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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 Jul 19th year ago
United States +2.1 Q1 +1.4 +2.2 +2.0 Jun +1.6 Jun +2.0 4.4 Jun -449.3 Q1 -2.6 -3.5 2.26 - -
China +6.9 Q2 +7.0 +6.7 +7.6 Jun +1.5 Jun +2.0 4.0 Q1§ +169.5 Q1 +1.6 -4.1 3.57§§ 6.76 6.69
Japan +1.3 Q1 +1.0 +1.3 +6.5 May +0.4 May +0.6 3.1 May +188.6 May +3.6 -5.1 0.11 112 106
Britain +2.0 Q1 +0.8 +1.6 -0.3 May +2.6 Jun +2.7 4.5 Apr†† -99.8 Q1 -3.1 -3.6 1.30 0.77 0.76
Canada +2.3 Q1 +3.7 +2.3 +5.7 Apr +1.3 May +1.8 6.5 Jun -48.4 Q1 -2.6 -2.4 1.90 1.26 1.30
Euro area +1.9 Q1 +2.3 +1.9 +4.0 May +1.3 Jun +1.6 9.3 May +391.1 Apr +3.1 -1.4 0.55 0.87 0.91
Austria +2.3 Q1 +5.7 +1.8 +3.3 Apr +1.9 Jun +2.0 5.4 May +6.4 Q1 +2.3 -1.1 0.72 0.87 0.91
Belgium +1.6 Q1 +2.6 +1.6 +2.2 Apr +1.6 Jun +2.2 7.6 Mar -4.2 Mar +0.3 -2.3 0.84 0.87 0.91
France +1.1 Q1 +1.9 +1.5 +3.2 May +0.7 Jun +1.2 9.6 May -22.4 May -1.2 -3.1 0.83 0.87 0.91
Germany +1.7 Q1 +2.4 +1.8 +4.9 May +1.6 Jun +1.7 3.9 May‡ +272.4 May +8.0 +0.5 0.55 0.87 0.91
Greece +0.8 Q1 +1.8 +1.0 +5.4 May +1.0 Jun +1.3 21.7 Apr -0.8 Apr -1.2 -1.3 5.26 0.87 0.91
Italy +1.2 Q1 +1.8 +1.1 +2.8 May +1.2 Jun +1.4 11.3 May +48.6 Apr +2.1 -2.3 2.19 0.87 0.91
Netherlands +3.2 Q1 +1.7 +2.2 +3.8 May +1.1 Jun +1.2 6.1 May +68.4 Q1 +9.4 +0.7 0.68 0.87 0.91
Spain +3.0 Q1 +3.3 +2.9 +4.6 May +1.5 Jun +2.0 17.7 May +21.1 Apr +1.8 -3.3 1.65 0.87 0.91
Czech Republic +4.0 Q1 +6.3 +3.0 +8.1 May +2.3 Jun +2.3 3.0 May‡ +1.4 Q1 +0.9 -0.5 0.92 22.6 24.5
Denmark +3.6 Q1 +2.5 +1.6 +6.2 May +0.6 Jun +1.2 4.3 May +26.1 May +7.7 -0.6 0.66 6.46 6.76
Norway +2.6 Q1 +0.9 +1.8 -1.4 May +1.9 Jun +2.4 4.6 Apr‡‡ +22.4 Q1 +7.6 +4.2 1.70 8.06 8.51
Poland +4.4 Q1 +4.5 +3.6 +4.5 Jun +1.5 Jun +2.0 7.2 Jun§ -2.2 May -0.8 -2.8 3.28 3.66 3.98
Russia +0.5 Q1 na +1.4 +3.6 Jun +4.4 Jun +4.2 5.1 Jun§ +33.6 Q2 +2.2 -2.2 8.13 59.1 63.4
Sweden +2.2 Q1 +1.7 +2.6 +8.0 May +1.7 Jun +1.6 7.2 May§ +22.0 Q1 +4.8 +0.3 0.67 8.28 8.61
Switzerland +1.1 Q1 +1.1 +1.4 -1.3 Q1 +0.2 Jun +0.5 3.2 Jun +73.6 Q1 +9.9 +0.2 0.01 0.95 0.99
Turkey +5.0 Q1 na +3.4 +4.1 May +10.9 Jun +10.2 10.5 Apr§ -35.3 May -4.4 -2.3 10.50 3.52 3.03
Australia +1.7 Q1 +1.1 +2.4 -0.8 Q1 +2.1 Q1 +2.2 5.6 Jun -25.0 Q1 -1.6 -1.8 2.67 1.26 1.34
