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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 31st year ago
United States +2.5 Q4 +2.6 +2.3 +3.6 Dec +2.1 Dec +2.1 4.1 Dec -452.5 Q3 -2.4 -3.5 2.70 - -
China +6.8 Q4 +6.6 +6.8 +6.2 Dec +1.8 Dec +1.6 3.9 Q4§ +121.6 Q3 +1.2 -4.3 3.85§§ 6.29 6.88
Japan +2.1 Q3 +2.5 +1.7 +4.2 Dec +1.1 Dec +0.5 2.8 Dec +198.0 Nov +4.0 -4.5 0.07 109 113
Britain +1.5 Q4 +2.0 +1.6 +2.5 Nov +3.0 Dec +2.7 4.3 Oct†† -118.1 Q3 -4.5 -2.9 1.51 0.70 0.79
Canada +3.0 Q3 +1.7 +3.1 +4.7 Nov +1.9 Dec +1.5 5.7 Dec -45.8 Q3 -3.0 -1.7 2.29 1.23 1.30
Euro area +2.7 Q4 +2.3 +2.3 +3.2 Nov +1.3 Jan +1.5 8.7 Dec +438.7 Nov +3.2 -1.2 0.70 0.80 0.93
Austria +3.2 Q3 +1.4 +2.8 +3.4 Nov +2.2 Dec +2.1 5.3 Dec +8.5 Q3 +2.1 -1.0 0.80 0.80 0.93
Belgium +1.9 Q4 +2.0 +1.7 +6.2 Nov +1.7 Jan +2.2 6.3 Dec -3.9 Sep -0.3 -1.7 0.92 0.80 0.93
France +2.4 Q4 +2.5 +1.8 +2.5 Nov +1.4 Jan +1.2 9.2 Dec -28.7 Nov -1.4 -2.9 0.97 0.80 0.93
Germany +2.8 Q3 +3.3 +2.5 +5.7 Nov +1.6 Jan +1.7 3.6 Dec‡ +282.8 Nov +7.9 +0.6 0.70 0.80 0.93
Greece +1.3 Q3 +1.2 +1.3 +0.9 Nov +0.7 Dec +1.1 20.7 Oct -1.0 Nov -0.5 -0.7 3.73 0.80 0.93
Italy +1.7 Q3 +1.4 +1.5 +2.2 Nov +0.9 Dec +1.3 10.8 Dec +56.1 Nov +2.7 -2.3 2.02 0.80 0.93
Netherlands +3.0 Q3 +1.6 +3.2 +4.4 Nov +1.3 Dec +1.3 5.4 Dec +80.7 Q3 +9.6 +0.7 0.73 0.80 0.93
Spain +3.1 Q4 +2.8 +3.1 +4.7 Nov +0.6 Jan +2.1 16.4 Dec +23.0 Nov +1.7 -3.0 1.43 0.80 0.93
Czech Republic +4.7 Q3 +1.9 +4.5 +8.5 Nov +2.4 Dec +2.5 2.4 Dec‡ +0.9 Q3 +0.7 +0.7 1.80 20.3 25.0
Denmark +1.4 Q3 -1.9 +2.2 -1.1 Nov +1.0 Dec +1.1 4.2 Dec +26.2 Nov +8.4 -0.3 0.73 5.97 6.88
Norway +3.2 Q3 +3.0 +2.1 -4.1 Nov +1.6 Dec +1.9 4.1 Nov‡‡ +21.1 Q3 +4.9 +5.2 1.92 7.68 8.23
Poland +5.1 Q3 +4.9 +4.6 +2.7 Dec +2.1 Dec +2.0 6.6 Dec§ +1.5 Nov +0.1 -3.3 3.62 3.33 4.00
Russia +1.8 Q3 na +1.8 -1.6 Dec +2.5 Dec +3.7 5.1 Dec§ +40.2 Q4 +2.5 -1.5 8.13 56.3 60.1
Sweden +2.9 Q3 +3.1 +2.7 +6.5 Nov +1.7 Dec +1.9 6.0 Dec§ +21.1 Q3 +4.5 +1.0 0.93 7.85 8.74
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 0.10 0.93 0.99
