TheEconomistFebruary19th 2022
Economic& financial indicators
80
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 16th on year ago
UnitedStates 5.5 Q4 6.9 3.4 7.5 Jan 4.9 4.0 Jan -3.5 -7.7 2.0 73.0 -
China 4.0 Q4 6.6 5.2 0.9 Jan 2.6 5.1 Dec‡§ 2.0 -5.0 2.5 §§ -58.0 6.34 1.6
Japan 0.7 Q4 5.4 3.0 0.8 Dec 1.2 2.7 Dec 1.9 -7.0 nil -8.0 115 -8.4
Britain 6.5 Q4 3.9 4.3 5.5 Jan 3.7 4.1 Nov†† -2.6 -6.5 1.6 104 0.74 -2.7
Canada 4.0 Q3 5.4 3.8 5.1 Jan 3.8 6.5 Jan nil -7.5 2.0 83.0 1.27 nil
Euroarea 4.6 Q4 1.2 3.9 5.1 Jan 3.0 7.0 Dec 3.2 -4.0 0.3 63.0 0.88 -5.7
Austria 5.7 Q3 14.6 4.1 5.1 Jan 2.4 4.9 Dec 1.8 -3.1 0.6 75.0 0.88 -5.7
Belgium 5.6 Q4 2.0 3.3 7.6 Jan 2.2 5.7 Dec 0.6 -4.3 0.7 87.0 0.88 -5.7
France 5.4 Q4 2.9 3.9 2.9 Jan 2.2 7.4 Dec -1.3 -4.9 0.8 96.0 0.88 -5.7
Germany 1.4 Q4 -2.9 3.3 4.9 Jan 3.9 3.2 Dec 6.6 -2.7 0.3 63.0 0.88 -5.7
Greece 13.7 Q3 11.3 4.2 6.3 Jan 4.3 12.7 Dec -3.9 -4.3 2.7 189 0.88 -
Italy 6.4 Q4 2.5 4.3 4.8 Jan 2.7 9.0 Dec 3.5 -5.5 1.9 135 0.88 -
Netherlands 6.2 Q4 3.8 2.8 6.4 Jan 3.8 3.8 Dec 9.0 -4.1 -0.2 36.0 0.88 -
Spain 5.2 Q4 8.3 5.5 6.1 Jan 3.2 13.0 Dec 1.3 -5.4 1.2 103 0.88 -
CzechRepublic 3.0 Q3 3.6 4.1 9.9 Jan 8.1 2.2 Dec‡ -0.9 -4.3 3.0 150 21.4 -
Denmark 3.7 Q3 4.5 2.7 4.3 Jan 2.0 2.5 Dec 8.6 nil 0.6 80.0 6.55 -
Norway 5.4 Q4 0.3 3.4 3.2 Jan 3.0 3.5 Nov‡‡ 8.5 0.2 1.4 76.0 8.90 -5.4
Poland 5.5 Q3 7.0 4.9 9.2 Jan 6.2 5.6 Jan§ 0.5 -3.1 3.9 255 3.95 -6.1
Russia 4.3 Q3 na 2.5 8.7 Jan 5.6 4.3 Dec§ 7.4 0.9 9.6 264 75.2 -2.2
Sweden 5.7 Q4 5.7 3.0 3.9 Dec 2.4 7.3 Dec§ 3.7 -0.3 0.7 42.0 9.30 -11.0
Switzerland 4.1 Q3 6.8 3.0 1.6 Jan 1.1 2.3 Jan 5.0 0.5 0.3 61.0 0.92 3
Turkey 7.4 Q3 11.3 3.4 48.7 Jan 35.3 11.3 Dec§ -3.3 -3.9 20.9 818 13.6 8
Australia 3.9 Q3 -7.5 3.3 3.5 Q4 2.6 4.2 Jan 1.6 -4.6 2.2 94.0 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 69.0 7.80 6
India 8.4 Q3 54.1 7.0 6.0 Jan 4.6 6.6 Jan -1.6 -6.4 6.7 67.0 75.1 2
Indonesia 5.0 Q4 na 5.3 2.2 Jan 3.5 6.5 Q3§ -0.5 -4.9 6.5 24.0 14,258 3
Malaysia 3.6 Q4 na 4.5 3.2 Dec 2.8 4.2 Dec§ 3.2 -6.1 3.7 72.0 4.19 -3.8
Pakistan 6.0 2021** na 3.4 13.0 Jan 8.0 6.9 2019 -5.6 -6.4 10.9 ††† 90.0 176 -9.2
Philippines 7.7 Q4 13.0 5.3 3.0 Jan 3.9 7.4 Q4§ -2.9 -7.2 5.3 216 51.3 -6.0
Singapore 6.1 Q4 9.5 3.8 4.0 Dec 2.8 2.4 Q4 17.3 -1.8 1.9 88.0 1.34 -0.8
SouthKorea 4.0 Q4 4.5 2.9 3.6 Jan 2.3 4.1 Jan§ 4.1 -2.9 2.7 85.0 1,198 -8.2
Taiwan 4.9 Q4 11.1 3.2 2.8 Jan 2.4 3.7 Dec 14.6 -0.7 0.7 37.0 27.9 0.4
Thailand -0.3 Q3 -4.2 2.9 3.2 Jan 1.9 1.5 Dec§ 1.8 -4.7 2.0 69.0 32.4 -7.7
Argentina 11.9 Q3 17.3 3.0 50.7 Jan 51.8 8.2 Q3§ 0.5 -4.4 na na 107 -17.0
Brazil 4.0 Q3 -0.4 0.3 10.4 Jan 7.6 11.6 Nov§‡‡ -0.7 -7.3 11.2 348 5.16 4.3
