The Economist (2022-01-08)

TheEconomistJanuary8th 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 Jan 5th on year ago

UnitedStates 4.9 Q3 2.3 3.8 6.8 Nov 4.3 4.2 Nov -3.7 -7.8 1.7 75.0 -

China 4.9 Q3 0.8 5.3 2.3 Nov 2.3 5.0 Nov‡§ 2.3 -4.7 2.6 §§ -35.0 6.37 1.4

Japan 1.2 Q3 -3.6 3.2 0.6 Nov 1.3 2.8 Nov 3.4 -7.2 nil -8.0 116 -11.2

Britain 6.8 Q3 4.3 3.6 5.1 Nov 4.5 4.2 Sep†† -2.6 -6.7 1.0 76.0 0.74 nil

Canada 4.0 Q3 5.4 3.5 4.7 Nov 2.8 6.0 Nov -0.4 -7.5 1.6 94.0 1.27 nil

Euroarea 3.9 Q3 9.1 3.9 4.9 Nov 2.6 7.3 Oct 3.1 -4.2 -0.1 46.0 0.88 -8.0

Austria 5.7 Q3 14.6 4.1 4.3 Nov 2.5 5.8 Oct 2.2 -3.5 0.1 57.0 0.88 -8.0

Belgium 4.9 Q3 8.4 3.3 5.7 Dec 2.2 6.3 Oct 0.6 -4.3 0.2 60.0 0.88 -8.0

France 3.3 Q3 12.6 4.1 2.8 Dec 2.0 7.6 Oct -1.2 -5.5 0.2 57.0 0.88 -8.0

Germany 2.6 Q3 6.9 3.3 5.2 Nov 3.5 3.3 Oct 6.5 -2.7 -0.1 46.0 0.88 -8.0

Greece 13.7 Q3 11.3 4.5 4.8 Nov 2.4 12.9 Oct -4.3 -4.4 1.4 76.0 0.88 -

Italy 3.9 Q3 11.0 4.4 3.9 Dec 1.8 9.4 Oct 3.5 -5.7 1.3 71.0 0.88 -

Netherlands 5.2 Q3 8.7 2.9 5.2 Nov 3.8 2.7 Nov 8.6 -3.9 -0.2 36.0 0.88 -

Spain 3.4 Q3 10.9 5.1 6.7 Dec 2.4 14.5 Oct 1.4 -5.2 0.6 54.0 0.88 -

CzechRepublic 2.8 Q3 6.1 4.7 6.0 Nov 4.8 2.6 Oct‡ 2.0 -5.3 3.0 172 21.7 -

Denmark 3.7 Q3 4.3 3.0 3.4 Nov 1.6 3.1 Oct 8.5 -0.2 0.1 58.0 6.56 -

Norway 5.1 Q3 16.1 3.4 5.1 Nov 3.0 3.6 Oct‡‡ 8.5 0.2 1.4 76.0 8.80 -3.3

Poland 5.5 Q3 9.5 4.9 7.8 Nov 4.8 5.4 Nov§ 0.8 -3.1 3.9 265 4.03 -8.4

Russia 4.3 Q3 na 2.4 8.4 Dec 4.9 4.3 Nov§ 6.3 0.2 8.3 212 75.7 -2.1

Sweden 4.5 Q3 8.2 2.9 3.3 Nov 2.0 7.5 Nov§ 4.2 -0.8 0.3 31.0 9.06 -9.4

Switzerland 4.1 Q3 6.8 3.0 1.5 Dec 0.9 2.5 Nov 5.6 0.1 -0.1 51.0 0.92 3

Turkey 7.4 Q3 11.3 3.7 36.1 Dec 20.7 10.7 Oct§ -1.9 -3.3 22.6 983 13.6 7

Australia 3.9 Q3 -7.5 3.1 3.0 Q3 2.7 4.6 Nov 1.9 -4.5 1.8 82.0 1.38 5

HongKong 5.4 Q3 0.5 3.0 1.9 Nov 2.0 4.1 Nov‡‡ 1.2 -1.0 1.6 82.0 7.79 5

India 8.4 Q3 54.1 7.0 4.9 Nov 4.6 7.9 Dec -1.6 -5.9 6.5 66.0 74.4 6

Indonesia 3.5 Q3 na 5.3 1.9 Dec 3.5 6.5 Q3§ -0.5 -4.9 6.3 39.0 14,358 1

Malaysia -4.5 Q3 na 4.5 3.3 Nov 2.8 4.3 Oct§ 3.3 -6.2 3.6 104 4.19 -4.1

Pakistan 4.7 2021** na 3.3 12.3 Dec 7.1 6.9 2019 -5.3 -6.2 11.5 ††† 163 177 -9.3

Philippines 7.1 Q3 16.1 5.3 3.6 Dec 3.8 7.4 Q4§ -2.7 -7.2 4.8 183 50.9 -5.6

Singapore 5.9 Q4 10.7 3.8 3.9 Nov 2.2 2.6 Q3 17.6 -2.0 1.7 84.0 1.35 -2.2

SouthKorea 4.0 Q3 1.3 2.8 3.7 Dec 1.9 2.6 Nov§ 4.2 -2.7 2.4 69.0 1,197 -9.1

Taiwan 3.7 Q3 1.1 3.3 2.8 Nov 2.4 3.7 Nov 14.2 -0.7 0.8 49.0 27.6 1.3

Thailand -0.3 Q3 -4.2 2.8 2.2 Dec 1.7 1.5 Dec§ 1.8 -6.8 1.8 67.0 33.2 -9.8

Argentina 11.9 Q3 17.3 2.3 51.2 Nov 49.7 8.2 Q3§ 1.3 -3.2 na na 103 -17.8

Brazil 4.0 Q3 -0.4 0.7 10.7 Nov 7.7 12.1 Oct§‡‡ -0.7 -7.2 11.3 446 5.66 -6.2

Chile 17.2 Q3 21.0 3.0 6.7 Nov 5.6 7.5 Nov§‡‡ -2.2 -4.5 5.8 316 836 -16.3

