Economic data
% 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* 2018† latest latest 2018† rate, % months, $bn 2018 † 2018 † bonds, latest Apr 11th year ago
United States +2.6 Q4 +2.9 +2.8 +4.3 Feb +2.4 Mar +2.4 4.1 Mar -466.2 Q4 -2.7 -4.5 2.80 - -
China +6.8 Q4 +6.6 +6.6 +7.2 Feb +2.1 Mar +2.3 3.9 Q4§ +164.9 Q4 +1.3 -3.5 3.61§§ 6.29 6.90
Japan +2.0 Q4 +1.6 +1.5 +1.4 Feb +1.5 Feb +1.0 2.5 Feb +194.1 Feb +3.7 -4.9 0.02 107 110
Britain +1.4 Q4 +1.6 +1.5 +2.2 Feb +2.7 Feb +2.5 4.3 Dec†† -106.7 Q4 -3.9 -2.8 1.47 0.70 0.80
Canada +2.9 Q4 +1.7 +2.2 +2.4 Jan +2.2 Feb +2.0 5.8 Mar -49.4 Q4 -2.6 -1.9 2.20 1.26 1.33
Euro area +2.7 Q4 +2.4 +2.4 +2.7 Jan +1.4 Mar +1.5 8.5 Feb +462.4 Jan +3.1 -1.0 0.50 0.81 0.94
Austria +2.9 Q4 +1.6 +2.7 +6.1 Jan +1.8 Feb +2.0 5.2 Feb +7.7 Q4 +2.4 -0.7 0.60 0.81 0.94
Belgium +1.9 Q4 +2.1 +1.9 +6.6 Jan +1.4 Mar +1.8 6.4 Feb -0.8 Dec -0.2 -1.1 0.76 0.81 0.94
France +2.5 Q4 +2.8 +2.2 +4.0 Feb +1.5 Mar +1.5 8.9 Feb -14.4 Feb -1.0 -2.7 0.74 0.81 0.94
Germany +2.9 Q4 +2.4 +2.5 +2.4 Feb +1.6 Mar +1.6 3.5 Feb‡ +310.4 Feb +7.8 +0.8 0.50 0.81 0.94
Greece +1.8 Q4 +0.4 +1.6 -1.9 Feb +0.1 Feb +0.8 20.8 Dec -1.7 Jan -1.4 -0.2 4.08 0.81 0.94
Italy +1.6 Q4 +1.3 +1.5 +2.5 Feb +0.9 Mar +1.2 10.9 Feb +53.9 Jan +2.7 -2.0 1.79 0.81 0.94
Netherlands +2.9 Q4 +3.1 +2.8 +4.1 Feb +1.0 Mar +1.5 5.0 Feb +84.9 Q4 +9.5 +0.7 0.67 0.81 0.94
Spain +3.1 Q4 +2.7 +2.8 +3.1 Feb +1.2 Mar +1.4 16.1 Feb +25.5 Jan +1.7 -2.6 1.16 0.81 0.94
Czech Republic +5.5 Q4 +3.2 +3.3 +2.7 Feb +1.7 Mar +2.2 2.4 Feb‡ +1.9 Q4 +0.7 +0.8 1.79 20.4 25.1
Denmark +1.3 Q4 +3.7 +1.9 +0.5 Feb +0.5 Mar +1.3 4.1 Feb +24.3 Feb +7.7 -0.7 0.51 6.01 7.00
Norway +1.4 Q4 -1.1 +1.8 -1.3 Feb +2.2 Mar +2.0 4.0 Jan‡‡ +20.2 Q4 +5.5 +4.9 1.87 7.76 8.59
Poland +4.3 Q4 +4.1 +3.8 +7.4 Feb +1.3 Mar +2.4 6.8 Feb§ +1.2 Jan nil -2.7 2.98 3.38 4.00
Russia +0.9 Q4 na +1.9 +1.3 Feb +2.4 Mar +3.1 5.0 Feb§ +41.7 Q1 +2.9 -1.0 8.13 63.9 57.1
Sweden +3.3 Q4 +3.5 +2.7 +6.7 Feb +1.6 Feb +1.8 6.3 Feb§ +17.1 Q4 +4.2 +0.5 0.69 8.32 9.04
Switzerland +1.9 Q4 +2.4 +2.1 +8.7 Q4 +0.8 Mar +0.6 2.9 Mar +66.6 Q4 +8.6 +0.8 0.04 0.96 1.01
