The Economist - UK (2022-03-26)

TheEconomistMarch26th 2022

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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 23rd on year ago

UnitedStates 5.6 Q4 7.0 3.4 7.9 Feb 5.2 3.8 Feb -3.3 -7.4 2.3 58.0 -

China 4.0 Q4 6.6 5.2 0.9 Feb 2.4 5.5 Feb‡§ 1.8 -5.0 2.6 §§ -51.0 6.36 2.2

Japan 0.4 Q4 4.6 2.9 0.9 Feb 1.2 2.8 Jan 2.4 -5.3 nil -8.0 119 -8.6

Britain 6.5 Q4 3.9 4.1 6.2 Feb 5.4 3.9 Dec†† -3.3 -5.4 1.5 59.0 0.76 -5.3

Canada 3.3 Q4 6.7 3.8 5.7 Feb 4.5 5.5 Feb 0.3 -4.8 2.3 74.0 1.26 -0.8

Euroarea 4.6 Q4 1.0 3.9 5.9 Feb 3.7 6.8 Jan 3.0 -4.1 0.5 76.0 0.91 -7.7

Austria 5.5 Q4 -2.0 3.2 5.9 Feb 4.0 4.9 Jan 1.0 -3.8 0.9 93.0 0.91 -7.7

Belgium 5.6 Q4 2.1 3.9 8.0 Feb 4.6 5.6 Jan 1.3 -4.7 0.9 92.0 0.91 -7.7

France 5.4 Q4 2.9 3.4 3.6 Feb 3.7 7.0 Jan -1.3 -5.8 0.8 86.0 0.91 -7.7

Germany 1.8 Q4 -1.4 3.2 5.1 Feb 4.2 3.1 Jan 6.5 -2.6 0.5 76.0 0.91 -7.7

Greece 7.4 Q4 1.7 3.7 7.2 Feb 4.7 13.3 Jan -4.6 -4.7 2.7 177 0.91 -

Italy 6.2 Q4 2.3 4.4 5.7 Feb 3.5 8.8 Jan 3.5 -5.5 2.0 131 0.91 -

Netherlands 6.2 Q4 3.8 3.1 6.2 Feb 6.4 3.4 Feb 5.9 -4.9 -0.2 36.0 0.91 -

Spain 5.2 Q4 8.3 5.5 7.6 Feb 4.5 12.7 Jan 1.4 -5.5 1.3 94.0 0.91 -

CzechRepublic 3.7 Q4 3.8 2.7 11.1 Feb 9.3 2.3 Jan‡ -2.8 -4.6 3.6 162 22.4 -

Denmark 4.3 Q4 4.5 2.7 4.8 Feb 2.0 2.7 Jan 8.6 nil 0.7 71.0 6.73 -

Norway 5.4 Q4 0.3 3.3 3.7 Feb 3.6 3.3 Dec‡‡ 9.2 2.6 1.4 76.0 8.72 -2.1

Poland 7.6 Q4 7.0 4.2 8.5 Feb 7.9 5.5 Feb§ -1.1 -4.0 4.9 343 4.25 -8.7

Russia 4.3 Q3 na -10.1 9.2 Feb 15.0 4.4 Jan§ 8.5 -6.7 12.5 551 108 -31.1

Sweden 5.2 Q4 4.6 3.3 4.3 Feb 3.0 7.9 Feb§ 4.3 0.1 0.9 48.0 9.44 -9.5

Switzerland 3.7 Q4 1.1 3.0 2.2 Feb 1.1 2.2 Feb 5.1 0.5 0.5 76.0 0.93 il

Turkey 9.1 Q4 6.2 3.3 54.4 Feb 43.7 12.1 Jan§ -2.6 -3.9 25.0 1,144 14.8 4

Australia 4.2 Q4 14.4 3.3 3.5 Q4 3.8 4.0 Feb 1.3 -3.2 2.6 82.0 1.35 4

HongKong 4.8 Q4 0.8 0.9 1.7 Feb 2.8 4.5 Feb‡‡ 1.9 -6.6 2.0 57.0 7.82 8

India 5.4 Q4 26.6 7.2 6.1 Feb 4.9 8.1 Feb -1.1 -6.4 6.8 59.0 76.1 7

Indonesia 5.0 Q4 na 5.1 2.1 Feb 3.6 6.5 Q3§ 0.2 -4.9 6.7 -2.0 14,340 5

Malaysia 3.6 Q4 na 4.0 2.3 Jan 2.9 4.2 Jan§ 2.9 -6.1 3.7 25.0 4.21 -2.4

Pakistan 6.0 2021** na 3.0 12.2 Feb 8.0 6.9 2019 -5.1 -6.3 11.7 ††† 133 181 -13.9

