -4.0 0.2 66.0 0.88 -5.7

Austria 5.7 Q3 14.6 4.1 5.1 Jan 2.4 4.9 Dec 1.8 -3.1 0.5 86.0 0.88 -5.7

Belgium 5.6 Q4 2.0 3.3 7.6 Jan 2.2 5.7 Dec 0.6 -4.3 0.6 85.0 0.88 -5.7

France 5.4 Q4 2.9 3.9 2.9 Jan 2.2 7.4 Dec -1.3 -4.9 0.7 89.0 0.88 -5.7

Germany 1.4 Q4 -2.9 3.3 4.9 Jan 3.5 3.2 Dec 6.5 -2.7 0.2 66.0 0.88 -

Greece 13.7 Q3 11.3 4.5 5.1 Dec 3.2 12.7 Dec -4.0 -4.3 2.5 170 0.88 -

Italy 6.4 Q4 2.5 4.3 4.8 Jan 2.7 9.0 Dec 3.5 -5.5 1.8 127 0.88 -

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

Spain 5.2 Q4 8.3 5.5 6.0 Jan 3.2 13.0 Dec 1.3 -5.4 1.1 93.0 0.88 -

CzechRepublic 3.0 Q3 3.6 4.3 6.6 Dec 4.6 2.2 Dec‡ 2.1 -5.1 3.0 142 21.3

Denmark 3.7 Q3 4.3 2.7 3.1 Dec 2.0 2.5 Dec 8.6 nil 0.5 82.0 6.51 -

Norway 5.1 Q3 16.1 3.4 5.3 Dec 3.0 3.5 Nov‡‡ 8.5 0.2 1.4 76.0 8.80 -3.6

Poland 5.5 Q3 9.5 4.9 8.6 Dec 6.2 5.6 Jan§ 0.5 -3.1 4.0 270 3.93 -5.8

Russia 4.3 Q3 na 2.4 8.7 Jan 5.0 4.3 Dec§ 7.1 0.7 9.4 275 74.7 -0.8

Sweden 5.7 Q4 5.7 3.0 3.9 Dec 2.4 7.3 Dec§ 3.7 -0.3 0.7 53.0 9.09 2

Switzerland 4.1 Q3 6.8 3.0 1.5 Dec 1.1 2.3 Jan 5.0 0.5 0.3 67.0 0.92 3

Turkey 7.4 Q3 11.3 3.4 48.7 Jan 35.3 10.9 Nov§ -3.3 -3.9 21.0 841 13.6 9

Australia 3.9 Q3 -7.5 3.3 3.5 Q4 2.6 4.2 Dec 1.6 -4.6 2.1 90.0 1.39 2

HongKong 5.4 Q3 0.5 2.9 2.4 Dec 2.2 3.9 Dec‡‡ 1.3 -1.5 1.8 75.0 7.79 5

India 8.4 Q3 54.1 7.0 5.6 Dec 4.6 6.6 Jan -1.6 -5.9 6.8 73.0 74.8 6

Indonesia 5.0 Q4 na 5.3 2.2 Jan 3.5 6.5 Q3§ -0.5 -4.9 6.5 29.0 14,358 5

Malaysia -4.5 Q3 na 4.5 3.2 Dec 2.8 4.2 Dec§ 3.2 -6.1 3.8 94.0 4.18 -3.1

Pakistan 6.0 2021** na 3.4 13.0 Jan 8.0 6.9 2019 -5.6 -6.4 10.9 ††† 94.0 175 -9.1

