TheEconomistApril16th 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 Apr 12th on year ago
UnitedStates 5.5 Q4 6.9 3.0 8.5 Mar 6.6 3.6 Mar -3.4 -7.5 2.7 103 -
China 4.0 Q4 6.6 5.5 1.5 Mar 2.0 5.5 Feb‡§ 1.8 -5.4 2.5 §§ -49.0 6.37 2.8
Japan 0.4 Q4 4.6 2.8 0.9 Feb 1.7 2.7 Feb 1.1 -5.9 nil -8.0 125 -12.6
Britain 6.6 Q4 5.2 3.9 6.2 Feb 6.4 3.8 Jan†† -3.3 -5.5 1.8 97.0 0.77 -5.2
Canada 3.3 Q4 6.7 3.8 5.7 Feb 4.5 5.3 Mar 0.3 -4.8 2.6 114 1.26 nil
Euroarea 4.6 Q4 1.0 3.3 7.5 Mar 4.6 6.8 Feb 2.4 -4.3 0.8 109 0.92 -8.7
Austria 5.5 Q4 -2.0 3.2 6.8 Mar 4.0 4.8 Feb 1.0 -3.8 1.3 134 0.92 -8.7
Belgium 5.6 Q4 2.1 3.9 8.3 Mar 4.6 5.6 Feb 1.3 -4.7 1.3 134 0.92 -8.7
France 5.4 Q4 2.9 3.4 4.5 Mar 3.7 7.4 Feb -1.3 -5.8 1.3 134 0.92 -8.7
Germany 1.8 Q4 -1.4 2.5 7.3 Mar 5.3 3.1 Feb 5.5 -2.4 0.8 109 0.92 -8.7
Greece 7.4 Q4 1.7 3.5 8.8 Mar 5.8 11.9 Feb -5.2 -5.1 2.9 195 0.92 -
Italy 6.2 Q4 2.5 3.4 6.7 Mar 4.2 8.5 Feb 2.5 -5.7 2.4 168 0.92 -
Netherlands 6.5 Q4 4.1 3.1 9.7 Mar 6.4 3.4 Feb 5.9 -4.9 -0.2 36.0 0.92 -
Spain 5.5 Q4 9.2 5.4 9.8 Mar 4.5 12.6 Feb 1.4 -5.7 1.7 135 0.92 -
CzechRepublic 3.7 Q4 3.2 2.7 12.7 Mar 9.5 2.5 Feb‡ -1.6 -4.8 4.2 229 22.5 -
Denmark 6.8 Q4 12.5 2.7 5.4 Mar 2.0 2.5 Feb 8.6 nil 1.1 107 6.84 -
Norway 5.4 Q4 0.3 3.3 4.5 Mar 3.6 3.2 Jan‡‡ 9.2 2.6 1.4 76.0 8.74 -2.9
Poland 7.6 Q4 7.0 4.2 10.9 Mar 7.9 5.4 Mar§ -1.0 -4.0 6.2 463 4.27 -10.8
Russia 5.0 Q4 na -10.1 16.7 Mar 15.0 4.1 Feb§ 8.5 -6.7 10.8 338 85.2 -9.2
Sweden 5.2 Q4 4.6 3.3 4.3 Feb 3.0 7.9 Feb§ 4.3 0.1 1.5 118 9.47 -9.5
Switzerland 3.7 Q4 1.1 2.9 2.4 Mar 1.2 2.2 Mar 5.6 0.5 0.9 116 0.93 1
Turkey 9.1 Q4 6.2 3.0 61.1 Mar 50.5 11.4 Feb§ -2.8 -3.9 23.1 562 14.6 2
Australia 4.2 Q4 14.4 3.2 3.5 Q4 4.3 4.0 Feb 2.0 -3.0 3.1 141 1.34 2
HongKong 4.8 Q4 0.8 0.8 1.7 Feb 4.5 4.5 Feb‡‡ -1.6 -6.9 2.8 150 7.84 9
India 5.4 Q4 26.6 7.2 7.0 Mar 4.9 7.6 Mar -1.1 -6.4 7.2 118 76.1 4
Indonesia 5.0 Q4 na 5.1 2.6 Mar 3.6 6.5 Q3§ 0.2 -4.9 6.9 33.0 14,362 6
Malaysia 3.6 Q4 na 4.0 2.2 Feb 2.9 4.1 Feb§ 2.9 -6.1 4.1 100 4.23 -2.4
Pakistan 6.0 2021** na 3.0 12.7 Mar 8.0 6.3 2021 -5.1 -6.3 11.9 ††† 174 182 -16.1
Philippines 7.8 Q4 13.0 6.0 4.0 Mar 4.1 6.4 Q1§ -1.7 -7.4 6.0 173 52.1 -6.8
Singapore 6.1 Q4 9.5 3.8 4.3 Feb 2.9 2.4 Q4 17.5 -0.9 2.6 105 1.36 -1.5
SouthKorea 4.1 Q4 5.0 2.7 4.1 Mar 3.2 3.0 Mar§ 2.2 -3.0 3.3 130 1,236 -9.0
Taiwan 4.9 Q4 7.6 4.5 3.3 Mar 3.8 3.7 Feb 13.1 -1.2 1.1 64.0 29.2 -2.5
Thailand 1.9 Q4 7.5 3.2 5.7 Mar 2.8 1.5 Dec§ 0.5 -4.6 2.6 87.0 33.6 -6.5
Argentina 8.6 Q4 6.3 3.2 52.3 Feb 54.5 7.0 Q4§ 1.2 -4.3 na na 113 -17.9
Brazil 1.6 Q4 2.2 0.3 11.3 Mar 9.5 11.2 Feb§‡‡ -0.9 -7.7 12.1 289 4.66 21.5
