The Economist (2022-02-26) Riva

TheEconomistFebruary26th 2022

Economic&financialindicators

84

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 23rd on year ago

UnitedStates 5.5 Q4 6.9 3.4 7.5Jan 5.2 4.0Jan -3.3 -7.4 2.0 62.0 -

China 4.0 Q4 6.6 5.2 0.9Jan 2.6 5.1Dec‡§ 2.0 -5.0 2.6 §§ -49.0 6.32 2.2

Japan 0.7 Q4 5.4 3.0 0.5Jan 1.2 2.7Dec 1.9 -7.0 nil -8.0 115 -8.6

Britain 6.5 Q4 3.9 4.3 5.5Jan 4.1 4.1Nov†† -3.1 -5.4 1.6 88.0 0.74 -4.0

Canada 4.0 Q3 5.4 3.8 5.1Jan 3.8 6.5Jan nil -7.5 2.0 72.0 1.27 -0.8

Euroarea 4.6 Q4 1.2 3.9 5.1Jan 3.1 7.0Dec 3.2 -4.0 0.2 53.0 0.88 -6.8

Austria 5.7 Q3 14.6 3.9 5.0Jan 2.8 4.9Dec 1.4 -2.9 0.6 68.0 0.88 -6.8

Belgium 5.6 Q4 2.0 3.1 7.6Jan 4.4 5.7Dec 1.3 -3.8 0.7 76.0 0.88 -6.8

France 5.4 Q4 2.9 3.9 2.9Jan 2.2 7.4Dec -1.3 -4.9 0.7 79.0 0.88 -6.8

Germany 1.4 Q4 -2.9 3.3 4.9Jan 3.9 3.2Dec 6.6 -2.7 0.2 53.0 0.88 -6.8

Greece 13.7Q3 11.3 4.2 6.3Jan 4.3 12.7Dec -3.9 -4.3 2.6 169 0.88 -

Italy 6.4 Q4 2.5 4.4 4.8Jan 3.5 9.0Dec 3.5 -5.5 1.9 129 0.88 -

Netherlands 6.2 Q4 3.8 3.7 6.4Jan 5.7 3.6Jan 8.8 -4.3 -0.2 36.0 0.88 -

Spain 5.2 Q4 8.3 6.0 6.1Jan 3.7 13.0Dec 1.3 -5.4 1.2 89.0 0.88 -

CzechRepublic 3.0 Q3 3.6 4.1 9.9Jan 8.1 2.2Dec‡ -0.9 -4.3 3.0 135 21.7 -

Denmark 3.7 Q3 4.5 2.7 4.3Jan 2.0 2.5Dec 8.6 nil 0.5 70.0 6.57 -

Norway 5.4 Q4 0.3 3.3 3.2Jan 3.6 3.5Nov‡‡ 9.2 2.6 1.4 76.0 8.87 -4.4

Poland 5.5 Q3 7.0 4.9 9.2Jan 6.2 5.5Jan§ 0.5 -3.1 4.0 262 4.04 -8.4

Russia 4.3 Q3 na 2.5 8.7Jan 5.6 4.3Dec§ 7.4 0.9 10.8 382 80.9 -8.7

Sweden 5.7 Q4 5.7 3.3 3.7Jan 2.8 7.3Dec§ 3.4 0.1 0.7 37.0 9.36 -11.4

Switzerland 4.1 Q3 6.8 3.0 1.6Jan 1.1 2.3Jan 5.1 0.5 0.3 54.0 0.92 2

Turkey 7.4 Q3 11.3 3.4 48.7Jan 35.3 11.3Dec§ -3.3 -3.9 21.4 874 13.8 8

Australia 3.9 Q3 -7.5 3.3 3.5Q4 3.0 4.2Jan 1.2 -4.6 2.3 74.0 1.38 7

HongKong 4.8 Q4 0.8 2.9 1.2Jan 2.2 3.9Jan‡‡ 1.3 -1.5 1.8 53.0 7.80 6

India 8.4 Q3 54.1 7.0 6.0Jan 4.6 6.6Jan -1.6 -6.4 6.7 57.0 74.6 8

Indonesia 5.0 Q4 na 5.1 2.2Jan 3.6 6.5Q3§ -0.6 -4.9 6.5 -3.0 14,338 7

Malaysia 3.6 Q4 na 4.5 3.2Dec 2.8 4.2Dec§ 3.2 -6.1 3.7 69.0 4.19 -3.6

Pakistan 6.0 2021** na 3.4 13.0Jan 8.0 6.9 2019 -5.6 -6.4 10.9 ††† 79.0 176 -9.8

Philippines 7.7 Q4 13.0 6.0 3.0Jan 4.1 7.4Q4§ -1.7 -7.4 5.3 171 51.1 -4.8

Singapore 6.1 Q4 9.5 3.8 4.0Jan 2.8 2.4Q4 17.3 -1.8 2.0 67.0 1.35 -2.2

SouthKorea 4.0 Q4 4.5 2.9 3.6Jan 2.3 4.1Jan§ 4.1 -2.9 2.7 81.0 1,194 -7.0

Taiwan 4.9 Q4 11.1 3.2 2.8Jan 2.4 3.7Dec 14.6 -0.7 0.8 33.0 27.9 nil

Thailand 1.9 Q4 7.5 2.9 3.2Jan 1.9 1.5Dec§ 1.8 -4.7 2.1 44.0 32.3 -6.9

Argentina 11.9Q3 17.3 3.0 50.7Jan 51.8 8.2Q3§ 0.5 -4.4 na na 107 -16.6

Brazil 4.0 Q3 -0.4 0.3 10.4Jan 7.6 11.6Nov§‡‡ -2.0 -7.7 11.5 328 5.03 7.8

