TheEconomistJune11th 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 Jun 8th on year ago
UnitedStates 3.5 Q1 -1.5 2.3 8.3 Apr 7.7 3.6 May -4.2 -5.8 3.0 150 -
China 4.8 Q1 5.3 5.0 2.1 Apr 2.2 6.1 Apr‡§ 2.3 -6.2 2.6 §§ -38.0 6.68 -4.2
Japan 0.4 Q1 -0.5 2.1 2.4 Apr 2.2 2.5 Apr 1.4 -6.1 nil -8.0 134 -18.2
Britain 8.7 Q1 3.0 3.9 9.0 Apr 6.7 3.7 Feb†† -3.2 -5.3 2.2 136 0.80 -11.2
Canada 2.9 Q1 3.1 3.8 6.8 Apr 5.7 5.2 Apr 1.2 -3.6 3.3 182 1.25 -3.2
Euroarea 5.4 Q1 2.5 3.2 8.1 May 6.8 6.8 Apr 2.3 -4.3 1.4 158 0.93 -11.8
Austria 9.5 Q1 10.0 2.6 8.0 May 6.5 4.4 Apr -1.3 -4.4 1.9 187 0.93 -11.8
Belgium 4.9 Q1 2.2 2.0 9.0 May 9.2 5.7 Apr -1.3 -3.8 1.9 187 0.93 -11.8
France 4.5 Q1 -0.8 2.7 5.2 May 5.4 7.2 Apr -1.2 -5.7 1.8 168 0.93 -11.8
Germany 3.8 Q1 0.9 1.6 7.9 May 6.8 3.0 Apr 5.9 -2.9 1.4 158 0.93 -11.8
Greece 7.9 Q1 9.7 3.0 10.2 Apr 6.6 12.7 Apr -5.1 -4.9 4.0 309 0.93 -1
Italy 6.2 Q1 0.5 2.0 6.9 May 6.3 8.4 Apr 1.5 -5.9 3.5 261 0.93 -1
Netherlands 7.0 Q1 0.1 2.4 9.6 Apr 10.4 3.2 Apr 8.5 -3.0 1.7 173 0.93 -1
Spain 5.5 Q4 1.3 4.0 8.7 May 7.2 13.3 Apr 0.8 -5.7 2.4 199 0.93 -1
CzechRepublic 5.1 Q1 3.7 2.2 14.2 Apr 11.9 2.4 Apr‡ -2.5 -4.8 5.2 349 23.0 -
Denmark 6.6 Q1 -0.4 2.1 6.7 Apr 6.9 2.4 Apr 8.2 1.0 1.7 161 6.93 -1
Norway 4.8 Q1 -3.8 3.2 5.4 Apr 4.8 2.9 Mar‡‡ 16.4 8.7 1.4 76.0 9.45 -12.6
Poland 9.4 Q1 10.4 4.5 13.9 May 10.1 5.1 May§ -2.2 -3.7 6.8 488 4.28 -14.5
Russia 3.5 Q1 na -10.0 17.1 May 18.0 4.0 Apr§ 5.6 -4.5 9.1 168 60.5 19.7
Sweden 3.1 Q1 -3.2 2.4 6.4 Apr 5.1 8.2 Apr§ 4.1 0.4 1.8 140 9.79 -15.5
Switzerland 4.4 Q1 1.9 2.4 2.9 May 2.5 2.2 May 6.3 nil 1.0 117 0.97 2
Turkey 7.3 Q1 4.9 3.0 73.5 May 62.2 11.4 Mar§ -4.2 -3.6 24.2 622 17.1 7
Australia 3.3 Q1 3.1 3.0 5.1 Q1 5.0 3.9 Apr 3.1 -3.2 3.6 202 1.39 2
HongKong -4.0 Q1 -11.4 0.8 1.3 Apr 4.1 5.4 Apr‡‡ 0.3 -6.7 2.9 172 7.85 1
India 4.1 Q1 1.9 6.9 7.8 Apr 7.3 7.1 May -1.5 -6.6 7.5 148 77.7 2
Indonesia 5.0 Q1 na 5.1 3.6 May 5.3 5.8 Q1§ 0.2 -4.8 7.2 81.0 14,492 7
Malaysia 5.0 Q1 na 5.0 2.3 Apr 3.0 4.1 Mar§ 2.8 -6.2 4.2 91.0 4.39 -6.2
Pakistan 6.2 2022** na 2.7 13.8 May 13.0 6.3 2021 -5.3 -7.0 12.8 ††† 317 200 -22.2
Philippines 8.3 Q1 7.8 7.1 5.4 May 4.7 6.4 Q1§ -3.0 -7.7 6.7 281 52.9 -9.9
Singapore 3.7 Q1 2.8 3.6 5.4 Apr 6.0 2.2 Q1 18.3 -0.9 2.9 140 1.37 -3.6
SouthKorea 3.0 Q1 2.6 2.7 5.4 May 4.4 3.0 Apr§ 3.4 -2.3 3.5 135 1,254 -11.1
Taiwan 3.1 Q1 4.3 4.5 3.4 May 3.8 3.7 Apr 13.9 -1.2 1.3 86.0 29.5 -6.2
Thailand 2.2 Q1 4.7 2.9 7.1 May 5.0 1.5 Dec§ 0.1 -4.8 2.9 130 34.5 -9.6
Argentina 8.6 Q4 6.3 4.2 58.0 Apr 60.1 7.0 Q4§ 0.8 -4.3 na na 121 -21.8
Brazil 1.7 Q1 4.0 1.3 12.1 Apr 10.4 10.5 Apr§‡‡ nil -6.7 12.9 387 4.87 3.3
