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 Jun 6th year ago
United States +2.8 Q1 +2.2 +2.8 +3.5 Apr +2.5 Apr +2.5 3.8 May -466.2 Q4 -2.6 -4.6 2.95 - -
China +6.8 Q1 +5.7 +6.6 +7.0 Apr +1.8 Apr +2.3 3.9 Q1§ +121.0 Q1 +1.1 -3.5 3.50§§ 6.40 6.80
Japan +0.9 Q1 -0.6 +1.3 +2.5 Apr +0.6 Apr +1.1 2.5 Apr +197.0 Mar +3.9 -4.7 0.03 110 109
Britain +1.2 Q1 +0.4 +1.4 +2.9 Mar +2.4 Apr +2.5 4.2 Feb†† -106.7 Q4 -3.8 -1.8 1.40 0.74 0.78
Canada +2.3 Q1 +1.3 +2.3 +4.9 Mar +2.2 Apr +2.1 5.8 Apr -53.8 Q1 -2.6 -1.9 2.31 1.29 1.35
Euro area +2.5 Q1 +1.6 +2.3 +3.0 Mar +1.9 May +1.6 8.5 Apr +473.7 Mar +3.2 -0.8 0.47 0.85 0.89
Austria +3.4 Q1 +9.7 +2.9 +3.9 Mar +1.8 Apr +2.2 4.9 Apr +7.7 Q4 +2.3 -0.6 0.52 0.85 0.89
Belgium +1.5 Q1 +1.3 +1.7 +3.5 Mar +1.8 May +1.8 6.3 Apr -0.8 Dec -0.3 -0.9 0.84 0.85 0.89
France +2.2 Q1 +0.7 +2.0 +1.8 Mar +2.0 May +1.8 9.2 Apr -12.6 Mar -1.0 -2.4 0.73 0.85 0.89
Germany +2.3 Q1 +1.2 +2.2 +3.2 Mar +2.2 May +1.7 3.4 Apr‡ +312.3 Mar +7.9 +1.0 0.47 0.85 0.89
Greece +2.3 Q1 +3.1 +1.6 +1.1 Mar nil Apr +0.7 20.8 Feb -1.8 Mar -1.2 +0.2 4.60 0.85 0.89
Italy +1.4 Q1 +1.1 +1.4 +3.6 Mar +1.1 May +1.2 11.2 Apr +53.0 Mar +2.7 -2.0 2.94 0.85 0.89
Netherlands +2.8 Q1 +2.1 +2.8 +3.5 Mar +0.9 Apr +1.5 4.9 Apr +84.9 Q4 +9.7 +0.8 0.57 0.85 0.89
Spain +2.9 Q1 +2.8 +2.7 +11.0 Apr +2.1 May +1.5 15.9 Apr +26.2 Mar +1.8 -2.6 1.28 0.85 0.89
Czech Republic +3.7 Q1 +1.6 +3.6 +5.5 Apr +1.9 Apr +1.8 2.3 Apr‡ +1.9 Q4 +0.7 +0.9 2.03 21.8 23.4
Denmark -1.3 Q1 +1.7 +1.8 -9.8 Mar +0.8 Apr +1.1 4.0 Apr +23.0 Mar +7.7 -0.7 0.47 6.32 6.60
Norway +0.3 Q1 +2.5 +1.9 -6.7 Mar +2.4 Apr +2.2 3.9 Mar‡‡ +22.8 Q1 +6.5 +4.9 1.76 8.08 8.48
Poland +5.2 Q1 +6.6 +4.2 +9.2 Apr +1.7 May +1.9 6.3 Apr§ -0.5 Mar -0.7 -2.2 3.24 3.62 3.72
Russia +1.3 Q1 na +1.8 +1.0 Apr +2.4 May +3.0 4.9 Apr§ +41.7 Q1 +3.3 +0.3 8.13 62.0 56.7
Sweden +3.3 Q1 +2.9 +2.7 +3.2 Apr +1.7 Apr +1.7 6.8 Apr§ +16.8 Q1 +3.4 +0.8 0.55 8.73 8.68
Switzerland +2.2 Q1 +2.3 +2.2 +8.7 Q4 +1.0 May +0.8 2.7 Apr +66.6 Q4 +9.2 +0.8 0.02 0.99 0.96
Turkey +7.3 Q4 na +4.3 +6.8 Mar +12.1 May +10.9 10.6 Feb§ -55.4 Mar -5.5 -2.8 15.24 4.56 3.52
