80 The Economist October 14th 2017

Economic and financial indicators

Economic data
% 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 Oct 11th year ago
United States +2.2 Q2 +3.1 +2.2 +1.5 Aug +1.9 Aug +2.0 4.2 Sep -460.9 Q2 -2.5 -3.4 2.33 - -
China +6.9 Q2 +7.0 +6.8 +6.0 Aug +1.8 Aug +1.7 4.0 Q2 +155.3 Q2 +1.4 -3.9 3.66 6.59 6.71
Japan +1.4 Q2 +2.5 +1.5 +5.4 Aug +0.6 Aug +0.5 2.8 Aug +192.2 Aug +3.6 -4.5 0.06 112 104
Britain +1.5 Q2 +1.2 +1.5 +1.6 Aug +2.9 Aug +2.7 4.3 Jun -128.9 Q2 -3.6 -3.6 1.39 0.76 0.82
Canada +3.7 Q2 +4.5 +2.8 +7.4 Jul +1.4 Aug +1.7 6.2 Sep -45.0 Q2 -2.6 -2.0 2.12 1.25 1.32
Euro area +2.3 Q2 +2.6 +2.1 +3.2 Jul +1.5 Sep +1.5 9.1 Aug +362.1 Jul +3.1 -1.3 0.46 0.85 0.90
Austria +2.6 Q2 +0.4 +2.3 +5.7 Jul +2.1 Aug +2.1 5.6 Aug +6.1 Q2 +2.1 -1.2 0.62 0.85 0.90
Belgium +1.5 Q2 +1.7 +1.6 +3.9 Jul +2.0 Sep +2.1 7.3 Aug -4.2 Mar +0.6 -2.0 0.78 0.85 0.90
France +1.8 Q2 +2.2 +1.7 +1.1 Aug +1.0 Sep +1.1 9.8 Aug -26.0 Aug -1.3 -3.1 0.87 0.85 0.90
Germany +2.1 Q2 +2.5 +2.1 +4.5 Aug +1.8 Sep +1.7 3.6 Aug +276.0 Aug +8.0 +0.7 0.46 0.85 0.90
Greece +0.7 Q2 +2.2 +1.0 +5.7 Aug +1.0 Sep +1.2 21.0 Jul -0.7 Jul -1.3 -1.4 5.58 0.85 0.90
Italy +1.5 Q2 +1.4 +1.4 +5.7 Aug +1.1 Sep +1.3 11.2 Aug +51.2 Jul +2.5 -2.3 2.17 0.85 0.90
Netherlands +3.3 Q2 +6.3 +2.7 +3.9 Aug +1.5 Sep +1.3 5.9 Aug +76.0 Q2 +10.0 +0.6 0.56 0.85 0.90
Spain +3.1 Q2 +3.5 +3.1 +2.2 Aug +1.8 Sep +2.0 17.1 Aug +23.1 Jul +1.4 -3.3 1.69 0.85 0.90
Czech Republic +3.4 Q2 +10.3 +4.5 +5.8 Aug +2.7 Sep +2.4 2.9 Aug +1.7 Q2 +0.9 -0.1 1.37 21.9 24.4
Denmark +1.9 Q2 +2.8 +2.2 +2.1 Aug +1.6 Sep +1.0 4.5 Jul +25.8 Aug +8.2 -0.4 0.58 6.30 6.73
Norway +0.2 Q2 +4.7 +1.9 +5.7 Aug +1.6 Sep +2.0 4.2 Jul +16.6 Q2 +5.4 +4.2 1.65 7.94 8.18
Poland +4.6 Q2 +4.5 +4.3 +8.7 Aug +2.2 Sep +1.8 6.9 Sep -2.5 Jul -0.6 -2.0 3.42 3.63 3.88
Russia +2.5 Q2 na +1.8 +1.5 Aug +3.0 Sep +4.0 4.9 Aug +36.9 Q3 +2.5 -2.1 8.13 57.9 62.6
Sweden +3.0 Q2 +5.2 +3.1 +7.3 Aug +2.1 Aug +1.9 6.0 Aug +22.5 Q2 +4.4 +0.9 0.91 8.07 8.82
Switzerland +0.3 Q2 +1.1 +0.9 +2.9 Q2 +0.7 Sep +0.5 3.1 Sep +68.9 Q2 +9.9 +0.7 0.01 0.97 0.99
