TheEconomistApril9th 2022
Economic& financial indicators
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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 Apr 6th on year ago
UnitedStates 5.5 Q4 6.9 3.0 7.9 Feb 6.6 3.6 Mar -3.4 -7.5 2.6 94.0 -
China 4.0 Q4 6.6 5.5 0.9 Feb 2.0 5.5 Feb‡§ 1.8 -5.4 2.5 §§ -54.0 6.36 3.0
Japan 0.4 Q4 4.6 2.8 0.9 Feb 1.7 2.7 Feb 1.1 -5.9 nil -8.0 124 -11.3
Britain 6.6 Q4 5.2 4.1 6.2 Feb 5.4 3.9 Dec†† -3.3 -5.4 1.6 75.0 0.76 -5.3
Canada 3.3 Q4 6.7 3.8 5.7 Feb 4.5 5.5 Feb 0.3 -4.8 2.5 103 1.25 nil
Euroarea 4.6 Q4 1.0 3.3 7.5 Mar 4.6 6.8 Feb 2.4 -4.3 0.7 97.0 0.92 -8.7
Austria 5.5 Q4 -2.0 3.2 6.8 Mar 4.0 4.8 Feb 1.0 -3.8 1.2 125 0.92 -8.7
Belgium 5.6 Q4 2.1 3.9 8.3 Mar 4.6 5.6 Feb 1.3 -4.7 1.2 124 0.92 -8.7
France 5.4 Q4 2.9 3.4 4.5 Mar 3.7 7.4 Feb -1.3 -5.8 1.0 109 0.92 -8.7
Germany 1.8 Q4 -1.4 2.5 7.3 Mar 5.3 3.1 Feb 5.5 -2.4 0.7 97.0 0.92 -
Greece 7.4 Q4 1.7 3.7 7.2 Feb 4.7 11.9 Feb -4.6 -4.7 2.8 189 0.92 -
Italy 6.2 Q4 2.5 3.4 6.7 Mar 4.2 8.5 Feb 2.5 -5.7 2.3 161 0.92 -
Netherlands 6.5 Q4 4.1 3.1 6.2 Feb 6.4 3.4 Feb 5.9 -4.9 -0.2 36.0 0.92 -
Spain 5.5 Q4 9.2 5.4 9.8 Mar 4.5 12.6 Feb 1.4 -5.7 1.4 113 0.92 -
CzechRepublic 3.7 Q4 3.2 2.7 11.1 Feb 9.3 2.5 Feb‡ -2.8 -4.6 4.0 207 22.4 -
Denmark 6.8 Q4 12.5 2.7 4.8 Feb 2.0 2.5 Feb 8.6 nil 0.9 92.0 6.81 -
Norway 5.4 Q4 0.3 3.3 3.7 Feb 3.6 3.2 Jan‡‡ 9.2 2.6 1.4 76.0 8.76 -2.9
Poland 7.6 Q4 7.0 4.2 10.9 Mar 7.9 5.4 Mar§ -1.0 -4.0 5.6 403 4.26 -8.9
Russia 4.3 Q3 na -10.1 9.2 Feb 15.0 4.1 Feb§ 8.5 -6.7 11.9 454 83.2 -7.2
Sweden 5.2 Q4 4.6 3.3 4.3 Feb 3.0 7.9 Feb§ 4.3 0.1 1.2 84.0 9.44 4
Switzerland 3.7 Q4 1.1 2.9 2.4 Mar 1.2 2.2 Feb 5.6 0.5 0.7 95.0 0.93 il
Turkey 9.1 Q4 6.2 3.0 61.1 Mar 50.5 12.1 Jan§ -2.8 -3.9 24.6 723 14.7 7
Australia 4.2 Q4 14.4 3.3 3.5 Q4 3.8 4.0 Feb 1.3 -3.2 2.9 125 1.33 5
HongKong 4.8 Q4 0.8 0.8 1.7 Feb 4.5 4.5 Feb‡‡ -1.6 -6.9 2.5 108 7.84 8
India 5.4 Q4 26.6 7.2 6.1 Feb 4.9 7.6 Mar -1.1 -6.4 6.9 80.0 75.8 1
Indonesia 5.0 Q4 na 5.1 2.6 Mar 3.6 6.5 Q3§ 0.2 -4.9 6.8 25.0 14,357 0
Malaysia 3.6 Q4 na 4.0 2.2 Feb 2.9 4.2 Jan§ 2.9 -6.1 3.9 76.0 4.22 -2.1
Pakistan 6.0 2021** na 3.0 12.7 Mar 8.0 6.3 2021 -5.1 -6.3 12.2 ††† 198 186 -17.7
Philippines 7.7 Q4 13.0 6.0 4.0 Mar 4.1 6.4 Q1§ -1.7 -7.4 6.1 189 51.4 -5.6
Singapore 6.1 Q4 9.5 3.8 4.3 Feb 2.9 2.4 Q4 17.5 -0.9 2.5 82.0 1.36 -1.5
SouthKorea 4.1 Q4 5.0 2.7 4.1 Mar 3.2 3.4 Feb§ 2.2 -3.0 3.1 106 1,218 -8.1
Taiwan 4.9 Q4 7.6 4.5 2.4 Feb 2.4 3.7 Feb 14.7 -1.2 1.0 52.0 28.8 -1.0
Thailand 1.9 Q4 7.5 3.2 5.7 Mar 2.8 1.5 Dec§ 0.5 -4.6 2.3 53.0 33.4 -6.0
Argentina 8.6 Q4 6.3 3.2 52.3 Feb 54.5 7.0 Q4§ 1.2 -4.3 na na 112 -17.5
Brazil 1.6 Q4 2.2 0.3 10.5 Feb 9.5 11.2 Feb§‡‡ -0.9 -7.7 11.1 171 4.69 19.6
