The Economist June 4th 2022
Economic & financial indicators
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Economic data
Gross domestic product Consumer prices Unemployment Current-account Budget Interest rates Currency units
% 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 Jun 1st on year ago
United States 3.5 Q1 -1.5 2.3 8.3 Apr 7.7 3.6 Apr -4.2 -5.8 2.9 132 -
China 4.8 Q1 5.3 5.0 2.1 Apr 2.2 6.1 Apr‡§ 2.3 -6.2 2.5 §§ -36.0 6.69 -4.6
Japan 0.2 Q1 -1.0 2.8 2.4 Apr 1.8 2.5 Apr 1.3 -6.1 nil -8.0 130 -15.8
Britain 8.7 Q1 3.0 3.9 9.0 Apr 6.7 3.7 Feb†† -3.2 -5.3 2.0 111 0.80 -11.2
Canada 2.9 Q1 3.1 3.8 6.8 Apr 5.7 5.2 Apr 1.2 -3.6 2.9 141 1.26 -4.8
Euro area 5.1 Q1 1.1 3.2 8.1 May 5.2 6.8 Apr 2.4 -4.1 1.2 136 0.94 -12.8
Austria 5.5 Q4 -2.0 2.6 8.0 May 6.5 4.4 Apr -1.3 -4.4 1.8 169 0.94 -12.8
Belgium 4.9 Q1 2.2 2.0 9.0 May 9.2 5.7 Apr -1.3 -3.8 1.7 163 0.94 -12.8
France 4.5 Q1 -0.8 2.7 5.2 May 5.4 7.2 Apr -1.2 -5.7 1.6 138 0.94 -12.8
Germany 3.8 Q1 0.9 1.6 7.9 May 6.8 3.0 Apr 5.9 -2.9 1.2 136 0.94 -12.8
Greece 7.4 Q4 1.7 3.0 10.2 Apr 6.6 12.7 Apr -5.1 -4.9 3.7 284 0.94 -12.8
Italy 6.2 Q1 0.5 2.0 6.9 May 6.3 8.4 Apr 1.5 -5.9 3.2 229 0.94 -12.8
Netherlands 7.0 Q1 0.1 2.4 9.6 Apr 10.4 3.2 Apr 8.5 -3.0 1.5 150 0.94 -12.8
Spain 5.5 Q4 1.3 4.0 8.7 May 7.2 13.3 Apr 0.8 -5.7 2.2 169 0.94 -12.8
Czech Republic 5.1 Q1 3.7 2.2 14.2 Apr 11.9 2.4 Apr‡ -2.5 -4.8 4.7 294 23.2 -10.5
Denmark 6.6 Q1 -0.4 2.1 6.7 Apr 6.9 2.4 Apr 8.2 1.0 1.5 140 6.97 -12.9
Norway 4.8 Q1 -3.8 3.3 5.4 Apr 3.6 2.9 Mar‡‡ 9.2 2.6 1.4 76.0 9.44 -12.2
Poland 9.4 Q1 10.4 4.5 13.9 May 10.1 5.2 Apr§ -2.2 -3.7 6.5 463 4.31 -15.6
Russia 3.5 Q1 na -10.0 17.8 Apr 18.0 4.0 Apr§ 5.6 -4.5 9.2 197 64.0 14.9
Sweden 3.1 Q1 -3.2 2.4 6.4 Apr 5.1 8.2 Apr§ 4.1 0.4 1.6 110 9.82 -16.0
Switzerland 4.4 Q1 1.9 2.4 2.5 Apr 2.5 2.2 Apr 6.3 nil 0.9 101 0.96 -6.2
Turkey 7.3 Q1 4.9 3.0 70.0 Apr 62.2 11.4 Mar§ -4.2 -3.6 21.5 366 16.4 -48.0
Australia 3.3 Q1 3.1 3.2 5.1 Q1 4.5 3.9 Apr 1.8 -3.1 3.4 183 1.39 -7.2
Hong Kong -4.0 Q1 -11.4 0.8 1.3 Apr 4.1 5.4 Apr‡‡ 0.3 -6.7 2.8 158 7.85 -1.1
India 4.1 Q1 1.9 7.2 7.8 Apr 6.0 7.1 May -1.4 -6.4 7.4 138 77.5 -6.0
Indonesia 5.0 Q1 na 5.2 3.5 Apr 4.2 5.8 Q1§ 0.3 -4.8 7.0 60.0 14,581 -2.1
Malaysia 5.0 Q1 na 5.0 2.3 Apr 3.0 4.1 Mar§ 2.8 -6.2 4.2 97.0 4.38 -5.7
Pakistan 6.2 2022** na 2.7 13.8 May 13.0 6.3 2021 -5.3 -7.0 12.6 ††† 295 198 -22.0
Philippines 8.3 Q1 7.8 7.1 4.9 Apr 4.7 6.4 Q1§ -3.0 -7.7 6.6 262 52.5 -9.0
Singapore 3.7 Q1 2.8 3.6 5.4 Apr 4.9 2.2 Q1 17.4 -0.9 2.8 126 1.37 -3.6
South Korea 3.1 Q1 3.0 2.7 4.8 Apr 4.0 3.0 Apr§ 3.3 -2.0 3.3 114 1,237 -10.6
Taiwan 3.1 Q1 4.3 4.5 3.4 Apr 3.8 3.7 Apr 13.9 -1.2 1.2 78.0 29.3 -5.6
Thailand 2.2 Q1 4.7 2.9 4.6 Apr 5.0 1.5 Dec§ 0.1 -4.8 2.9 126 34.3 -9.3
Argentina 8.6 Q4 6.3 4.2 58.0 Apr 60.1 7.0 Q4§ 0.8 -4.3 na na 120 -21.3
