The Economist - UK (2022-04-30)

TheEconomistApril30th 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 Apr 27th on year ago

UnitedStates 5.5 Q4 6.9 3.0 8.5 Mar 7.2 3.6 Mar -3.9 -6.6 2.8 119 -

China 4.8 Q1 5.3 5.0 1.5 Mar 2.2 5.8 Mar‡§ 2.3 -6.2 2.6 §§ -39.0 6.56 -1.1

Japan 0.4 Q4 4.6 2.8 1.2 Mar 1.7 2.6 Mar 1.1 -5.9 nil -8.0 128 -15.5

Britain 6.6 Q4 5.2 3.9 7.0 Mar 6.4 3.8 Jan†† -3.3 -5.5 1.9 105 0.80 -10.0

Canada 3.3 Q4 6.7 3.8 6.7 Mar 5.1 5.3 Mar 1.3 -3.6 2.8 124 1.29 -3.9

Euroarea 4.7 Q4 1.2 3.2 7.4 Mar 5.2 6.8 Feb 2.4 -4.1 0.8 106 0.95 -12.6

Austria 5.5 Q4 -2.0 3.2 6.8 Mar 4.0 4.8 Feb 1.0 -3.8 1.3 132 0.95 -12.6

Belgium 5.7 Q4 1.7 3.9 8.3 Mar 4.6 5.6 Feb 1.3 -4.7 1.4 135 0.95 -12.6

France 5.4 Q4 2.9 3.2 4.5 Mar 4.1 7.4 Feb -1.3 -5.5 1.3 132 0.95 -12.6

Germany 1.8 Q4 -1.4 2.5 7.3 Mar 5.3 3.1 Feb 5.5 -2.4 0.8 106 0.95 -12.6

Greece 7.4 Q4 1.7 3.5 8.8 Mar 5.8 11.9 Feb -5.2 -5.1 3.0 210 0.95 -1

Italy 6.2 Q4 2.5 3.0 6.5 Mar 6.3 8.5 Feb 2.3 -5.7 2.6 175 0.95 -1

Netherlands 6.5 Q4 4.1 2.5 9.7 Mar 9.6 3.3 Mar 5.9 -3.0 -0.2 36.0 0.95 -1

Spain 5.5 Q4 9.2 5.4 9.8 Mar 4.5 12.6 Feb 1.4 -5.7 1.8 147 0.95 -1

CzechRepublic 3.7 Q4 3.2 2.7 12.7 Mar 9.5 2.5 Feb‡ -1.6 -4.8 4.3 255 23.3 -

Denmark 6.8 Q4 12.5 2.7 5.4 Mar 2.0 2.5 Feb 8.6 nil 1.1 108 7.08 -1

Norway 5.4 Q4 0.3 3.3 4.5 Mar 3.6 3.2 Jan‡‡ 9.2 2.6 1.4 76.0 9.37 -11.5

Poland 8.0 Q4 6.6 4.2 11.0 Mar 9.0 5.4 Mar§ -1.4 -4.4 6.2 461 4.47 -15.4

Russia 5.0 Q4 na -10.0 16.7 Mar 16.0 4.1 Mar§ 6.7 -6.5 10.2 297 74.0 1.2

Sweden 5.2 Q4 4.6 3.3 6.0 Mar 3.0 8.2 Mar§ 4.3 0.1 1.5 114 9.87 -15.1

Switzerland 3.7 Q4 1.1 2.9 2.4 Mar 1.2 2.2 Mar 5.6 0.5 0.8 104 0.97 2

Turkey 9.1 Q4 6.2 3.0 61.1 Mar 50.5 11.4 Feb§ -2.8 -3.9 20.1 232 14.8 6

Australia 4.2 Q4 14.4 3.2 5.1 Q1 4.3 4.0 Mar 2.0 -3.0 3.1 142 1.41 5

HongKong 4.8 Q4 0.8 0.8 1.8 Mar 4.5 5.0 Mar‡‡ -1.6 -6.9 2.7 146 7.85 1

India 5.4 Q4 26.6 7.2 7.0 Mar 6.0 7.6 Mar -1.4 -6.4 7.1 102 76.5 4

Indonesia 5.0 Q4 na 5.2 2.6 Mar 4.2 6.5 Q3§ 0.3 -4.8 6.9 48.0 14,422 4

Malaysia 3.6 Q4 na 4.0 2.2 Mar 2.9 4.1 Feb§ 3.2 -6.2 4.3 116 4.36 -6.0

Pakistan 6.0 2021** na 3.0 12.7 Mar 9.5 6.3 2021 -5.8 -6.6 12.1 ††† 233 185 -16.7

