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% change on year ago Budget Interest(^) Industrial Current-account balance balance rates, %
Gross domestic product production Consumer prices Unemployment latest 12 % of GDP % of GDP 10-year gov't Currency units, per $
latest qtr* 2017† latest latest 2017† rate, % months, $bn 2017 † 2017 † bonds, latest Jan 17th year ago
United States +2.3 Q3 +3.2 +2.3 +3.6 Dec +2.1 Dec +2.1 4.1 Dec -452.5 Q3 -2.4 -3.5 2.55 - -
China +6.8 Q3 +7.0 +6.8 +6.1 Nov +1.8 Dec +1.6 4.0 Q3§ +121.6 Q3 +1.2 -4.3 3.90§§ 6.43 6.87
Japan +2.1 Q3 +2.5 +1.7 +3.7 Nov +0.5 Nov +0.5 2.7 Nov +198.0 Nov +4.0 -4.5 0.06 111 113
Britain +1.7 Q3 +1.6 +1.6 +2.5 Nov +3.0 Dec +2.7 4.3 Sep†† -118.1 Q3 -4.5 -2.9 1.38 0.72 0.81
Canada +3.0 Q3 +1.7 +3.1 +4.6 Oct +2.1 Nov +1.5 5.7 Dec -45.8 Q3 -3.0 -1.8 2.20 1.25 1.31
Euro area +2.8 Q3 +2.9 +2.3 +3.2 Nov +1.4 Dec +1.5 8.7 Nov +435.2 Oct +3.2 -1.3 0.57 0.82 0.94
Austria +3.2 Q3 +1.4 +2.8 +4.4 Oct +2.2 Dec +2.1 5.4 Nov +8.5 Q3 +2.1 -1.0 0.68 0.82 0.94
Belgium +1.7 Q3 +1.0 +1.7 +6.7 Oct +2.1 Dec +2.2 6.7 Nov -3.9 Sep -0.3 -2.1 0.74 0.82 0.94
France +2.3 Q3 +2.3 +1.8 +2.5 Nov +1.2 Dec +1.2 9.2 Nov -28.7 Nov -1.4 -2.9 0.86 0.82 0.94
Germany +2.8 Q3 +3.3 +2.5 +5.7 Nov +1.7 Dec +1.7 3.6 Nov‡ +282.8 Nov +7.9 +0.6 0.57 0.82 0.94
Greece +1.3 Q3 +1.2 +1.3 +0.9 Nov +0.7 Dec +1.1 20.5 Sep -1.2 Oct -0.5 -0.7 3.76 0.82 0.94
Italy +1.7 Q3 +1.4 +1.5 +2.2 Nov +0.9 Dec +1.3 11.0 Nov +54.6 Oct +2.7 -2.3 2.00 0.82 0.94
Netherlands +3.0 Q3 +1.6 +3.2 +4.4 Nov +1.3 Dec +1.3 5.4 Nov +80.7 Q3 +9.6 +0.7 0.59 0.82 0.94
Spain +3.1 Q3 +3.1 +3.1 +4.7 Nov +1.1 Dec +2.1 16.7 Nov +23.0 Oct +1.7 -3.0 1.53 0.82 0.94
Czech Republic +4.7 Q3 +1.9 +4.5 +8.5 Nov +2.4 Dec +2.5 2.5 Nov‡ +0.9 Q3 +0.7 +0.7 1.77 20.8 25.3
Denmark +1.4 Q3 -1.9 +2.2 -1.1 Nov +1.0 Dec +1.1 4.3 Nov +26.2 Nov +8.4 -0.6 0.58 6.08 6.95
Norway +3.2 Q3 +3.0 +2.1 -4.1 Nov +1.6 Dec +1.9 4.0 Oct‡‡ +21.1 Q3 +4.9 +5.2 1.71 7.85 8.47
Poland +5.1 Q3 +4.9 +4.6 +9.0 Nov +2.1 Dec +2.0 6.5 Nov§ +1.5 Nov +0.1 -3.3 3.29 3.41 4.09
Russia +1.8 Q3 na +1.8 -3.8 Nov +2.5 Dec +3.7 5.1 Nov§ +40.2 Q4 +2.5 -2.1 8.13 56.8 59.4
Sweden +2.9 Q3 +3.1 +2.7 +6.5 Nov +1.7 Dec +1.9 5.8 Nov§ +21.1 Q3 +4.5 +1.0 0.83 8.02 8.92
Switzerland +1.2 Q3 +2.5 +0.9 +8.7 Q3 +0.8 Dec +0.5 3.0 Dec +66.4 Q3 +9.6 +0.8 -0.01 0.96 1.00