Chile 12.0 Q4 7.5 3.2 7.8 Feb 7.9 7.5 Feb§‡‡ -2.7 -4.5 6.2 281 794 -9.4
Colombia 10.7 Q4 18.2 4.2 8.5 Mar 7.9 12.9 Feb§ -4.0 -5.3 9.2 302 3,734 -2.3
Mexico 1.1 Q4 0.1 1.9 7.3 Feb 7.4 3.8 Feb -0.9 -3.5 8.5 214 20.0 0.7
Peru 3.2 Q4 -12.9 3.1 6.8 Mar 6.5 9.4 Feb§ -3.1 -2.6 6.9 195 3.70 -1.4
Egypt 9.8 Q3 na 5.3 8.8 Feb 7.0 7.4 Q4§ -4.1 -6.9 na na 18.3 -14.2
Israel 11.0 Q4 17.6 4.1 3.5 Feb 3.8 3.9 Feb 3.4 -2.7 2.2 116 3.24 1.9
SaudiArabia 3.2 2021 na 6.7 1.6 Feb 2.1 6.9 Q4 17.8 12.1 na na 3.75 nil
SouthAfrica 1.7 Q4 4.7 2.1 5.7 Feb 4.8 35.3 Q4§ -0.9 -6.0 9.6 12.0 14.7 -0.7
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 Apr6th week 2021 Apr6th week 2021
UnitedStatesS&P 500 4,481.2 -2.6 -6.0
UnitedStatesNAScomp 13,888.8 -3.8 -11.2
ChinaShanghaiComp 3,283.4 0.5 -9.8
ChinaShenzhenComp 2,128.0 -0.5 -15.9
JapanNikkei 225 27,350.3 -2.4 -5.0
JapanTopix 1,922.9 -2.3 -3.5
BritainFTSE 100 7,587.7 0.1 2.8
CanadaS&PTSX 21,788.6 -1.3 2.7
EuroareaEUROSTOXX 50 3,824.7 -3.4 -11.0
FranceCAC 40 6,498.8 -3.6 -9.1
GermanyDAX* 14,151.7 -3.1 -10.9
ItalyFTSE/MIB 24,447.4 -3.4 -10.6
NetherlandsAEX 719.7 -1.9 -9.8
SpainIBEX 35 8,482.1 -0.8 -2.7
PolandWIG 64,264.5 -2.5 -7.3
RussiaRTS,$ terms 1,034.8 9.0 -35.2
SwitzerlandSMI 12,320.1 0.6 -4.3
Tu r ke yBIST 2,316.4 3.9 24.7
AustraliaAllOrd. 7,788.3 -0.1 0.1
HongKongHangSeng 22,080.5 -0.7 -5.6
IndiaBSE 59,610.4 1.6 2.3
IndonesiaIDX 7,104.2 0.7 7.9
MalaysiaKLSE 1,604.7 1.4 2.4
PakistanKSE 44,111.1 -0.5 -1.1
SingaporeSTI 3,423.0 -0.6 9.6
SouthKoreaKOSPI 2,735.0 -0.4 -8.1
TaiwanTWI 17,522.5 -1.2 -3.8
ThailandSET 1,701.2 0.2 2.6
ArgentinaMERV 90,973.0 0.1 8.9
BrazilBVSP 118,227.8 -1.7 12.8
MexicoIPC 55,438.7 -0.7 4.1
EgyptEGX 30 11,348.0 1.0 -4.7
IsraelTA-125 2,117.2 nil 2.1
SaudiArabiaTadawul 13,256.0 1.7 17.0
SouthAfricaJSEAS 74,359.0 -1.4 0.9
World,dev'dMSCI 3,012.2 -2.7 -6.8
EmergingmarketsMSCI 1,142.5 -0.6 -7.3
UScorporatebonds,spreadoverTreasuries
Dec31st
Basispoints latest 2021
Investmentgrade 135 120
High-yield 352 332
Sources:RefinitivDatastream;Standard& Poor'sGlobalFixedIncome
Research.*Totalreturnindex.
Commodities
The Economist commodity-price index %changeon
2015=100 Mar 29th Apr 5th* month year
Dollar Index
All Items 191.7 194.7 -4.1 18.3
Food 160.1 162.9 -5.1 29.5
Industrials
All 221.2 224.4 -3.4 11.8
Non-food agriculturals 182.9 179.5 -5.3 18.4
Metals 232.6 237.8 -2.9 10.5
Sterling Index
All items 222.8 226.4 -4.2 24.9
Euro Index
All items 191.5 197.4 -4.6 28.1
Gold
$ per oz 1,911.1 1,930.8 -6.1 10.7
Brent
$ per barrel 110.5 106.8 -16.7 69.8
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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