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 11.78 3.75 3.78
Australia +2.8 Q3 +2.4 +2.3 +3.5 Q3 +1.9 Q4 +2.0 5.5 Dec -22.2 Q3 -1.7 -1.5 2.82 1.24 1.32
Hong Kong +3.6 Q3 +2.0 +3.7 +0.4 Q3 +1.7 Dec +1.5 2.9 Dec‡‡ +14.8 Q3 +4.3 +4.2 2.03 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 -3.3 7.43 63.6 67.8
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 6.19 13,389 13,353
Malaysia +6.2 Q3 na +5.8 +5.0 Nov +3.5 Dec +3.9 3.3 Nov§ +9.2 Q3 +2.6 -2.9 3.94 3.90 4.43
Pakistan +5.7 2017* na +5.7 -2.0 Nov +4.6 Dec +4.1 5.9 2015 -15.2 Q4 -4.8 -5.9 8.50††† 111 105
Philippines +6.6 Q4 +6.1 +6.6 -8.1 Nov +3.3 Dec +3.2 5.0 Q4§ -0.5 Sep -0.2 -2.1 6.21 51.3 49.8
Singapore +3.1 Q4 +2.8 +3.5 -3.9 Dec +0.4 Dec +0.6 2.1 Q4 +57.4 Q3 +18.5 -1.0 2.20 1.31 1.41
South Korea +3.0 Q4 -0.9 +3.1 -6.0 Dec +1.0 Jan +2.0 3.3 Dec§ +81.3 Nov +5.5 +0.9 2.77 1,068 1,162
Taiwan +3.3 Q4 +4.2 +2.4 +1.2 Dec +1.2 Dec +0.6 3.7 Dec +74.1 Q3 +13.2 -0.1 1.04 29.1 31.4
Thailand +4.3 Q3 +4.0 +3.6 +2.3 Dec +0.8 Dec +0.7 1.0 Dec§ +49.3 Q4 +11.7 -2.4 2.40 31.3 35.2
Argentina +4.2 Q3 +3.6 +2.9 +0.8 Nov +25.0 Dec +25.2 8.3 Q3§ -26.6 Q3 -4.1 -5.8 3.70 19.6 15.9
Brazil +1.4 Q3 +0.6 +0.9 +4.7 Nov +2.9 Dec +3.4 11.8 Dec§ -9.8 Dec -0.7 -8.0 8.63 3.17 3.15
Chile +2.2 Q3 +6.0 +1.4 +0.2 Dec +2.3 Dec +2.2 6.4 Dec§‡‡ -4.6 Q3 -1.3 -2.7 4.50 601 646
Colombia +2.0 Q3 +3.2 +1.6 +0.3 Nov +4.1 Dec +4.3 8.6 Dec§ -11.1 Q3 -3.6 -3.3 6.33 2,830 2,918
Mexico +1.8 Q4 +4.1 +2.0 -1.5 Nov +6.8 Dec +6.0 3.4 Dec -16.1 Q3 -1.7 -1.9 7.62 18.6 20.8
Peru +2.5 Q3 +5.5 +2.7 -2.5 Sep +1.4 Dec +2.8 6.9 Dec§ -1.8 Q3 -1.8 -3.0 na 3.21 3.28
Egypt na na +4.2 +27.1 Nov +21.9 Dec +26.8 11.9 Q3§ -12.2 Q3 -6.9 -10.9 na 17.7 18.7
Israel +1.9 Q3 +3.5 +3.0 +1.6 Nov +0.4 Dec +0.2 4.0 Dec +10.5 Q3 +3.4 -2.0 1.73 3.41 3.77
Saudi Arabia -0.7 2017 na -0.7 na +0.4 Dec -0.2 5.8 Q3 +12.4 Q3 +2.7 -8.9 na 3.75 3.75
South Africa +0.8 Q3 +2.0 +0.8 +2.1 Nov +4.7 Dec +5.4 27.7 Q3§ -7.3 Q3 -2.5 -3.9 8.47 11.9 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 EconomistFebruary 3rd 2018
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