The Economist - UK (2022-03-19)

TheEconomistMarch19th 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 Mar 16th on year ago

UnitedStates 5.6 Q4 7.0 3.4 7.9 Feb 5.2 3.8 Feb -3.3 -7.4 2.2 57.0 -

China 4.0 Q4 6.6 5.2 0.9 Feb 2.4 5.5 Feb‡§ 1.8 -5.0 2.6 §§ -53.0 6.35 2.4

Japan 0.4 Q4 4.6 2.9 0.5 Jan 1.2 2.8 Jan 2.4 -5.3 nil -8.0 118 -8.0

Britain 6.5 Q4 3.9 4.1 5.5 Jan 5.4 3.9 Dec†† -3.3 -5.4 1.6 73.0 0.76 -5.3

Canada 3.3 Q4 6.7 3.8 5.7 Feb 4.5 5.5 Feb 0.3 -4.8 2.2 62.0 1.27 -1.6

Euroarea 4.6 Q4 1.0 3.9 5.8 Feb 3.7 6.8 Jan 3.0 -4.0 0.4 73.0 0.91 -7.7

Austria 5.5 Q4 -2.0 3.2 5.9 Feb 3.1 4.9 Jan 1.3 -3.3 0.8 90.0 0.91 -7.7

Belgium 5.6 Q4 2.1 3.9 8.0 Feb 4.6 5.6 Jan 1.3 -4.7 0.8 94.0 0.91 -7.7

France 5.4 Q4 2.9 3.9 3.6 Feb 2.2 7.0 Jan -1.3 -4.9 0.8 89.0 0.91 -7.7

Germany 1.8 Q4 -1.4 3.2 5.1 Feb 4.2 3.1 Jan 6.5 -2.6 0.4 73.0 0.91 -7.7

Greece 7.4 Q4 1.7 4.2 7.2 Feb 4.3 13.3 Jan -3.9 -4.3 2.7 180 0.91 -

Italy 6.2 Q4 2.3 4.4 5.7 Feb 3.5 8.8 Jan 3.5 -5.5 1.9 128 0.91 -

Netherlands 6.2 Q4 3.8 3.7 6.2 Feb 5.7 3.6 Jan 8.8 -4.3 -0.2 36.0 0.91 -

Spain 5.2 Q4 8.3 6.0 7.6 Feb 3.7 12.7 Jan 1.3 -5.4 1.3 101 0.91 -

CzechRepublic 3.7 Q4 3.8 2.7 11.1 Feb 9.3 2.3 Jan‡ -2.8 -4.6 3.6 171 22.4 -

Denmark 4.3 Q4 4.5 2.7 4.8 Feb 2.0 2.7 Jan 8.6 nil 0.7 69.0 6.77 -

Norway 5.4 Q4 0.3 3.3 3.7 Feb 3.6 3.3 Dec‡‡ 9.2 2.6 1.4 76.0 8.92 -4.9

Poland 7.6 Q4 7.0 4.2 8.5 Feb 7.9 5.5 Feb§ -1.1 -4.0 4.8 325 4.26 -9.4

Russia 4.3 Q3 na -10.1 9.2 Feb 15.0 4.4 Jan§ 8.5 -6.7 12.5 551 101 -28.1

Sweden 5.2 Q4 4.6 3.3 4.3 Feb 3.0 8.3 Jan§ 4.3 0.1 0.8 38.0 9.46 -9.9

Switzerland 3.7 Q4 1.1 3.0 2.2 Feb 1.1 2.2 Feb 5.1 0.5 0.4 72.0 0.94 1

Turkey 9.1 Q4 6.2 3.3 54.4 Feb 43.7 12.1 Jan§ -2.6 -3.9 24.6 1,086 14.7 8

Australia 4.2 Q4 14.4 3.3 3.5 Q4 3.8 4.0 Feb 1.3 -3.2 2.5 75.0 1.38 5

HongKong 4.8 Q4 0.8 0.9 1.2 Jan 2.8 3.9 Jan‡‡ 1.9 -6.6 2.0 62.0 7.82 6

India 5.4 Q4 26.6 7.2 6.1 Feb 4.9 8.1 Feb -1.1 -6.4 6.8 61.0 76.3 9

Indonesia 5.0 Q4 na 5.1 2.1 Feb 3.6 6.5 Q3§ 0.2 -4.9 6.8 2.0 14,312 7

Malaysia 3.6 Q4 na 4.5 2.3 Jan 2.8 4.2 Jan§ 3.2 -6.1 3.7 19.0 4.20 -2.1

Pakistan 6.0 2021** na 3.0 12.2 Feb 8.0 6.9 2019 -5.1 -6.3 11.6 ††† 119 179 -12.8