Australia +3.1 Q1 +4.2 +2.8 +4.3 Q1 +1.9 Q1 +2.2 5.6 Apr -36.8 Q1 -2.5 -1.2 2.73 1.30 1.33
Hong Kong +4.7 Q1 +9.2 +2.9 +0.7 Q4 +1.9 Apr +2.5 2.8 Apr‡‡ +14.7 Q4 +4.0 +0.8 2.30 7.85 7.79
India +7.7 Q1 +10.1 +7.3 +4.4 Mar +4.6 Apr +4.7 5.3 May -39.1 Q4 -2.2 -3.5 7.92 67.0 64.4
Indonesia +5.1 Q1 na +5.3 +1.1 Mar +3.2 May +3.6 5.1 Q1§ -20.9 Q1 -2.2 -2.5 7.12 13,853 13,291
Malaysia +5.4 Q1 na +5.5 +3.1 Mar +1.4 Apr +2.5 3.3 Mar§ +12.2 Q1 +3.2 -2.8 4.20 3.97 4.27
Pakistan +5.4 2018* na +5.4 +2.2 Mar +4.2 May +5.0 5.9 2015 -16.7 Q1 -5.8 -5.4 8.50††† 116 105
Philippines +6.8 Q1 +6.1 +6.4 +31.0 Apr +4.6 May +5.1 5.5 Q2§ -2.5 Dec -1.2 -1.8 6.06 52.4 49.5
Singapore +4.4 Q1 +1.7 +3.2 +9.1 Apr +0.1 Apr +0.9 2.0 Q1 +61.7 Q1 +20.6 -0.7 2.58 1.33 1.38
South Korea +2.8 Q1 +4.1 +2.9 +0.9 Apr +1.5 May +1.8 4.1 Apr§ +69.2 Apr +4.8 +0.7 2.72 1,071 1,118
Taiwan +3.0 Q1 +0.8 +2.7 +3.1 Mar +1.6 May +1.3 3.7 Apr +84.8 Q1 +13.9 -0.9 0.99 29.7 30.1
Thailand +4.8 Q1 +8.1 +4.1 +4.0 Apr +1.5 May +1.4 1.1 Apr§ +50.2 Q1 +9.8 -2.9 2.52 31.9 34.0
Argentina +3.9 Q4 +3.9 +2.2 +3.2 Apr +25.6 Apr +25.1 7.2 Q4§ -30.8 Q4 -4.6 -5.1 7.70 24.9 16.0
Brazil +1.2 Q1 +1.8 +2.2 +8.9 Apr +2.8 Apr +3.4 12.9 Apr§ -8.9 Apr -1.1 -7.1 9.26 3.82 3.28
Chile +4.2 Q1 +4.9 +3.7 +7.6 Apr +1.9 Apr +2.4 6.7Apr§‡‡ -3.1 Q1 -1.1 -2.0 4.57 629 668
Colombia +2.8 Q1 +2.8 +2.5 -1.4 Mar +3.2 May +3.3 9.5 Apr§ -9.8 Q1 -2.9 -2.0 6.53 2,831 2,893
Mexico +1.3 Q1 +4.6 +2.1 -3.7 Mar +4.6 Apr +4.4 3.4 Apr -15.9 Q1 -1.7 -2.3 7.83 20.3 18.3
Peru +3.2 Q1 +5.6 +3.7 +2.4 Mar +0.9 May +1.7 7.0 Mar§ -2.9 Q1 -1.6 -3.5 na 3.26 3.27
Egypt +5.3 Q4 na +5.4 +6.2 Mar +13.1 Apr +16.9 10.6 Q1§ -9.3 Q4 -2.6 -9.3 na 17.9 18.1
Israel +3.9 Q1 +4.2 +3.8 +4.2 Mar +0.4 Apr +1.5 3.9 Apr +10.5 Q4 +2.6 -2.4 1.86 3.57 3.54
Saudi Arabia -0.9 2017 na +1.0 na +2.6 Apr +4.4 6.0 Q4 +15.2 Q4 +7.0 -4.4 na 3.75 3.75
South Africa +0.8 Q1 -2.2 +1.9 +2.3 Mar +4.5 Apr +4.8 26.7 Q1§ -8.6 Q4 -2.7 -3.5 8.67 12.7 12.8
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 EconomistJune 9th 2018
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