Chile 17.2Q3 21.0 3.0 7.7Jan 6.9 7.2Dec§‡‡ -2.4 -3.5 5.9 298 790 -10.6

Colombia 10.7Q4 18.2 4.2 6.9Jan 4.7 11.0Dec§ -4.9 -6.8 9.3 409 3,917 -8.3

Mexico 1.0 Q4 -0.4 1.9 7.1Jan 5.1 4.0Dec -0.9 -3.3 7.9 218 20.2 1.6

Peru 3.2 Q4 -12.9 2.3 5.7Jan 5.5 11.0Jan§ -2.4 -3.0 6.0 179 3.73 -2.1

Egypt 9.8 Q3 na 5.4 7.2Jan 6.3 7.4Q4§ -3.9 -6.9 na na 15.7 -0.3

Israel 10.7Q4 16.6 4.4 3.1Jan 2.7 3.9Jan 5.1 -2.7 1.9 78.0 3.23 1.2

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

SouthAfrica 2.9 Q3 -5.8 2.1 5.7Jan 4.8 34.9Q3§ -0.6 -6.0 9.3 40.0 15.1 -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 Feb23rd week 2021 Feb23rd week 2021

UnitedStatesS&P 500 4,225.5 -5.6 -11.3

UnitedStatesNAScomp 13,037.5 -7.7 -16.7

ChinaShanghaiComp 3,489.2 0.7 -4.1

ChinaShenzhenComp 2,337.6 1.8 -7.6

JapanNikkei 225 26,449.6 -3.7 -8.1

JapanTopix 1,881.1 -3.4 -5.6

BritainFTSE 100 7,498.2 -1.4 1.5

CanadaS&PTSX 20,744.2 -3.0 -2.3

EuroareaEUROSTOXX 50 3,973.4 -4.0 -7.6

FranceCAC 40 6,780.7 -2.6 -5.2

GermanyDAX* 14,631.4 -4.8 -7.9

ItalyFTSE/MIB 25,955.1 -3.8 -5.1

NetherlandsAEX 727.9 -4.1 -8.8

SpainIBEX 35 8,440.1 -3.4 -3.1

PolandWIG 62,826.1 -7.1 -9.3

RussiaRTS,$terms 1,204.1 -21.0 -24.5

SwitzerlandSMI 11,941.9 -2.0 -7.3

TurkeyBIST 2,016.0 -1.2 8.5

AustraliaAllOrd. 7,473.9 -1.3 -3.9

HongKongHangSeng 23,660.3 -4.3 1.1

IndiaBSE 57,232.1 -1.3 -1.8

IndonesiaIDX 6,920.1 1.0 5.1

MalaysiaKLSE 1,586.1 -1.1 1.2

PakistanKSE 45,132.9 -1.2 1.2

SingaporeSTI 3,393.0 -1.3 8.6

SouthKoreaKOSPI 2,719.5 -0.4 -8.7

TaiwanTWI 18,055.7 -1.0 -0.9

ThailandSET 1,696.5 -0.3 2.3

ArgentinaMERV 91,359.5 0.9 9.4

BrazilBVSP 112,007.6 -2.8 6.9

MexicoIPC 51,363.0 -4.3 -3.6

EgyptEGX 30 11,301.1 -2.3 -5.1

IsraelTA-125 2,072.7 -0.7 nil

SaudiArabiaTadawul 12,527.6 0.3 10.6

SouthAfricaJSEAS 74,987.1 -2.0 1.7

World,dev'dMSCI 2,909.3 -4.9 -10.0

EmergingmarketsMSCI 1,206.9 -3.0 -2.0

UScorporatebonds,spreadoverTreasuries

Dec31st

Basispoints latest 2021

Investmentgrade 146 120

High-yield 388 332

Sources:RefinitivDatastream;Standard&Poor'sGlobalFixedIncome

Research.*Totalreturnindex.

Commodities

The Economist commodity-price index %changeon

2015=100 Feb 15th Feb 22nd* month year

Dollar Index

All Items 176.9 181.2 5.7 8.0

Food 150.0 155.6 9.2 21.3

Industrials

All 201.9 205.1 3.4 0.3

Non-food agriculturals 180.5 181.1 9.2 23.0

Metals 208.3 212.2 2.0 -4.2

Sterling Index

All items 199.6 203.4 4.9 12.1

Euro Index

All items 172.7 177.3 5.2 15.9

Gold

$ per oz 1,849.2 1,899.1 2.8 5.2

Brent

$ per barrel 93.4 96.9 9.8 48.0

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