Turkey +5.1 Q2 na +4.9 +3.8 Aug +11.2 Sep +10.7 10.2 Jun -37.0 Aug -4.5 -2.0 11.34 3.68 3.09
Australia +1.8 Q2 +3.3 +2.4 +0.8 Q2 +1.9 Q2 +2.1 5.6 Aug -21.8 Q2 -1.5 -1.8 2.82 1.28 1.32
Hong Kong +3.8 Q2 +4.1 +3.1 +0.4 Q2 +1.9 Aug +1.6 3.1 Aug +15.0 Q2 +4.2 +0.9 1.77 7.80 7.76
India +5.7 Q2 +4.1 +6.7 +1.2 Jul +3.4 Aug +3.5 5.0 2015 -29.2 Q2 -1.4 -3.5 6.74 65.3 66.6
Indonesia +5.0 Q2 na +5.2 +2.3 Aug +3.7 Sep +3.9 5.3 Q1 -14.2 Q2 -1.7 -2.6 6.47 13,510 13,013
Malaysia +5.8 Q2 na +5.4 +6.0 Jul +3.7 Aug +3.9 3.5 Jul +8.1 Q2 +2.3 -3.0 3.91 4.22 4.17
Pakistan +5.7 2017** na +5.7 +13.0 Jul +3.9 Sep +3.9 5.9 2015 -12.1 Q2 -4.5 -5.9 8.20 105 105
Philippines +6.5 Q2 +7.0 +6.6 +2.7 Aug +3.4 Sep +3.2 5.6 Q3 -0.8 Jun +0.3 -2.7 4.66 51.5 48.5
Singapore +2.9 Q2 +2.2 +2.9 +19.1 Aug +0.4 Aug +0.7 2.2 Q2 +59.0 Q2 +19.7 -1.0 2.09 1.36 1.38
South Korea +2.7 Q2 +2.4 +2.8 +2.7 Aug +2.1 Sep +2.0 3.6 Aug +83.1 Aug +5.6 +0.9 2.42 1,135 1,120
Taiwan +2.1 Q2 +0.5 +2.2 +3.2 Aug +0.5 Sep +0.6 3.8 Aug +70.7 Q2 +13.2 -0.1 1.04 30.4 31.6
Thailand +3.7 Q2 +5.4 +3.5 +3.7 Aug +0.9 Sep +0.7 1.1 Aug +44.9 Q2 +11.4 -2.5 2.20 33.3 35.3
Argentina +2.7 Q2 +2.8 +2.7 -2.5 Oct +23.1 Aug +25.2 8.7 Q2 -19.7 Q2 -3.4 -6.2 5.24 17.4 15.2
Brazil +0.3 Q2 +1.0 +0.7 +4.0 Aug +2.5 Sep +3.5 12.6 Aug -13.5 Aug -0.8 -8.0 8.83 3.16 3.22
Chile +0.9 Q2 +3.0 +1.3 +5.1 Aug +1.4 Sep +2.2 6.6 Aug -5.6 Q2 -1.7 -3.0 4.51 628 668
Colombia +1.3 Q2 +3.0 +1.7 +6.2 Jul +4.0 Sep +4.0 9.1 Aug -12.4 Q2 -3.7 -3.3 6.45 2,944 2,917
Mexico +1.8 Q2 +2.3 +2.2 -1.6 Jul +6.3 Sep +5.9 3.3 Aug -17.6 Q2 -1.8 -1.9 7.15 18.6 19.0
Venezuela -8.8 Q4~ -6.2 -9.3 +0.8 Sep na +720 7.3 Apr -17.8 Q3~ -1.2 -19.5 9.58 10.2 9.99
Egypt +4.9 Q2 na +3.8 +40.0 Jul +31.6 Sep +26.9 12.0 Q2 -15.6 Q2 -6.0 -10.8 na 17.7 8.88
Israel +3.9 Q2 +2.4 +3.6 +2.6 Jul -0.1 Aug +0.4 4.1 Aug +10.7 Q2 +3.5 -2.5 1.75 3.49 3.81
Saudi Arabia +1.7 2016 na -0.5 na -0.1 Aug +1.1 5.6 2016 +7.6 Q2 +0.5 -7.5 3.68 3.75 3.75
South Africa +1.1 Q2 +2.5 +0.7 +1.4 Aug +4.8 Aug +5.3 27.7 Q2 -7.9 Q2 -2.9 -3.2 8.71 13.6 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.