Turkey +11.1 Q3 na +6.3 +6.9 Nov +11.9 Dec +11.0 10.3 Oct§ -43.8 Nov -5.0 -1.9 12.12 3.80 3.78
Australia +2.8 Q3 +2.4 +2.3 +3.5 Q3 +1.8 Q3 +2.0 5.5 Dec -22.2 Q3 -1.7 -1.5 2.79 1.25 1.33
Hong Kong +3.6 Q3 +2.0 +3.7 +0.3 Q3 +1.5 Nov +1.5 3.0 Nov‡‡ +14.8 Q3 +6.1 +3.2 2.00 7.82 7.76
India +6.3 Q3 +8.7 +6.6 +8.4 Nov +5.2 Dec +3.5 4.9 Dec -33.6 Q3 -1.5 -3.1 7.42 63.9 68.0
Indonesia +5.1 Q3 na +5.1 +5.0 Nov +3.6 Dec +3.8 5.5 Q3§ -13.3 Q3 -1.6 -2.8 6.06 13,359 13,352
Malaysia +6.2 Q3 na +5.8 +5.0 Nov +3.4 Nov +3.9 3.3 Nov§ +9.2 Q3 +2.5 -3.0 3.87 3.95 4.46
Pakistan +5.7 2017* na +5.7 +8.7 Oct +4.6 Dec +4.1 5.9 2015 -14.5 Q3 -4.9 -5.9 7.93††† 111 105
Philippines +6.9 Q3 +5.3 +6.6 -8.1 Nov +3.3 Dec +3.2 5.0 Q4§ -0.5 Sep -0.3 -2.1 5.82 50.7 49.8
Singapore +3.1 Q4 +2.8 +3.1 +5.3 Nov +0.6 Nov +0.6 2.2 Q3 +57.4 Q3 +18.3 -1.0 2.09 1.32 1.42
South Korea +3.8 Q3 +6.3 +3.1 -1.6 Nov +1.5 Dec +2.0 3.3 Dec§ +81.3 Nov +5.5 +0.9 2.64 1,069 1,174
Taiwan +3.1 Q3 +6.8 +2.4 +0.9 Nov +1.2 Dec +0.6 3.7 Nov +74.1 Q3 +13.2 -0.1 1.10 29.6 31.6
Thailand +4.3 Q3 +4.0 +3.6 +4.2 Nov +0.8 Dec +0.7 1.1 Nov§ +47.4 Q3 +11.7 -2.4 2.30 31.9 35.3
Argentina +4.2 Q3 +3.6 +2.9 +0.8 Nov +25.0 Dec +25.2 8.3 Q3§ -26.6 Q3 -4.1 -6.1 3.31 18.9 15.9
Brazil +1.4 Q3 +0.6 +0.9 +4.7 Nov +2.9 Dec +3.4 12.0 Nov§ -11.3 Nov -0.7 -8.0 8.66 3.23 3.21
Chile +2.2 Q3 +6.0 +1.4 +2.3 Nov +2.3 Dec +2.2 6.5 Nov§‡‡ -4.6 Q3 -1.3 -2.7 4.56 606 657
Colombia +2.0 Q3 +3.2 +1.6 -0.3 Oct +4.1 Dec +4.3 8.4 Nov§ -11.1 Q3 -3.6 -3.3 6.43 2,844 2,926
Mexico +1.5 Q3 -1.2 +2.0 -1.5 Nov +6.8 Dec +6.0 3.5 Nov -16.1 Q3 -1.7 -1.9 7.54 18.7 21.6
Peru +2.5 Q3 +5.5 +2.7 -2.5 Sep +1.4 Dec +2.8 6.5 Nov§ -1.8 Q3 -1.8 -3.0 na 3.21 3.35
Egypt na na +4.2 +27.1 Nov +21.9 Dec +26.8 11.9 Q3§ -12.2 Q3 -6.4 -10.8 na 17.7 18.7
Israel +1.9 Q3 +3.5 +3.6 +2.5 Oct +0.4 Dec +0.3 4.3 Nov +10.5 Q3 +2.7 -1.8 1.62 3.44 3.81
Saudi Arabia -0.7 2017 na -0.7 na +0.1 Nov -0.3 5.8 Q3 +12.4 Q3 +3.3 -6.6 na 3.75 3.75
South Africa +0.8 Q3 +2.0 +0.8 +2.1 Nov +4.6 Nov +5.4 27.7 Q3§ -7.3 Q3 -2.5 -3.9 8.48 12.3 13.5
Source: Haver Analytics. % change on previous quarter, annual rate. †The Economist poll or 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.
76 The EconomistJanuary 20th 2018
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