Chile 7.2 Q1 -3.0 2.1 11.5 May 10.2 7.7 Apr§‡‡ -4.5 -3.4 6.4 215 822 -12.6
Colombia 8.2 Q1 4.0 4.2 9.1 May 9.8 11.2 Apr§ -3.7 -4.8 11.4 454 3,781 -5.0
Mexico 1.8 Q1 4.1 1.9 7.7 Apr 7.5 3.1 Apr -0.9 -3.5 8.9 245 19.6 0.8
Peru 3.8 Q1 8.1 2.5 8.1 May 7.1 7.4 Apr§ -3.3 -2.5 7.7 306 3.75 5.1
Egypt 8.3 Q4 na 5.2 13.1 Apr 12.7 7.2 Q1§ -5.8 -6.0 na na 18.7 -16.3
Israel 9.6 Q1 -1.6 4.3 4.0 Apr 4.2 3.5 Apr 3.1 -2.1 3.0 171 3.33 -2.7
SaudiArabia 3.2 2021 na 7.5 2.3 Apr 2.5 6.9 Q4 14.9 10.1 na na 3.75 nil
SouthAfrica 3.0 Q1 8.0 1.9 6.0 Apr 5.8 34.5 Q1§ -1.6 -6.1 9.9 123 15.3 -11.3
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 Jun8th week 2021 Jun8th week 2021
UnitedStatesS&P 500 4,115.8 0.4 -13.6
UnitedStatesNAScomp 12,086.3 0.8 -22.7
ChinaShanghaiComp 3,263.8 2.6 -10.3
ChinaShenzhenComp 2,083.4 3.5 -17.7
JapanNikkei 225 28,234.3 2.8 -1.9
JapanTopix 1,970.0 1.6 -1.1
BritainFTSE 100 7,593.0 0.8 2.8
CanadaS&PTSX 20,792.4 0.4 -2.0
EuroareaEUROSTOXX 50 3,788.9 0.8 -11.9
FranceCAC 40 6,448.6 0.5 -9.8
GermanyDAX* 14,446.0 0.7 -9.1
ItalyFTSE/MIB 24,236.7 -0.2 -11.4
NetherlandsAEX 711.0 1.4 -10.9
SpainIBEX 35 8,842.7 1.1 1.5
PolandWIG 56,070.3 -1.7 -19.1
RussiaRTS,$ terms 1,231.3 0.7 -22.8
SwitzerlandSMI 11,467.4 -0.2 -10.9
Tu r ke yBIST 2,540.4 -1.1 36.8
AustraliaAllOrd. 7,347.0 -1.6 -5.6
HongKongHangSeng 22,014.6 3.4 -5.9
IndiaBSE 54,892.5 -0.9 -5.8
IndonesiaIDX 7,193.3 0.6 9.3
MalaysiaKLSE 1,523.9 -1.9 -2.8
PakistanKSE 41,553.2 -2.8 -6.8
SingaporeSTI 3,225.8 -0.6 3.3
SouthKoreaKOSPI 2,626.2 -2.2 -11.8
TaiwanTWI 16,670.5 nil -8.5
ThailandSET 1,636.9 -1.4 -1.3
ArgentinaMERV 89,946.9 -1.6 7.7
BrazilBVSP 108,367.7 -2.7 3.4
MexicoIPC 49,819.3 -3.3 -6.5
EgyptEGX 30 10,236.1 1.5 -14.1
IsraelTA-125 1,964.9 -1.0 -5.2
SaudiArabiaTadawul 12,596.3 -1.3 11.2
SouthAfricaJSEAS 69,950.2 -1.3 -5.1
World,dev'dMSCI 2,783.3 0.5 -13.9
EmergingmarketsMSCI 1,073.7 0.6 -12.8
UScorporatebonds,spreadoverTreasuries
Dec31st
Basispoints latest 2021
Investmentgrade 155 120
High-yield 439 332
Sources:RefinitivDatastream;Standard& Poor'sGlobalFixedIncome
Research.*Totalreturnindex.
Commodities
The Economist commodity-price index %changeon
2015=100 May 31st Jun 7th* month year
Dollar Index
All Items 183.2 183.5 3.5 -2.5
Food 166.4 161.7 1.4 16.7
Industrials
All 198.8 203.8 5.1 -13.1
Non-food agriculturals 175.7 172.7 -6.8 5.3
Metals 205.7 213.0 8.4 -16.6
Sterling Index
All items 221.8 222.6 1.3 9.6
Euro Index
All items 189.7 190.1 1.9 11.0
Gold
$ per oz 1,845.1 1,851.5 0.3 -2.2
Brent
$ per barrel 123.0 120.8 17.9 67.0
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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