Chile 12.0 Q4 7.5 3.2 9.4 Mar 7.9 7.5 Feb§‡‡ -2.7 -4.5 6.5 316 808 -12.3
Colombia 10.7 Q4 18.2 4.2 8.5 Mar 7.9 12.9 Feb§ -4.0 -5.3 9.5 333 3,737 -2.3
Mexico 1.1 Q4 0.1 1.9 7.5 Mar 7.4 3.8 Feb -0.9 -3.5 8.8 251 19.8 1.2
Peru 3.2 Q4 -12.9 3.1 6.8 Mar 6.5 9.4 Feb§ -3.1 -2.6 6.9 195 3.72 -1.9
Egypt 9.8 Q3 na 5.1 10.5 Mar 9.7 7.4 Q4§ -6.3 -7.0 na na 18.5 -15.2
Israel 11.0 Q4 17.6 4.1 3.5 Feb 3.8 3.9 Feb 3.4 -2.7 2.4 134 3.20 3.1
SaudiArabia 3.2 2021 na 6.7 1.6 Feb 2.1 6.9 Q4 17.8 12.1 na na 3.75 nil
SouthAfrica 1.7 Q4 4.7 2.1 5.7 Feb 4.8 35.3 Q4§ -0.9 -6.0 9.7 31.0 14.5 0.6
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 Apr12th week 2021 Apr12th week 2021
UnitedStatesS&P 500 4,397.5 -2.8 -7.7
UnitedStatesNAScomp 13,371.6 -5.9 -14.5
ChinaShanghaiComp 3,213.3 -2.1 -11.7
ChinaShenzhenComp 2,047.9 -3.8 -19.1
JapanNikkei 225 26,335.0 -5.2 -8.5
JapanTopix 1,863.6 -4.4 -6.5
BritainFTSE 100 7,576.7 -0.5 2.6
CanadaS&PTSX 21,715.4 -1.0 2.3
EuroareaEUROSTOXX 50 3,831.5 -2.2 -10.9
FranceCAC 40 6,537.4 -1.6 -8.6
GermanyDAX* 14,125.0 -2.1 -11.1
ItalyFTSE/MIB 24,667.3 -1.2 -9.8
NetherlandsAEX 716.4 -2.7 -10.2
SpainIBEX 35 8,578.0 -0.5 -1.6
PolandWIG 63,863.2 -1.6 -7.8
RussiaRTS,$ terms 1,004.7 nil -37.0
SwitzerlandSMI 12,378.9 nil -3.9
Tu r ke yBIST 2,463.8 5.9 32.6
AustraliaAllOrd. 7,735.5 -1.2 -0.6
HongKongHangSeng 21,319.1 -5.3 -8.9
IndiaBSE 58,576.4 -2.7 0.6
IndonesiaIDX 7,214.8 0.9 9.6
MalaysiaKLSE 1,597.1 nil 1.9
PakistanKSE 46,407.3 5.6 4.1
SingaporeSTI 3,330.3 -3.3 6.6
SouthKoreaKOSPI 2,666.8 -3.4 -10.4
TaiwanTWI 16,990.9 -3.6 -6.7
ThailandSET 1,674.3 -1.6 1.0
ArgentinaMERV 90,345.9 -1.6 8.2
BrazilBVSP 116,146.9 -2.3 10.8
MexicoIPC 53,907.3 -4.3 1.2
EgyptEGX 30 10,898.7 -4.2 -8.5
IsraelTA-125 2,108.8 -1.9 1.7
SaudiArabiaTadawul 13,646.1 3.3 20.4
SouthAfricaJSEAS 73,801.9 -2.0 0.1
World,dev'dMSCI 2,959.8 -2.9 -8.4
EmergingmarketsMSCI 1,110.4 -4.0 -9.9
UScorporatebonds,spreadoverTreasuries
Dec31st
Basispoints latest 2021
Investmentgrade 142 120
High-yield 375 332
Sources:RefinitivDatastream;Standard& Poor'sGlobalFixedIncome
Research.*Totalreturnindex.
Commodities
The Economist commodity-price index %changeon
2015=100 Apr 5th Apr 11th* month year
Dollar Index
All Items 194.7 190.5 -0.2 13.6
Food 162.9 162.4 -2.8 27.5
Industrials
All 224.4 216.8 1.6 5.5
Non-food agriculturals 179.5 179.2 -6.4 12.9
Metals 237.8 228.0 3.7 3.9
Sterling Index
All items 226.4 223.5 0.2 19.8
Euro Index
All items 197.4 194.5 0.8 24.7
Gold
$ per oz 1,930.8 1,952.8 1.4 12.1
Brent
$ per barrel 106.8 98.7 -0.6 54.6
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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