Colombia 12.9 Q3 24.9 5.0 5.6 Dec 4.2 10.8 Nov§ -4.9 -6.5 8.4 367 4,045 -15.1

Mexico 4.5 Q3 -1.7 2.9 7.4 Nov 4.6 3.8 Nov 0.8 -3.4 7.8 259 20.4 -2.4

Peru 11.4 Q3 15.0 3.3 6.4 Dec 4.4 8.6 Nov§ -3.0 -3.8 5.9 243 3.94 -7.9

Egypt 9.8 Q3 na 5.0 5.5 Nov 6.3 7.5 Q3§ -4.2 -6.9 na na 15.7 -0.1

Israel 4.4 Q3 2.5 4.3 2.4 Nov 2.8 4.5 Nov 4.8 -3.2 1.0 23.0 3.10 3.2

SaudiArabia -4.1 2020 na 4.5 1.1 Nov 2.0 6.6 Q3 4.5 1.4 na na 3.76 -0.3

SouthAfrica 2.9 Q3 -5.8 2.1 5.5 Nov 4.7 34.9 Q3§ -0.3 -6.3 9.4 70.0 15.7 -4.6

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.

Markets

%changeon: %changeon:

Index one Dec31st index one Dec31st

Inlocalcurrency Jan5th week 2020 Jan5th week 2020

UnitedStatesS&P 500 4,700.6 -1.9 25.1

UnitedStatesNAScomp 15,100.2 -4.2 17.2

ChinaShanghaiComp 3,595.2 -0.1 3.5

ChinaShenzhenComp 2,483.7 -0.4 6.6

JapanNikkei 225 29,332.2 1.5 6.9

JapanTopix 2,039.3 2.0 13.0

BritainFTSE 100 7,516.9 1.3 16.4

CanadaS&PTSX 21,039.7 -1.4 20.7

EuroareaEUROSTOXX 50 4,392.1 2.5 23.6

FranceCAC 40 7,376.4 3.0 32.9

GermanyDAX* 16,271.8 2.6 18.6

ItalyFTSE/MIB 28,162.7 3.0 26.7

NetherlandsAEX 800.8 0.6 28.2

SpainIBEX 35 8,790.8 1.4 8.9

PolandWIG 70,751.0 2.3 24.1

RussiaRTS,$ terms 1,586.2 -0.2 14.3

SwitzerlandSMI 12,906.4 -0.2 20.6

Tu r ke yBIST 2,005.3 5.8 35.8

AustraliaAllOrd. 7,899.6 0.8 15.3

HongKongHangSeng 22,907.3 -0.8 -15.9

IndiaBSE 60,223.2 4.2 26.1

IndonesiaIDX 6,662.3 0.9 11.4

MalaysiaKLSE 1,548.0 0.2 -4.9

PakistanKSE 45,407.9 2.6 3.8

SingaporeSTI 3,163.4 0.8 11.2

SouthKoreaKOSPI 2,954.0 -1.3 2.8

TaiwanTWI 18,500.0 1.4 25.6

ThailandSET 1,676.8 1.4 15.7

ArgentinaMERV 83,835.8 -0.2 63.7

BrazilBVSP 101,005.6 -3.0 -15.1

MexicoIPC 53,024.2 0.5 20.3

EgyptEGX 30 12,043.4 1.2 11.0

IsraelTA-125 2,105.5 2.8 34.3

SaudiArabiaTadawul 11,453.1 2.3 31.8

SouthAfricaJSEAS 75,060.9 2.5 26.3

World,dev'dMSCI 3,203.0 -1.3 19.1

EmergingmarketsMSCI 1,222.7 0.4 -5.3

UScorporatebonds,spreadoverTreasuries

Dec31st

Basispoints latest 2020

Investmentgrade 117 136

High-yield 324 429

Sources:RefinitivDatastream;Standard& Poor'sGlobalFixedIncome

Research.*Totalreturnindex.

Commodities

The Economist commodity-price index %changeon

2015=100 Dec 28th Jan 4th* month year

Dollar Index

All Items 162.4 163.2 4.9 3.1

Food 140.1 140.8 3.5 15.0

Industrials

All 183.2 184.2 5.9 -4.0

Non-food agriculturals 163.5 164.8 7.1 26.9

Metals 189.0 190.0 5.6 -9.6

Sterling Index

All items 184.6 183.8 2.4 3.4

Euro Index

All items 159.4 160.1 4.3 11.9

Gold

$ per oz 1,809.9 1,814.0 1.7 -6.8

Brent

$ per barrel 76.0 80.1 6.1 49.2

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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