The Economist - USA (2022-05-14)

TheEconomistMay14th 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 May 11th on year ago

UnitedStates 3.6 Q1 -1.4 3.0 8.3 Apr 7.2 3.6 Apr -3.9 -6.6 2.9 127 -

China 4.8 Q1 5.3 5.0 2.1 Apr 2.2 5.8 Mar‡§ 2.3 -6.2 2.6 §§ -30.0 6.73 -4.5

Japan 0.4 Q4 4.6 2.8 1.2 Mar 1.7 2.6 Mar 1.1 -5.9 nil -8.0 130 -16.7

Britain 6.6 Q4 5.2 3.9 7.0 Mar 6.7 3.8 Jan†† -1.9 -5.3 1.9 111 0.81 -12.3

Canada 3.3 Q4 6.7 3.8 6.7 Mar 5.7 5.2 Apr 1.2 -3.6 3.0 146 1.29 -6.2

Euroarea 5.0 Q1 0.8 3.2 7.5 Apr 5.2 6.8 Mar 2.4 -4.1 1.0 112 0.95 -13.7

Austria 5.5 Q4 -2.0 2.6 7.2 Apr 6.5 4.2 Mar -1.3 -4.4 1.5 138 0.95 -13.7

Belgium 4.6 Q1 1.2 2.8 8.3 Apr 8.6 5.6 Mar -0.8 -4.9 1.6 142 0.95 -13.7

France 5.3 Q1 -0.2 3.2 4.8 Apr 4.1 7.4 Mar -1.3 -5.5 1.6 146 0.95 -13.7

Germany 3.7 Q1 0.8 1.6 7.4 Apr 6.8 2.9 Mar 5.9 -2.9 1.0 112 0.95 -1

Greece 7.4 Q4 1.7 3.5 10.2 Apr 5.8 12.9 Mar -5.2 -5.1 3.5 243 0.95 -1

Italy 5.8 Q1 -0.7 3.0 6.2 Apr 6.3 8.3 Mar 2.3 -5.7 2.9 195 0.95 -1

Netherlands 6.5 Q4 4.1 2.5 9.6 Apr 9.6 3.3 Mar 5.9 -3.0 1.2 125 0.95 -1

Spain 5.5 Q4 1.3 5.4 8.4 Apr 4.5 13.5 Mar 1.4 -5.7 2.1 168 0.95 -1

CzechRepublic 3.7 Q4 2.8 2.7 14.2 Apr 9.5 2.4 Mar‡ -1.6 -4.8 5.2 341 24.0 -1

Denmark 6.8 Q4 12.5 2.1 6.7 Apr 6.9 2.5 Mar 8.2 1.0 1.4 123 7.05 -1

Norway 5.4 Q4 0.3 3.3 5.4 Apr 3.6 3.1 Feb‡‡ 9.2 2.6 1.4 76.0 9.69 -14.7

Poland 8.0 Q4 6.6 4.2 12.3 Apr 9.0 5.3 Apr§ -1.4 -4.4 7.0 512 4.42 -15.4

Russia 5.0 Q4 na -10.0 16.7 Mar 18.0 4.1 Mar§ 5.6 -4.5 10.4 319 66.9 10.9

Sweden 3.5 Q1 -1.6 2.8 6.0 Mar 4.1 8.2 Mar§ 3.4 -0.4 1.9 148 10.0 9

Switzerland 3.7 Q4 1.1 2.6 2.5 Apr 2.1 2.2 Apr 6.1 0.5 0.9 106 0.99 1

Turkey 9.1 Q4 6.2 3.0 70.0 Apr 50.5 11.4 Mar§ -3.8 -3.7 23.5 610 15.3 8

Australia 4.2 Q4 14.4 3.2 5.1 Q1 4.3 4.0 Mar 2.0 -3.0 3.5 189 1.43 5

HongKong 4.8 Q4 0.8 0.9 1.8 Mar 4.2 5.0 Mar‡‡ 0.1 -6.8 2.9 178 7.85 0

India 5.4 Q4 26.6 7.2 7.0 Mar 6.0 7.8 Apr -1.4 -6.4 7.2 121 77.2 0

Indonesia 5.0 Q1 na 5.2 3.5 Apr 4.2 5.8 Q1§ 0.3 -4.8 7.4 97.0 14,558 5

Malaysia 3.6 Q4 na 4.0 2.2 Mar 2.9 4.1 Mar§ 3.2 -6.2 4.4 126 4.38 -5.9

Pakistan 6.0 2021** na 2.7 13.4 Apr 13.0 6.3 2021 -5.3 -7.0 12.9 ††† 337 190 -19.9