Philippines 7.7 Q4 13.0 6.0 3.0 Feb 4.1 7.4 Q4§ -1.7 -7.4 5.5 99.0 52.3 -7.0

Singapore 6.1 Q4 9.5 3.8 4.0 Jan 2.9 2.4 Q4 17.5 -0.9 2.1 57.0 1.36 -0.7

SouthKorea 4.1 Q4 5.0 2.9 3.7 Feb 3.2 3.4 Feb§ 3.5 -2.9 2.8 67.0 1,236 -8.6

Taiwan 4.9 Q4 7.6 4.5 2.4 Feb 2.4 3.7 Jan 14.7 -1.2 0.8 32.0 28.6 -1.4

Thailand 1.9 Q4 7.5 3.2 5.3 Feb 2.8 1.5 Dec§ 0.5 -4.6 2.2 46.0 33.4 -7.8

Argentina 11.9 Q3 17.3 3.0 52.3 Feb 51.8 8.2 Q3§ 0.5 -4.4 na na 109 -16.7

Brazil 1.6 Q4 2.2 0.3 10.5 Feb 7.6 11.1 Dec§‡‡ -2.0 -7.7 12.2 362 5.11 9.2

Chile 17.2 Q3 21.0 3.0 7.8 Feb 8.9 7.3 Jan§‡‡ -2.7 -4.1 6.2 307 802 -9.5

Colombia 10.7 Q4 18.2 4.2 8.0 Feb 6.2 14.6 Jan§ -4.4 -6.0 9.7 389 3,830 -7.1

Mexico 1.1 Q4 0.1 1.9 7.3 Feb 5.1 3.6 Jan -0.9 -3.3 8.6 246 20.7 -0.7

Peru 3.2 Q4 -12.9 2.3 6.1 Feb 6.1 9.4 Feb§ -2.6 -2.8 6.7 209 3.72 -0.3

Egypt 9.8 Q3 na 5.3 8.8 Feb 7.0 7.4 Q4§ -4.1 -6.9 na na 15.7 -0.2

Israel 11.0 Q4 17.6 4.3 3.5 Feb 2.9 3.9 Jan 3.7 -2.3 2.1 96.0 3.26 0.9

SaudiArabia 3.2 2021 na 5.0 1.6 Feb 1.8 6.6 Q3 6.3 2.0 na na 3.75 nil

SouthAfrica 1.7 Q4 4.7 2.1 5.7 Jan 4.8 34.9 Q3§ -0.6 -6.0 9.6 44.0 15.0 -0.9

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 Mar16th week 2021 Mar16th week 2021

UnitedStatesS&P 500 4,357.9 1.9 -8.6

UnitedStatesNAScomp 13,436.6 1.4 -14.1

ChinaShanghaiComp 3,170.7 -2.6 -12.9

ChinaShenzhenComp 2,086.2 -1.4 -17.5

JapanNikkei 225 25,762.0 4.2 -10.5

JapanTopix 1,853.3 5.4 -7.0

BritainFTSE 100 7,291.7 1.4 -1.3

CanadaS&PTSX 21,468.8 -0.1 1.2

EuroareaEUROSTOXX 50 3,889.7 3.3 -9.5

FranceCAC 40 6,588.6 3.1 -7.9

GermanyDAX* 14,440.7 4.3 -9.1

ItalyFTSE/MIB 24,284.9 1.7 -11.2

NetherlandsAEX 703.5 2.2 -11.8

SpainIBEX 35 8,380.4 2.7 -3.8

PolandWIG 62,488.8 4.3 -9.8

RussiaRTS,$ terms 936.9 nil -41.3

SwitzerlandSMI 11,901.0 3.5 -7.6

Tu r ke yBIST 2,088.8 2.3 12.4

AustraliaAllOrd. 7,435.8 1.4 -4.4

HongKongHangSeng 20,087.5 -2.6 -14.1

IndiaBSE 56,816.7 4.0 -2.5

IndonesiaIDX 6,992.4 1.9 6.2

MalaysiaKLSE 1,571.3 0.6 0.2

PakistanKSE 43,975.7 2.2 -1.4

SingaporeSTI 3,290.9 3.0 5.4

SouthKoreaKOSPI 2,659.2 1.4 -10.7

TaiwanTWI 16,940.8 -0.4 -7.0

ThailandSET 1,667.9 1.5 0.6

ArgentinaMERV 87,450.9 0.3 4.7

BrazilBVSP 111,112.4 -2.4 6.0

MexicoIPC 53,411.9 -0.9 0.3

EgyptEGX 30 10,705.6 2.8 -10.1

IsraelTA-125 2,033.7 nil -1.9

SaudiArabiaTadawul 12,656.2 -0.6 11.7

SouthAfricaJSEAS 73,484.3 1.1 -0.3

World,dev'dMSCI 2,936.3 1.9 -9.1

EmergingmarketsMSCI 1,081.0 -0.9 -12.3

UScorporatebonds,spreadoverTreasuries

Dec31st

Basispoints latest 2021

Investmentgrade 161 120

High-yield 412 332

Sources:RefinitivDatastream;Standard& Poor'sGlobalFixedIncome

Research.*Totalreturnindex.

Commodities

The Economist commodity-price index %changeon

2015=100 Mar 8th Mar 15th* month year

Dollar Index

All Items 203.1 191.1 8.1 16.5

Food 171.8 167.1 11.4 31.5

Industrials

All 232.3 213.5 5.7 7.6

Non-food agriculturals 189.5 192.0 6.3 30.3

Metals 245.0 219.9 5.6 2.9

Sterling Index

All items 236.4 223.2 11.8 23.9

Euro Index

All items 207.0 193.1 11.8 26.3

Gold

$ per oz 2,056.1 1,925.1 4.1 11.4

Brent

$ per barrel 128.2 99.3 6.3 45.0

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.

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