The Economist - UK (2022-05-28)

TheEconomistMay28th 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 25th on year ago

UnitedStates 3.6 Q1 -1.4 2.3 8.3 Apr 7.7 3.6 Apr -4.2 -5.8 2.8 119 -

China 4.8 Q1 5.3 5.0 2.1 Apr 2.2 6.1 Apr‡§ 2.3 -6.2 2.5 §§ -38.0 6.67 -3.9

Japan 0.2 Q1 -1.0 2.8 2.4 Apr 1.8 2.6 Mar 1.3 -6.1 nil -8.0 127 -14.5

Britain 8.7 Q1 3.0 3.9 9.0 Apr 6.7 3.7 Feb†† -3.2 -5.3 1.9 97.0 0.80 -11.2

Canada 3.3 Q4 6.7 3.8 6.8 Apr 5.7 5.2 Apr 1.2 -3.6 2.8 131 1.28 -5.5

Euroarea 5.1 Q1 1.1 3.2 7.4 Apr 5.2 6.8 Mar 2.4 -4.1 0.9 112 0.94 -12.8

Austria 5.5 Q4 -2.0 2.6 7.2 Apr 6.5 4.2 Mar -1.3 -4.4 1.5 146 0.94 -12.8

Belgium 4.6 Q1 1.2 2.0 8.3 Apr 9.2 5.6 Mar -1.3 -3.8 1.5 137 0.94 -12.8

France 5.3 Q1 -0.2 2.7 4.8 Apr 5.4 7.4 Mar -1.2 -5.7 1.5 129 0.94 -12.8

Germany 3.8 Q1 0.9 1.6 7.4 Apr 6.8 2.9 Mar 5.9 -2.9 0.9 112 0.94 -12.8

Greece 7.4 Q4 1.7 3.0 10.2 Apr 6.6 12.9 Mar -5.1 -4.9 3.6 267 0.94 -1

Italy 5.8 Q1 -0.7 2.0 6.0 Apr 6.3 8.3 Mar 1.5 -5.9 3.0 200 0.94 -1

Netherlands 7.0 Q1 0.1 2.5 9.6 Apr 9.6 3.2 Apr 5.9 -3.0 1.2 127 0.94 -1

Spain 5.5 Q4 1.3 4.0 8.3 Apr 7.2 13.5 Mar 0.8 -5.7 2.1 154 0.94 -1

CzechRepublic 3.7 Q4 2.8 2.2 14.2 Apr 11.9 2.4 Mar‡ -2.5 -4.8 4.7 286 23.1 -1

Denmark 6.8 Q4 -0.4 2.1 6.7 Apr 6.9 2.5 Mar 8.2 1.0 1.3 115 6.97 -1

Norway 4.8 Q1 -3.8 3.3 5.4 Apr 3.6 2.9 Mar‡‡ 9.2 2.6 1.4 76.0 9.61 -13.5

Poland 8.0 Q4 6.6 4.5 12.4 Apr 10.1 5.2 Apr§ -2.2 -3.7 6.5 476 4.32 -15.3

Russia 3.5 Q1 na -10.0 17.8 Apr 18.0 4.1 Mar§ 5.6 -4.5 9.5 223 59.1 24.2

Sweden 3.5 Q1 -1.6 2.4 6.4 Apr 5.1 8.2 Apr§ 4.1 0.4 1.6 120 9.87 -16.2

Switzerland 3.7 Q4 1.1 2.6 2.5 Apr 2.1 2.2 Apr 6.1 0.5 0.7 83.0 0.96 2

Turkey 9.1 Q4 6.2 3.0 70.0 Apr 62.2 11.4 Mar§ -4.2 -3.6 23.1 548 16.4 4

Australia 4.2 Q4 14.4 3.2 5.1 Q1 4.5 3.9 Apr 1.8 -3.1 3.2 166 1.41 5

HongKong -4.0 Q1 -11.4 0.9 1.3 Apr 4.2 5.4 Apr‡‡ 0.1 -6.8 2.7 153 7.85 1

India 5.4 Q4 13.6 7.2 7.8 Apr 6.0 7.8 Apr -1.4 -6.4 7.3 134 77.5 1

Indonesia 5.0 Q1 na 5.2 3.5 Apr 4.2 5.8 Q1§ 0.3 -4.8 7.1 72.0 14,634 1

Malaysia 5.0 Q1 na 4.0 2.3 Apr 2.9 4.1 Mar§ 2.8 -6.2 4.2 97.0 4.40 -5.9

Pakistan 6.2 2022** na 2.7 13.4 Apr 13.0 6.3 2021 -5.3 -7.0 12.9 ††† 323 201 -23.4