Chile 17.2 Q3 21.0 3.0 7.7 Jan 6.9 7.2 Dec§‡‡ -2.4 -3.5 6.0 338 801 -10.4
Colombia 10.7 Q4 18.2 4.2 6.9 Jan 4.7 11.0 Dec§ -4.9 -6.8 9.0 399 3,967 -11.3
Mexico 1.0 Q4 -0.4 1.9 7.1 Jan 5.1 4.0 Dec -0.9 -3.3 7.8 246 20.3 -0.8
Peru 11.4 Q3 15.0 2.3 5.7 Jan 5.5 11.0 Jan§ -2.4 -3.0 6.1 231 3.77 -3.2
Egypt 9.8 Q3 na 5.4 7.2 Jan 6.3 7.4 Q4§ -3.9 -6.9 na na 15.7 -0.6
Israel 10.7 Q4 16.6 4.4 3.1 Jan 2.7 4.3 Dec 5.1 -2.7 1.7 71.0 3.19 1.6
SaudiArabia 3.3 2021 na 5.0 1.2 Jan 1.8 6.6 Q3 6.3 2.0 na na 3.75 nil
SouthAfrica 2.9 Q3 -5.8 2.1 5.7 Jan 4.8 34.9 Q3§ -0.7 -6.0 9.1 45.0 15.1 -3.2
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 Feb16th week 2020 Feb16th week 2020
UnitedStatesS&P 500 4,475.0 -2.4 19.1
UnitedStatesNAScomp 14,124.1 -2.5 9.6
ChinaShanghaiComp 3,465.8 -0.4 -0.2
ChinaShenzhenComp 2,297.0 -0.9 -1.4
JapanNikkei 225 27,460.4 -0.4 0.1
JapanTopix 1,946.6 -0.3 7.9
BritainFTSE 100 7,603.8 -0.5 17.7
CanadaS&PTSX 21,383.6 -1.0 22.7
EuroareaEUROSTOXX 50 4,137.2 -1.6 16.5
FranceCAC 40 6,965.0 -2.3 25.5
GermanyDAX* 15,370.3 -0.7 12.0
ItalyFTSE/MIB 26,969.3 -0.6 21.3
NetherlandsAEX 758.9 -1.4 21.5
SpainIBEX 35 8,737.2 -1.2 8.2
PolandWIG 67,607.1 -1.3 18.6
RussiaRTS,$ terms 1,524.5 -0.7 9.9
SwitzerlandSMI 12,191.6 -1.4 13.9
Tu r ke yBIST 2,041.4 -0.1 38.2
AustraliaAllOrd. 7,573.0 nil 10.5
HongKongHangSeng 24,718.9 -0.4 -9.2
IndiaBSE 57,996.7 -0.8 21.5
IndonesiaIDX 6,850.2 0.2 14.6
MalaysiaKLSE 1,603.2 3.3 -1.5
PakistanKSE 45,684.8 -1.4 4.4
SingaporeSTI 3,439.3 0.6 20.9
SouthKoreaKOSPI 2,729.7 -1.4 -5.0
TaiwanTWI 18,231.5 0.4 23.7
ThailandSET 1,701.5 -0.1 17.4
ArgentinaMERV 90,577.6 3.6 76.8
BrazilBVSP 115,180.9 2.4 -3.2
MexicoIPC 53,680.9 1.7 21.8
EgyptEGX 30 11,568.1 -0.2 6.7
IsraelTA-125 2,087.8 0.2 33.1
SaudiArabiaTadawul 12,495.2 2.4 43.8
SouthAfricaJSEAS 76,502.6 -0.2 28.8
World,dev'dMSCI 3,060.3 -2.1 13.8
EmergingmarketsMSCI 1,244.2 0.4 -3.6
UScorporatebonds,spreadoverTreasuries
Dec31st
Basispoints latest 2020
Investmentgrade 136 136
High-yield 378 429
Sources:RefinitivDatastream;Standard& Poor'sGlobalFixedIncome
Research.*Totalreturnindex.
Commodities
The Economist commodity-price index %changeon
2015=100 Feb 8th Feb 15th* month year
Dollar Index
All Items 179.8 176.8 6.0 8.5
Food 149.5 149.7 7.7 18.1
Industrials
All 208.1 202.1 4.9 2.7
Non-food agriculturals 173.0 181.1 5.2 26.6
Metals 218.5 208.3 4.8 -2.1
Sterling Index
All items 202.5 199.5 6.5 11.8
Euro Index
All items 174.6 172.6 5.9 15.8
Gold
$ per oz 1,826.4 1,849.2 1.8 2.1
Brent
$ per barrel 91.0 93.4 6.6 47.1
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.
For more countries and additional data, visit
Economist.com/indicators