Hong Kong +4.3 Q1 +2.9 +3.0 +0.2 Q1 +2.0 May +1.6 3.1 Jun‡‡ +14.8 Q1 +6.6 +1.7 1.55 7.81 7.76
India +6.1 Q1 +7.2 +7.1 +1.7 May +1.5 Jun +4.2 5.0 2015 -15.2 Q1 -1.2 -3.2 6.45 64.3 67.2
Indonesia +5.0 Q1 na +5.2 +4.0 May +4.4 Jun +4.3 5.3 Q1§ -14.6 Q1 -1.7 -2.2 6.93 13,319 13,089
Malaysia +5.6 Q1 na +5.2 +4.6 May +3.6 Jun +4.0 3.4 May§ +6.6 Q1 +3.6 -3.0 3.96 4.29 4.00
Pakistan +5.7 2017* na +5.7 +6.3 May +3.9 Jun +4.8 5.9 2015 -9.2 Q1 -3.6 -4.5 8.93††† 105 105
Philippines +6.4 Q1 +4.5 +6.5 +5.8 May +2.7 Jun +3.0 5.7 Q2§ -0.4 Mar +0.4 -2.8 4.65 50.9 46.9
Singapore +2.5 Q2 +0.4 +2.9 +5.0 May +1.4 May +1.3 2.2 Q1 +59.0 Q1 +19.1 -1.0 2.08 1.37 1.35
South Korea +3.0 Q1 +4.3 +2.6 +0.1 May +1.9 Jun +1.9 3.8 Jun§ +88.3 May +6.0 +0.9 2.26 1,121 1,136
Taiwan +2.6 Q1 +3.8 +2.4 +0.8 May +1.0 Jun +0.5 3.8 May +69.1 Q1 +12.8 -0.9 1.07 30.4 32.0
Thailand +3.3 Q1 +5.2 +3.4 +1.4 May nil Jun +0.7 1.3 May§ +45.1 Q1 +11.5 -2.3 2.33 33.6 34.9
Argentina +0.3 Q1 +4.3 +2.5 -2.5 Oct +21.9 Jun‡ +24.2 9.2 Q1§ -16.8 Q1 -2.8 -5.9 na 17.4 15.3
Brazil -0.4 Q1 +4.3 +0.6 +3.9 May +3.0 Jun +3.8 13.3 May§ -18.1 May -1.0 -7.8 9.39 3.16 3.28
Chile +0.1 Q1 +0.7 +1.5 +0.1 May +1.7 Jun +2.8 7.0 May§‡‡ -5.0 Q1 -1.4 -2.7 4.23 654 651
Colombia +1.1 Q1 -0.9 +2.0 -0.6 May +4.0 Jun +4.1 9.4 May§ -11.9 Q1 -3.6 -3.2 6.70 3,010 2,935
Mexico +2.8 Q1 +2.7 +2.0 +1.0 May +6.3 Jun +5.4 3.5 May -22.0 Q1 -2.2 -1.9 6.82 17.5 18.6
Venezuela -8.8 Q4~ -6.2 -7.0 na na +591 7.3 Apr§ -17.8 Q3~ -0.6 -19.6 11.02 10.0 9.99
Egypt +4.3 Q1 na +3.5 +25.1 May +29.8 Jun +22.5 12.0 Q1§ -18.0 Q1 -5.8 -10.8 na 17.9 8.88
Israel +4.0 Q1 +1.4 +3.7 +4.2 Apr -0.2 Jun +1.0 4.5 May +11.7 Q1 +3.9 -2.5 1.88 3.57 3.86
Saudi Arabia +1.7 2016 na -0.5 na -0.4 Jun +2.2 5.6 2016 -1.0 Q1 +1.3 -7.4 3.68 3.75 3.75
South Africa +1.0 Q1 -0.7 +0.7 -1.9 May +5.1 Jun +5.5 27.7 Q1§ -7.9 Q1 -3.2 -3.2 8.64 12.9 14.4
Source: Haver Analytics. % change on previous quarter, annual rate. †The Economist poll or Economist Intelligence Unit estimate/forecast. §Not seasonally adjusted. ‡New series. ~2014 **Year ending June. ††Latest
3 months. ‡‡3-month moving average. §§5-year yield. †††Dollar-denominated bonds.
70 The EconomistJuly 22nd 2017
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