Brazil 1.6 Q4 2.2 1.3 12.1 Apr 10.4 10.5 Apr§‡‡ nil -6.7 12.6 341 4.79 7.5
Chile 7.2 Q1 -3.0 2.1 10.5 Apr 10.2 7.7 Apr§‡‡ -4.5 -3.4 6.3 247 825 -12.8
Colombia 8.2 Q1 4.0 4.2 9.2 Apr 9.8 11.2 Apr§ -3.6 -4.8 10.6 346 3,795 -3.4
Mexico 1.8 Q1 4.1 1.9 7.7 Apr 7.5 3.1 Apr -0.9 -3.5 8.6 205 19.7 0.7
Peru 3.8 Q1 8.1 2.5 8.1 May 7.1 7.4 Apr§ -3.3 -2.5 7.4 261 3.72 2.7
Egypt 8.3 Q4 na 5.2 13.1 Apr 12.7 7.2 Q1§ -5.8 -6.0 na na 18.6 -15.7
Israel 9.6 Q1 -1.6 4.1 4.0 Apr 4.0 3.5 Apr 3.0 -2.0 2.7 147 3.34 -3.0
Saudi Arabia 3.2 2021 na 7.5 2.3 Apr 2.5 6.9 Q4 14.9 10.1 na na 3.75 nil
South Africa 1.7 Q4 4.7 1.9 6.0 Apr 5.8 34.5 Q1§ -1.6 -6.1 9.9 96.0 15.6 -11.5
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
% change on: % change on:
Index one Dec 31st index one Dec 31st
In local currency Jun 1st week 2021 Jun 1st week 2021
United States S&P 500 4,101.2 3.1 -14.0
United States NAScomp 11,994.5 4.9 -23.3
China Shanghai Comp 3,182.2 2.4 -12.6
China Shenzhen Comp 2,012.7 3.5 -20.5
Japan Nikkei 225 27,457.9 2.9 -4.6
Japan Topix 1,938.6 3.3 -2.7
Britain FTSE 100 7,533.0 0.1 2.0
Canada S&P TSX 20,713.7 1.6 -2.4
Euro area EURO STOXX 50 3,759.5 2.2 -12.5
France CAC 40 6,418.9 1.9 -10.3
Germany DAX* 14,340.5 2.4 -9.7
Italy FTSE/MIB 24,283.6 0.1 -11.2
Netherlands AEX 701.2 2.5 -12.1
Spain IBEX 35 8,747.2 -0.1 0.4
Poland WIG 57,025.5 1.5 -17.7
Russia RTS, $ terms 1,222.2 -1.4 -23.4
Switzerland SMI 11,494.1 nil -10.7
Tu r ke y BIST 2,568.8 6.2 38.3
Australia All Ord. 7,462.9 1.0 -4.1
Hong Kong Hang Seng 21,294.9 5.6 -9.0
India BSE 55,381.2 3.0 -4.9
Indonesia IDX 7,149.0 3.9 8.6
Malaysia KLSE 1,553.4 1.2 -0.9
Pakistan KSE 42,756.0 1.8 -4.1
Singapore STI 3,244.0 2.0 3.9
South Korea KOSPI 2,685.9 2.6 -9.8
Taiwan TWI 16,675.1 3.5 -8.5
Thailand SET 1,660.0 2.1 0.1
Argentina MERV 91,369.6 0.1 9.4
Brazil BVSP 111,359.9 0.7 6.2
Mexico IPC 51,506.2 -0.4 -3.3
Egypt EGX 30 10,084.0 -1.6 -15.3
Israel TA-125 1,985.5 5.0 -4.2
Saudi Arabia Tadawul 12,766.5 1.4 12.7
South Africa JSE AS 70,849.4 4.8 -3.9
World, dev'd MSCI 2,770.4 2.6 -14.3
Emerging markets MSCI 1,067.9 4.7 -13.3
US corporate bonds, spread over Treasuries
Dec 31st
Basis points latest 2021
Investment grade 157 120
High-yield 438 332
Sources: Refinitiv Datastream; Standard & Poor's Global Fixed Income
Research. *Total return index.
Commodities
The Economist commodity-price index % change on
2015=100 May 24th May 31st* month year
Dollar Index
All Items 180.8 183.2 -2.4 -3.0
Food 165.1 166.4 3.0 20.4
Industrials
All 195.4 198.8 -6.2 -15.8
Non-food agriculturals 175.9 175.7 -7.8 6.0
Metals 201.2 205.7 -5.8 -19.9
Sterling Index
All items 220.3 221.8 -3.1 9.1
Euro Index
All items 186.9 189.7 -3.9 10.9
Gold
$ per oz 1,866.3 1,845.1 -1.7 -2.8
Brent
$ per barrel 113.8 123.0 16.9 74.7
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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