The EconomistFebruary 26th 2022
Economic & financial indicators84
Economic dataGross domestic product Consumer prices Unemployment Current-account Budget Interest rates Currency units
% 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
United States 5.5 Q4 6.9 3.4 7.5 Jan 5.2 4.0 Jan -3.3 -7.4 2.0 62.0 -
China 4.0 Q4 6.6 5.2 0.9 Jan 2.6 5.1 Dec‡§ 2.0 -5.0 2.6 §§ -49.0 6.32 2.2
Japan 0.7 Q4 5.4 3.0 0.5 Jan 1.2 2.7 Dec 1.9 -7.0 nil -8.0 115 -8.6
Britain 6.5 Q4 3.9 4.3 5.5 Jan 4.1 4.1 Nov†† -3.1 -5.4 1.6 88.0 0.74 -4.0
Canada 4.0 Q3 5.4 3.8 5.1 Jan 3.8 6.5 Jan nil -7.5 2.0 72.0 1.27 -0.8
Euro area 4.6 Q4 1.2 3.9 5.1 Jan 3.1 7.0 Dec 3.2 -4.0 0.2 53.0 0.88 -6.8
Austria 5.7 Q3 14.6 3.9 5.0 Jan 2.8 4.9 Dec 1.4 -2.9 0.6 68.0 0.88 -6.8
Belgium 5.6 Q4 2.0 3.1 7.6 Jan 4.4 5.7 Dec 1.3 -3.8 0.7 76.0 0.88 -6.8
France 5.4 Q4 2.9 3.9 2.9 Jan 2.2 7.4 Dec -1.3 -4.9 0.7 79.0 0.88 -6.8
Germany 1.4 Q4 -2.9 3.3 4.9 Jan 3.9 3.2 Dec 6.6 -2.7 0.2 53.0 0.88 -6.8
Greece 13.7 Q3 11.3 4.2 6.3 Jan 4.3 12.7 Dec -3.9 -4.3 2.6 169 0.88 -
Italy 6.4 Q4 2.5 4.4 4.8 Jan 3.5 9.0 Dec 3.5 -5.5 1.9 129 0.88 -
Netherlands 6.2 Q4 3.8 3.7 6.4 Jan 5.7 3.6 Jan 8.8 -4.3 -0.2 36.0 0.88 -
Spain 5.2 Q4 8.3 6.0 6.1 Jan 3.7 13.0 Dec 1.3 -5.4 1.2 89.0 0.88 -
Czech Republic 3.0 Q3 3.6 4.1 9.9 Jan 8.1 2.2 Dec‡ -0.9 -4.3 3.0 135 21.7 -
Denmark 3.7 Q3 4.5 2.7 4.3 Jan 2.0 2.5 Dec 8.6 nil 0.5 70.0 6.57 -
Norway 5.4 Q4 0.3 3.3 3.2 Jan 3.6 3.5 Nov‡‡ 9.2 2.6 1.4 76.0 8.87 -4.4
Poland 5.5 Q3 7.0 4.9 9.2 Jan 6.2 5.5 Jan§ 0.5 -3.1 4.0 262 4.04 -8.4
Russia 4.3 Q3 na 2.5 8.7 Jan 5.6 4.3 Dec§ 7.4 0.9 10.8 382 80.9 -8.7
Sweden 5.7 Q4 5.7 3.3 3.7 Jan 2.8 7.3 Dec§ 3.4 0.1 0.7 37.0 9.36 -11.4
Switzerland 4.1 Q3 6.8 3.0 1.6 Jan 1.1 2.3 Jan 5.1 0.5 0.3 54.0 0.92 2
Turkey 7.4 Q3 11.3 3.4 48.7 Jan 35.3 11.3 Dec§ -3.3 -3.9 21.4 874 13.8 8
Australia 3.9 Q3 -7.5 3.3 3.5 Q4 3.0 4.2 Jan 1.2 -4.6 2.3 74.0 1.38 7
Hong Kong 4.8 Q4 0.8 2.9 1.2 Jan 2.2 3.9 Jan‡‡ 1.3 -1.5 1.8 53.0 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 57.0 74.6 8
Indonesia 5.0 Q4 na 5.1 2.2 Jan 3.6 6.5 Q3§ -0.6 -4.9 6.5 -3.0 14,338 7
Malaysia 3.6 Q4 na 4.5 3.2 Dec 2.8 4.2 Dec§ 3.2 -6.1 3.7 69.0 4.19 -3.6
Pakistan 6.0 2021** na 3.4 13.0 Jan 8.0 6.9 2019 -5.6 -6.4 10.9 ††† 79.0 176 -9.8
Philippines 7.7 Q4 13.0 6.0 3.0 Jan 4.1 7.4 Q4§ -1.7 -7.4 5.3 171 51.1 -4.8