Philippines 7.8 Q4 13.0 6.0 4.0 Mar 4.6 6.4 Q1§ -3.0 -7.7 6.1 211 52.1 -7.1

Singapore 3.4 Q1 1.4 3.6 5.4 Mar 4.5 2.2 Q1 17.5 -0.9 2.5 91.0 1.38 -3.6

SouthKorea 3.1 Q1 3.0 2.7 4.1 Mar 3.2 3.0 Mar§ 2.2 -3.0 3.2 109 1,266 -12.3

Taiwan 4.9 Q4 7.6 4.5 3.3 Mar 3.8 3.7 Mar 13.1 -1.2 1.1 63.0 29.4 -5.1

Thailand 1.9 Q4 7.5 2.9 5.7 Mar 5.0 1.5 Dec§ 0.1 -4.8 2.7 105 34.3 -8.5

Argentina 8.6 Q4 6.3 3.2 55.1 Mar 54.5 7.0 Q4§ 1.2 -4.3 na na 115 -18.8

Brazil 1.6 Q4 2.2 0.8 11.3 Mar 10.2 11.2 Feb§‡‡ -0.5 -7.1 12.3 319 5.03 8.2

Chile 12.0 Q4 7.5 3.2 9.4 Mar 7.9 7.5 Feb§‡‡ -2.7 -4.5 6.8 315 851 -17.7

Colombia 10.7 Q4 18.2 4.2 8.5 Mar 7.9 12.9 Feb§ -4.0 -5.3 10.1 382 3,965 -6.5

Mexico 1.1 Q4 0.1 1.9 7.5 Mar 7.4 3.8 Feb -0.9 -3.5 9.0 252 20.5 -2.4

Peru 3.2 Q4 -12.9 3.1 6.8 Mar 6.5 7.9 Mar§ -3.1 -2.6 8.0 258 3.83 0.3

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 11.1 Q4 17.8 4.1 3.5 Mar 3.8 3.9 Feb 3.4 -2.7 2.6 160 3.32 -2.4

SaudiArabia 3.2 2021 na 6.7 2.0 Mar 2.1 6.9 Q4 17.8 12.1 na na 3.75 nil

SouthAfrica 1.7 Q4 4.7 2.1 6.1 Mar 5.8 35.3 Q4§ -1.1 -6.1 9.9 74.0 16.0 -10.0

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 Apr27th week 2021 Apr27th week 2021

UnitedStatesS&P 500 4,184.0 -6.2 -12.2

UnitedStatesNAScomp 12,488.9 -7.2 -20.2

ChinaShanghaiComp 2,958.3 -6.1 -18.7

ChinaShenzhenComp 1,821.4 -8.3 -28.0

JapanNikkei 225 26,386.6 -3.1 -8.4

JapanTopix 1,860.8 -2.8 -6.6

BritainFTSE 100 7,425.6 -2.7 0.6

CanadaS&PTSX 20,744.2 -5.7 -2.3

EuroareaEUROSTOXX 50 3,734.6 -4.2 -13.1

FranceCAC 40 6,445.3 -2.7 -9.9

GermanyDAX* 13,793.9 -4.0 -13.2

ItalyFTSE/MIB 23,830.1 -4.2 -12.9

NetherlandsAEX 696.4 -4.0 -12.7

SpainIBEX 35 8,477.7 -3.3 -2.7

PolandWIG 58,139.1 -7.4 -16.1

RussiaRTS,$ terms 1,049.0 9.2 -34.3

SwitzerlandSMI 12,051.5 -2.1 -6.4

Tu r ke yBIST 2,451.4 -2.9 32.0

AustraliaAllOrd. 7,547.0 -4.1 -3.0

HongKongHangSeng 19,946.4 -4.8 -14.8

IndiaBSE 56,819.4 -0.4 -2.5

IndonesiaIDX 7,196.8 -0.4 9.3

MalaysiaKLSE 1,586.0 -0.5 1.2

PakistanKSE 45,533.3 -0.9 2.1

SingaporeSTI 3,320.7 -0.4 6.3

SouthKoreaKOSPI 2,639.1 -2.9 -11.4

TaiwanTWI 16,303.4 -4.9 -10.5

ThailandSET 1,661.9 -1.1 0.3

ArgentinaMERV 90,033.3 -2.7 7.8

BrazilBVSP 109,349.4 -4.4 4.3

MexicoIPC 52,351.2 -2.7 -1.7

EgyptEGX 30 10,718.2 2.6 -10.0

IsraelTA-125 2,087.0 -3.0 0.7

SaudiArabiaTadawul 13,643.9 -0.2 20.4

SouthAfricaJSEAS 70,264.1 -4.8 -4.7

World,dev'dMSCI 2,807.5 -6.2 -13.1

EmergingmarketsMSCI 1,043.7 -4.7 -15.3

UScorporatebonds,spreadoverTreasuries

Dec31st

Basispoints latest 2021

Investmentgrade 156 120

High-yield 398 332

Sources:RefinitivDatastream;Standard& Poor'sGlobalFixedIncome

Research.*Totalreturnindex.

Commodities

The Economist commodity-price index %changeon

2015=100 Apr 19th Apr 26th* month year

Dollar Index

All Items 193.4 186.5 -2.7 0.8

Food 167.4 164.1 2.5 17.3

Industrials

All 217.7 207.5 -6.2 -8.6

Non-food agriculturals 185.4 185.3 1.3 6.5

Metals 227.3 214.1 -8.0 -11.9

Sterling Index

All items 227.2 225.6 1.3 11.2

Euro Index

All items 198.8 194.2 1.4 14.4

Gold

$ per oz 1,953.2 1,905.3 -0.3 7.1

Brent

$ per barrel 107.3 105.1 -4.9 57.9

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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