Philippines 7.7 Q4 13.0 5.3 3.0 Jan 3.9 7.4 Q4§ -2.9 -7.2 5.0 194 51.4 -6.4

Singapore 5.9 Q4 10.7 3.8 4.0 Dec 2.8 2.4 Q4 17.3 -1.8 1.9 80.0 1.34 -0.8

SouthKorea 4.0 Q4 4.5 2.9 3.6 Jan 2.3 3.5 Dec§ 4.1 -2.9 2.7 88.0 1,196 -6.7

Taiwan 4.9 Q4 11.1 3.2 2.6 Dec 2.4 3.7 Dec 14.6 -0.7 0.7 39.0 27.8 0.6

Thailand -0.3 Q3 -4.2 2.9 3.2 Jan 1.9 1.5 Dec§ 1.8 -4.7 2.0 65.0 32.7 -8.5

Argentina 11.9 Q3 17.3 3.0 50.9 Dec 51.8 8.2 Q3§ 0.5 -4.4 na na 106 -16.6

Brazil 4.0 Q3 -0.4 0.3 10.4 Jan 7.6 11.6 Nov§‡‡ -0.7 -7.3 11.5 387 5.27 3.0

Chile 17.2 Q3 21.0 3.0 7.7 Jan 6.9 7.2 Dec§‡‡ -2.4 -3.5 5.8 323 816 -10.0

Colombia 12.9 Q3 24.9 4.2 6.9 Jan 4.7 11.0 Dec§ -4.9 -6.8 8.9 401 3,933 -9.0

Mexico 1.0 Q4 -0.4 1.9 7.1 Jan 5.1 4.0 Dec -0.9 -3.3 7.7 238 20.5 -2.0

Peru 11.4 Q3 15.0 2.3 5.7 Jan 5.5 6.4 Dec§ -2.4 -3.0 6.1 233 3.84 -5.2

Egypt 9.8 Q3 na 5.4 5.9 Dec 6.3 7.5 Q3§ -3.9 -6.9 na na 15.7 -0.5

Israel 4.5 Q3 2.7 4.4 2.8 Dec 2.7 4.3 Dec 5.1 -2.7 1.7 81.0 3.21 1.2

SaudiArabia 3.3 2021 na 5.0 1.2 Dec 1.8 6.6 Q3 6.3 2.0 na na 3.75 nil

SouthAfrica 2.9 Q3 -5.8 2.1 5.9 Dec 4.8 34.9 Q3§ -0.7 -6.3 9.2 65.0 15.3 -3.5

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 Feb9th week 2020 Feb9th week 2020

UnitedStatesS&P 500 4,587.2 nil 22.1

UnitedStatesNAScomp 14,490.4 0.5 12.4

ChinaShanghaiComp 3,480.0 3.5 0.2

ChinaShenzhenComp 2,317.2 2.4 -0.5

JapanNikkei 225 27,579.9 0.2 0.5

JapanTopix 1,952.2 0.8 8.2

BritainFTSE 100 7,643.4 0.8 18.3

CanadaS&PTSX 21,604.2 1.1 23.9

EuroareaEUROSTOXX 50 4,204.1 -0.4 18.3

FranceCAC 40 7,130.9 0.2 28.5

GermanyDAX* 15,482.0 -0.8 12.9

ItalyFTSE/MIB 27,129.0 -0.9 22.0

NetherlandsAEX 769.9 0.6 23.3

SpainIBEX 35 8,846.4 1.5 9.6

PolandWIG 68,491.4 -0.6 20.1

RussiaRTS,$ terms 1,534.8 4.8 10.6

SwitzerlandSMI 12,367.8 0.1 15.5

Tu r ke yBIST 2,042.9 2.0 38.3

AustraliaAllOrd. 7,572.8 2.3 10.5

HongKongHangSeng 24,830.0 4.3 -8.8

IndiaBSE 58,466.0 -1.8 22.4

IndonesiaIDX 6,834.6 1.9 14.3

MalaysiaKLSE 1,551.5 2.6 -4.7

PakistanKSE 46,339.8 0.5 5.9

SingaporeSTI 3,420.0 5.2 20.3

SouthKoreaKOSPI 2,768.9 4.0 -3.6

TaiwanTWI 18,151.8 2.7 23.2

ThailandSET 1,703.2 2.1 17.5

ArgentinaMERV 87,393.1 -2.5 70.6

BrazilBVSP 112,461.4 0.5 -5.5

MexicoIPC 52,761.9 1.4 19.7

EgyptEGX 30 11,596.3 -0.8 6.9

IsraelTA-125 2,083.9 1.3 32.9

SaudiArabiaTadawul 12,205.5 0.1 40.5

SouthAfricaJSEAS 76,690.9 2.0 29.1

World,dev'dMSCI 3,124.9 0.4 16.2

EmergingmarketsMSCI 1,239.8 2.2 -4.0

UScorporatebonds,spreadoverTreasuries

Dec31st

Basispoints latest 2020

Investmentgrade 133 136

High-yield 366 429

Sources:RefinitivDatastream;Standard& Poor'sGlobalFixedIncome

Research.*Totalreturnindex.

Commodities

The Economist commodity-price index %changeon

2015=100 Feb 1st Feb 8th* month year

Dollar Index

All Items 175.8 179.9 7.8 11.7

Food 147.1 149.5 6.3 17.7

Industrials

All 202.7 208.2 8.8 7.9

Non-food agriculturals 164.7 173.5 3.0 23.7

Metals 213.9 218.5 10.2 4.8

Sterling Index

All items 198.7 202.5 8.2 13.7

Euro Index

All items 173.4 174.7 7.0 18.3

Gold

$ per oz 1,806.4 1,826.4 0.7 -0.7

Brent

$ per barrel 89.2 91.0 8.6 48.7

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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