Turkey +7.3 Q4 na +4.2 +12.9 Jan +10.2 Mar +9.9 10.4 Dec§ -53.3 Feb -5.5 -2.1 13.40 4.14 3.72
Australia +2.4 Q4 +1.5 +2.8 +1.6 Q4 +1.9 Q4 +2.1 5.6 Feb -32.3 Q4 -2.2 -1.2 2.71 1.29 1.34
Hong Kong +3.4 Q4 +3.3 +2.8 +0.6 Q4 +3.1 Feb +2.0 2.9 Feb‡‡ +14.3 Q4 +4.5 +0.8 1.94 7.85 7.77
India +7.2 Q4 +6.6 +7.2 +7.5 Jan +4.4 Feb +4.8 6.2 Mar -39.1 Q4 -2.1 -3.5 7.54 65.2 64.5
Indonesia +5.2 Q4 na +5.4 -3.5 Feb +3.4 Mar +3.7 5.5 Q3§ -17.3 Q4 -2.0 -2.6 6.52 13,759 13,282
Malaysia +5.9 Q4 na +5.5 +3.0 Feb +1.4 Feb +2.9 3.4 Jan§ +9.4 Q4 +2.8 -2.8 3.97 3.87 4.43
Pakistan +5.4 2018* na +5.4 +5.5 Feb +3.2 Mar +5.7 5.9 2015 -15.7 Q4 -5.0 -5.5 9.00††† 116 105
Philippines +6.6 Q4 +6.1 +6.1 +24.8 Feb +4.3 Mar +4.0 5.3 Q1§ -2.5 Dec +0.1 -1.9 7.00 51.9 49.6
Singapore +3.6 Q4 +2.1 +3.0 +8.9 Feb +0.5 Feb +0.9 2.1 Q4 +61.0 Q4 +21.2 -0.7 2.38 1.31 1.40
South Korea +2.8 Q4 -0.8 +2.9 -6.4 Feb +1.3 Mar +1.8 4.5 Mar§ +71.7 Feb +5.0 +0.7 2.60 1,066 1,146
Taiwan +3.3 Q4 +4.3 +2.4 -1.9 Feb +1.6 Mar +1.3 3.7 Feb +84.1 Q4 +13.6 -0.8 1.01 29.2 30.6
Thailand +4.0 Q4 +1.8 +4.0 +4.6 Feb +0.8 Mar +1.3 1.3 Feb§ +49.3 Q4 +10.6 -2.3 2.41 31.2 34.6
Argentina +3.9 Q4 +3.9 +2.9 +4.2 Feb +25.5 Feb +21.1 7.2 Q4§ -30.8 Q4 -5.0 -5.6 4.19 20.2 15.2
Brazil +2.1 Q4 +0.2 +2.7 +2.8 Feb +2.7 Mar +3.4 12.6 Feb§ -7.8 Feb -1.2 -7.0 8.00 3.40 3.15
Chile +3.3 Q4 +2.6 +3.2 +8.9 Feb +1.8 Mar +2.4 6.7Feb§‡‡ -4.1 Q4 -0.6 -2.1 4.42 598 656
Colombia +1.6 Q4 +1.1 +2.5 +1.0 Jan +3.1 Mar +3.3 10.8 Feb§ -10.4 Q4 -2.9 -2.0 6.42 2,727 2,873
Mexico +1.5 Q4 +3.2 +2.1 +0.7 Feb +5.0 Mar +4.3 3.3 Feb -18.8 Q4 -1.8 -2.3 7.35 18.2 18.8
Peru +2.2 Q4 -1.3 +3.7 +0.2 Jan +0.4 Mar +1.4 8.7 Feb§ -2.7 Q4 -1.3 -3.5 na 3.24 3.25
Egypt nil Q4 na +5.1 nil Feb +13.3 Mar +16.9 11.3 Q4§ -9.3 Q4 -4.0 -9.8 na 17.6 18.1
Israel +2.9 Q4 +3.6 +3.9 +6.9 Jan +0.2 Feb +0.9 3.8 Feb +10.5 Q4 +3.5 -2.4 1.73 3.51 3.65
Saudi Arabia -0.7 2017 na +1.0 na +3.0 Feb +4.4 5.8 Q3 +15.2 Q4 +4.0 -7.2 na 3.75 3.75
South Africa +1.5 Q4 +3.1 +1.9 +0.8 Feb +4.0 Feb +5.0 26.7 Q4§ -8.6 Q4 -2.7 -3.6 8.10 12.0 13.9
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 EconomistApril 14th 2018
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