Philippines 8.3 Q1 7.8 6.0 4.9 Apr 4.6 6.4 Q1§ -3.0 -7.7 6.9 292 52.4 -8.1

Singapore 3.7 Q1 2.8 3.6 5.4 Apr 4.9 2.2 Q1 17.4 -0.9 2.6 106 1.38 -3.6

SouthKorea 3.1 Q1 3.0 2.7 4.8 Apr 4.0 3.0 Apr§ 3.3 -2.0 3.2 104 1,265 -11.3

Taiwan 3.1 Q1 6.4 4.5 3.4 Apr 3.8 3.7 Apr 13.9 -1.2 1.1 66.0 29.6 -5.7

Thailand 2.2 Q1 4.7 2.9 4.6 Apr 5.0 1.5 Dec§ 0.1 -4.8 2.8 117 34.2 -8.4

Argentina 8.6 Q4 6.3 4.2 58.0 Apr 60.1 7.0 Q4§ 0.8 -4.3 na na 119 -20.9

Brazil 1.6 Q4 2.2 0.8 12.1 Apr 10.2 11.1 Mar§‡‡ -0.5 -7.1 12.5 312 4.83 9.9

Chile 7.2 Q1 -3.0 2.1 10.5 Apr 10.2 7.8 Mar§‡‡ -4.5 -3.4 6.4 242 835 -11.8

Colombia 8.2 Q1 4.0 4.2 9.2 Apr 9.8 12.1 Mar§ -3.6 -4.8 11.3 395 3,948 -5.4

Mexico 1.8 Q1 4.1 1.9 7.7 Apr 7.5 3.5 Mar -0.9 -3.5 8.6 190 19.8 0.3

Peru 3.8 Q1 8.1 2.5 8.0 Apr 7.1 7.4 Apr§ -3.3 -2.5 7.8 283 3.70 3.2

Egypt 8.3 Q4 na 5.2 13.1 Apr 11.6 7.2 Q1§ -6.3 -6.4 na na 18.6 -15.8

Israel 9.6 Q1 -1.6 4.1 4.0 Apr 4.0 3.5 Apr 3.0 -2.0 2.6 142 3.34 -3.0

SaudiArabia 3.2 2021 na 6.7 2.3 Apr 2.3 6.9 Q4 14.9 10.1 na na 3.75 nil

SouthAfrica 1.7 Q4 4.7 1.9 6.0 Apr 5.8 35.3 Q4§ -1.6 -6.1 9.8 91.0 15.8 -12.0

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 May25th week 2021 May25th week 2021

UnitedStatesS&P 500 3,978.7 1.4 -16.5

UnitedStatesNAScomp 11,434.7 0.1 -26.9

ChinaShanghaiComp 3,107.5 0.7 -14.6

ChinaShenzhenComp 1,944.9 0.2 -23.1

JapanNikkei 225 26,677.8 -0.9 -7.3

JapanTopix 1,876.6 -0.4 -5.8

BritainFTSE 100 7,522.8 1.1 1.9

CanadaS&PTSX 20,383.8 1.4 -4.0

EuroareaEUROSTOXX 50 3,677.1 -0.4 -14.5

FranceCAC 40 6,298.6 -0.9 -11.9

GermanyDAX* 14,007.9 nil -11.8

ItalyFTSE/MIB 24,250.5 0.7 -11.3

NetherlandsAEX 684.1 -1.3 -14.3

SpainIBEX 35 8,760.2 3.3 0.5

PolandWIG 56,167.9 -0.2 -18.9

RussiaRTS,$ terms 1,239.1 2.2 -22.4

SwitzerlandSMI 11,491.8 -0.8 -10.7

Tu r ke yBIST 2,418.1 1.0 30.2

AustraliaAllOrd. 7,391.7 -0.5 -5.0

HongKongHangSeng 20,171.3 -2.3 -13.8

IndiaBSE 53,749.3 -0.8 -7.7

IndonesiaIDX 6,883.5 1.3 4.6

MalaysiaKLSE 1,535.6 -1.2 -2.0

PakistanKSE 42,012.7 -2.4 -5.8

SingaporeSTI 3,179.6 -1.4 1.8

SouthKoreaKOSPI 2,617.2 -0.3 -12.1

TaiwanTWI 16,104.0 -1.2 -11.6

ThailandSET 1,625.2 0.3 -2.0

ArgentinaMERV 91,271.7 0.5 9.3

BrazilBVSP 110,579.8 4.1 5.5

MexicoIPC 51,717.1 2.6 -2.9

EgyptEGX 30 10,247.4 -2.1 -14.0

IsraelTA-125 1,890.7 -5.0 -8.8

SaudiArabiaTadawul 12,588.9 -1.0 11.1

SouthAfricaJSEAS 67,585.3 -2.2 -8.3

World,dev'dMSCI 2,700.1 1.3 -16.5

EmergingmarketsMSCI 1,019.6 -1.3 -17.2

UScorporatebonds,spreadoverTreasuries

Dec31st

Basispoints latest 2021

Investmentgrade 171 120

High-yield 498 332

Sources:RefinitivDatastream;Standard& Poor'sGlobalFixedIncome

Research.*Totalreturnindex.

Commodities

The Economist commodity-price index %changeon

2015=100 May 17th May 24th* month year

Dollar Index

All Items 180.4 180.8 -3.1 -0.5

Food 166.8 165.1 0.6 22.7

Industrials

All 193.0 195.4 -5.8 -13.4

Non-food agriculturals 181.9 175.8 -5.1 2.3

Metals 196.3 201.2 -6.0 -16.7

Sterling Index

All items 220.8 220.3 -2.3 12.3

Euro Index

All items 189.9 186.9 -3.8 13.6

Gold

$ per oz 1,821.8 1,866.3 -2.0 -1.4

Brent

$ per barrel 112.2 113.8 8.3 65.6

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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