Philippines 8.3 Q1 7.8 6.0 4.9 Apr 4.6 6.4 Q1§ -3.0 -7.7 6.2 218 52.3 -8.5

Singapore 3.4 Q1 1.4 3.6 5.4 Mar 4.5 2.2 Q1 17.5 -0.9 2.8 126 1.39 -4.3

SouthKorea 3.1 Q1 3.0 2.7 4.8 Apr 3.2 3.0 Apr§ 2.2 -3.0 3.3 113 1,275 -12.2

Taiwan 3.1 Q1 6.4 4.5 3.4 Apr 3.8 3.7 Mar 13.1 -1.2 1.4 96.0 29.7 -5.9

Thailand 1.9 Q4 7.5 2.9 4.6 Apr 5.0 1.5 Dec§ 0.1 -4.8 3.2 158 34.6 -10.2

Argentina 8.6 Q4 6.3 4.2 55.1 Mar 60.1 7.0 Q4§ 0.8 -4.3 na na 117 -19.8

Brazil 1.6 Q4 2.2 0.8 12.1 Apr 10.2 11.1 Mar§‡‡ -0.5 -7.1 12.7 343 5.12 2.3

Chile 12.0 Q4 7.5 3.2 10.5 Apr 7.9 7.8 Mar§‡‡ -2.7 -4.5 6.9 338 859 -18.4

Colombia 10.7 Q4 18.2 4.2 9.2 Apr 9.8 12.1 Mar§ -3.6 -4.8 11.1 370 4,083 -9.4

Mexico 1.6 Q1 3.6 1.9 7.7 Apr 7.4 3.5 Mar -0.9 -3.5 8.9 209 20.3 -2.1

Peru 3.2 Q4 -12.9 3.1 8.0 Apr 6.5 7.9 Mar§ -3.1 -2.6 8.2 328 3.77 -1.1

Egypt 9.8 Q3 na 5.1 13.1 Apr 9.7 7.4 Q4§ -6.3 -7.0 na na 18.4 -14.7

Israel 11.1 Q4 17.8 4.1 3.5 Mar 3.8 3.8 Mar 3.4 -2.7 2.6 128 3.44 -4.4

SaudiArabia 3.2 2021 na 6.7 2.0 Mar 2.3 6.9 Q4 14.9 10.1 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 10.1 110 16.1 -12.8

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. SourceSource: Haver Analytics

Markets

%changeon: %changeon:

Index one Dec31st index one Dec31st

Inlocalcurrency May11th week 2021 May11th week 2021

UnitedStatesS&P 500 3,935.2 -8.5 -17.4

UnitedStatesNAScomp 11,364.2 -12.3 -27.4

ChinaShanghaiComp 3,058.7 0.4 -16.0

ChinaShenzhenComp 1,918.5 2.1 -24.2

JapanNikkei 225 26,213.6 -2.3 -9.0

JapanTopix 1,851.2 -2.5 -7.1

BritainFTSE 100 7,347.7 -1.9 -0.5

CanadaS&PTSX 19,837.3 -6.4 -6.5

EuroareaEUROSTOXX 50 3,647.9 -2.1 -15.1

FranceCAC 40 6,269.7 -2.0 -12.3

GermanyDAX* 13,828.6 -1.0 -12.9

ItalyFTSE/MIB 23,724.2 -0.7 -13.2

NetherlandsAEX 682.7 -2.3 -14.4

SpainIBEX 35 8,312.6 -2.2 -4.6

PolandWIG 53,899.7 -4.9 -22.2

RussiaRTS,$ terms 1,123.9 0.9 -29.6

SwitzerlandSMI 11,553.7 -2.7 -10.3

Tu r ke yBIST 2,453.9 1.0 32.1

AustraliaAllOrd. 7,304.4 -3.4 -6.1

HongKongHangSeng 19,824.6 -5.0 -15.3

IndiaBSE 54,088.4 -2.8 -7.2

IndonesiaIDX 6,816.2 -5.7 3.6

MalaysiaKLSE 1,555.9 -2.8 -0.7

PakistanKSE 42,863.2 -5.3 -3.9

SingaporeSTI 3,226.1 -3.7 3.3

SouthKoreaKOSPI 2,592.3 -3.2 -12.9

TaiwanTWI 16,006.3 -3.4 -12.1

ThailandSET 1,613.3 -2.4 -2.7

ArgentinaMERV 85,762.8 -4.1 2.7

BrazilBVSP 104,396.9 -3.6 -0.4

MexicoIPC 49,278.2 -4.2 -7.5

EgyptEGX 30 10,855.9 -1.7 -8.8

IsraelTA-125 1,965.9 -2.8 -5.2

SaudiArabiaTadawul 13,379.1 -2.6 18.1

SouthAfricaJSEAS 68,416.4 -2.8 -7.2

World,dev'dMSCI 2,652.6 -7.4 -17.9

EmergingmarketsMSCI 1,011.2 -4.9 -17.9

UScorporatebonds,spreadoverTreasuries

Dec31st

Basispoints latest 2021

Investmentgrade 162 120

High-yield 451 332

Sources:RefinitivDatastream;Standard& Poor'sGlobalFixedIncome

Research.*Totalreturnindex.

Commodities

The Economist commodity-price index %changeon

2015=100 May 3rd May 10th* month year

Dollar Index

All Items 187.6 177.4 -7.9 -11.7

Food 161.5 159.7 -2.8 9.8

Industrials

All 211.9 193.9 -11.5 -23.2

Non-food agriculturals 190.5 185.5 3.1 3.6

Metals 218.3 196.4 -14.9 -28.4

Sterling Index

All items 228.9 219.9 -2.5 1.4

Euro Index

All items 197.4 186.6 -5.0 1.9

Gold

$ per oz 1,876.4 1,846.0 -6.6 0.9

Brent

$ per barrel 105.2 102.5 -2.1 49.3

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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