Singapore 6.1 Q4 9.5 3.8 4.0 Jan 2.8 2.4 Q4 17.3 -1.8 2.0 67.0 1.35 -2.2
South Korea 4.0 Q4 4.5 2.9 3.6 Jan 2.3 4.1 Jan§ 4.1 -2.9 2.7 81.0 1,194 -7.0
Taiwan 4.9 Q4 11.1 3.2 2.8 Jan 2.4 3.7 Dec 14.6 -0.7 0.8 33.0 27.9 nil
Thailand 1.9 Q4 7.5 2.9 3.2 Jan 1.9 1.5 Dec§ 1.8 -4.7 2.1 44.0 32.3 -6.9
Argentina 11.9 Q3 17.3 3.0 50.7 Jan 51.8 8.2 Q3§ 0.5 -4.4 na na 107 -16.6
Brazil 4.0 Q3 -0.4 0.3 10.4 Jan 7.6 11.6 Nov§‡‡ -2.0 -7.7 11.5 328 5.03 7.8
Chile 17.2 Q3 21.0 3.0 7.7 Jan 6.9 7.2 Dec§‡‡ -2.4 -3.5 5.9 298 790 -10.6
Colombia 10.7 Q4 18.2 4.2 6.9 Jan 4.7 11.0 Dec§ -4.9 -6.8 9.3 409 3,917 -8.3
Mexico 1.0 Q4 -0.4 1.9 7.1 Jan 5.1 4.0 Dec -0.9 -3.3 7.9 218 20.2 1.6
Peru 3.2 Q4 -12.9 2.3 5.7 Jan 5.5 11.0 Jan§ -2.4 -3.0 6.0 179 3.73 -2.1
Egypt 9.8 Q3 na 5.4 7.2 Jan 6.3 7.4 Q4§ -3.9 -6.9 na na 15.7 -0.3
Israel 10.7 Q4 16.6 4.4 3.1 Jan 2.7 3.9 Jan 5.1 -2.7 1.9 78.0 3.23 1.2
Saudi Arabia 3.3 2021 na 5.0 1.2 Jan 1.8 6.6 Q3 6.3 2.0 na na 3.75 nil
South Africa 2.9 Q3 -5.8 2.1 5.7 Jan 4.8 34.9 Q3§ -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
% change on: % change on:
Index one Dec 31st index one Dec 31st
In local currency Feb 23rd week 2021 Feb 23rd week 2021
United StatesS&P 500 4,225.5 -5.6 -11.3
United StatesNAScomp 13,037.5 -7.7 -16.7
ChinaShanghai Comp 3,489.2 0.7 -4.1
ChinaShenzhen Comp 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&P TSX 20,744.2 -3.0 -2.3
Euro areaEURO STOXX 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
Tu r ke yBIST 2,016.0 -1.2 8.5
AustraliaAll Ord. 7,473.9 -1.3 -3.9
Hong KongHang Seng 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 1.2PakistanKSE 45,132.9 -1.2 1.2
SingaporeSTI 3,393.0 -1.3 8.6
South KoreaKOSPI 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
Saudi ArabiaTadawul 12,527.6 0.3 10.6
South AfricaJSE AS 74,987.1 -2.0 1.7
World, dev'dMSCI 2,909.3 -4.9 -10.0
Emerging marketsMSCI 1,206.9 -3.0 -2.0US corporate bonds,spread over Treasuries
Dec 31st
Basis points latest 2021
Investment grade 146 120
High-yield 388 332
Sources: Refinitiv Datastream; Standard & Poor's Global Fixed Income
Research. *Total return index.Commodities
The Economist commodity-price index % change on
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
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