Philippines 7.7 Q4 13.0 6.0 3.0 Feb 4.1 6.4 Q1§ -1.7 -7.4 5.5 91.0 52.4 -7.1

Singapore 6.1 Q4 9.5 3.8 4.0 Jan 2.9 2.4 Q4 17.5 -0.9 2.2 60.0 1.36 -1.5

SouthKorea 4.1 Q4 5.0 2.9 3.7 Feb 3.2 3.4 Feb§ 3.5 -2.9 2.7 64.0 1,216 -7.0

Taiwan 4.9 Q4 7.6 4.5 2.4 Feb 2.4 3.7 Jan 14.7 -1.2 0.9 42.0 28.5 -0.1

Thailand 1.9 Q4 7.5 3.2 5.3 Feb 2.8 1.5 Dec§ 0.5 -4.6 2.3 47.0 33.5 -8.1

Argentina 11.9 Q3 17.3 3.2 52.3 Feb 53.8 8.2 Q3§ 1.5 -4.3 na na 110 -16.9

Brazil 1.6 Q4 2.2 0.3 10.5 Feb 7.6 11.2 Jan§‡‡ -2.0 -7.7 11.9 321 4.95 10.5

Chile 12.0 Q4 7.5 3.0 7.8 Feb 8.9 7.3 Jan§‡‡ -2.7 -4.1 6.2 299 796 -10.0

Colombia 10.7 Q4 18.2 4.2 8.0 Feb 6.2 14.6 Jan§ -4.4 -6.0 9.7 360 3,816 -6.8

Mexico 1.1 Q4 0.1 1.9 7.3 Feb 5.1 3.6 Jan -0.9 -3.3 8.4 209 20.3 1.0

Peru 3.2 Q4 -12.9 2.3 6.1 Feb 6.1 9.4 Feb§ -2.6 -2.8 6.6 188 3.79 -2.1

Egypt 9.8 Q3 na 5.3 8.8 Feb 7.0 7.4 Q4§ -4.1 -6.9 na na 18.2 -13.9

Israel 11.0 Q4 17.6 4.3 3.5 Feb 2.9 3.9 Jan 3.7 -2.3 2.1 105 3.22 2.5

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 Feb 4.8 34.9 Q3§ -0.9 -6.0 9.7 22.0 14.9 -1.1

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 Mar23rd week 2021 Mar23rd week 2021

UnitedStatesS&P 500 4,456.2 2.3 -6.5

UnitedStatesNAScomp 13,922.6 3.6 -11.0

ChinaShanghaiComp 3,271.0 3.2 -10.1

ChinaShenzhenComp 2,163.2 3.7 -14.5

JapanNikkei 225 28,040.2 8.8 -2.6

JapanTopix 1,978.7 6.8 -0.7

BritainFTSE 100 7,460.6 2.3 1.0

CanadaS&PTSX 21,932.2 2.2 3.3

EuroareaEUROSTOXX 50 3,869.2 -0.5 -10.0

FranceCAC 40 6,581.4 -0.1 -8.0

GermanyDAX* 14,283.7 -1.1 -10.1

ItalyFTSE/MIB 24,298.7 0.1 -11.1

NetherlandsAEX 721.8 2.6 -9.5

SpainIBEX 35 8,328.4 -0.6 -4.4

PolandWIG 64,374.3 3.0 -7.1

RussiaRTS,$ terms 936.9 nil -41.3

SwitzerlandSMI 12,099.5 1.7 -6.0

Tu r ke yBIST 2,183.1 4.5 17.5

AustraliaAllOrd. 7,665.0 3.1 -1.5

HongKongHangSeng 22,154.1 10.3 -5.3

IndiaBSE 57,684.8 1.5 -1.0

IndonesiaIDX 6,996.1 0.1 6.3

MalaysiaKLSE 1,597.9 1.7 1.9

PakistanKSE 43,203.8 -1.8 -3.1

SingaporeSTI 3,364.3 2.2 7.7

SouthKoreaKOSPI 2,735.1 2.9 -8.1

TaiwanTWI 17,731.4 4.7 -2.7

ThailandSET 1,678.0 0.6 1.2

ArgentinaMERV 90,106.6 3.0 7.9

BrazilBVSP 117,457.3 5.7 12.1

MexicoIPC 55,154.7 3.3 3.5

EgyptEGX 30 11,743.9 9.7 -1.4

IsraelTA-125 2,104.4 3.5 1.5

SaudiArabiaTadawul 12,944.2 2.3 14.2

SouthAfricaJSEAS 74,838.1 1.8 1.5

World,dev'dMSCI 3,012.8 2.6 -6.8

EmergingmarketsMSCI 1,140.7 5.5 -7.4

UScorporatebonds,spreadoverTreasuries

Dec31st

Basispoints latest 2021

Investmentgrade 146 120

High-yield 381 332

Sources:RefinitivDatastream;Standard& Poor'sGlobalFixedIncome

Research.*Totalreturnindex.

Commodities

The Economist commodity-price index %changeon

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

Dollar Index

All Items 191.0 190.1 4.9 16.6

Food 167.0 164.7 5.9 30.7

Industrials

All 213.4 213.8 4.3 8.2

Non-food agriculturals 191.4 180.7 -0.2 19.9

Metals 219.9 223.6 5.4 5.8

Sterling Index

All items 223.1 218.8 7.6 12.5

Euro Index

All items 193.0 191.2 7.9 25.6

Gold

$ per oz 1,925.1 1,919.0 1.0 11.1

Brent

$ per barrel 99.3 115.4 19.1 90.2

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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