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INFOGRAPHIC CONTACT SHEET w08 Issue date: 2013.02.23 1/2 Stuck Jamaica’s: Source: IMF GDP, % change on previous year Government gross debt, % of GDP 4 2 0 2 4 + – 2000 02 02 04 04 06 08 10 12 80 100 120 140 160 2000 06 08 10 12 Some turnaround Sources: IMF; CEIC Indonesia’s current-account balance As % of GDP 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 + – 2003 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 The never-balanced budget Source: IMF India’s government finances, as % of GDP Interactive: Compare India’s contrasting state GDP and population levels at Economist.com/indiastates12 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 + – 1988 95 2000 05 10 12 Revenue Spending Balance Now for the hard part Source: Office for Budget Responsibility Public sector: As % of GDP 30 35 40 45 1997 2000 05 Financial years 10 15 17 receipts spending F’CAST Post-industrial China Source: Wind Info % share of China’s GDP from: 30 35 40 45 50 1994 96 98 2000 06 08 02 04 10 12 industry services Cyber-toothed Source: Mandiant Number of foreign organisations targeted by one group of Chinese hackers in selected industries 2006-12 0 5 10 15 20 Information technology Aerospace Satellites & telecoms Scientific research Energy International organisations High-tech electronics Financial services Advantage Deutschland Source: ECB *Loans over ¤1m at floating rate and up to one year duration Rates on new business loans to non-financial corporations*, % 2006 07 08 09 10 11 12 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Germany Italy When doves fly Sources: Thomson Reuters; The Economist *Nominal ten-year government bond less index-linked equivalent Breakeven inflation rate*, % 2011 12 13 1 0 1 2 3 4 + – United States Japan Britain Long-term unemployment Source: OECD % of unemployed out of work for at least 12 months 0 20 40 60 80 Slovakia Ireland Greece Italy Germany Spain France Japan Netherlands Britain United States Canada Q4 2007 Q2 2012 Breathe deeply Source: Gallup % of respondents in America who favour legalising: 20 30 40 50 60 1995 97 99 2001 03 07 09 05 12 11 cannabis same-sex marriage Americans who favour legalising cannabis % of respondents 0 10 20 30 40 50 1969 80 90 2000 12 Better things in store Source: Office of the Texas Comptroller Texas biennial revenue estimates, $bn 0 20 40 60 80 100 2000- 01 02- 03 04- 05 06- 07 08- 09 10- 11 12- 13 14- 15 Still lots to go around Source: Bulletin of Atomic Scientists *Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty † Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty ‡ Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty § Includes 5,500 retired warheads awaiting dismantling **Excludes retired warheads Nuclear-warhead stockpile, ’000 0 10 20 30 40 50 1949 60 70 80 90 2000 12 United States Russia CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS SALT* I SALT* II START † I SORT ‡ NEW START † RUSSIA'S FIRST ATOMIC TEST FALL OF BERLIN WALL § ** Global business barometer Source: The Economist/FT survey Balance of respondents expecting global business conditions to improve, percentage points By region 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 20 + – Middle East & Africa North America Overall Asia Western Europe Latin America Eastern Europe Q3 2012 Q4 2012 Q1 2013 By industry Q1 2013 5 0 5 10 15 20 25 + – Transport/tourism Entertainment/media Financial services Energy/resources Automotive Consumer goods Government IT & technology Old lags Source: PMDA *median period for approval Review of new drugs in Japan Fiscal years beginning April 0 3 6 9 12 15 18 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 2007 08 09 10 11 Number approved Review time* of priority products, months Skyfall Source: Morgan Stanley America’s spending on home video entertainment FORECAST 15 20 25 30 35 30 40 50 60 70 1998 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16 Revenue $bn Rentals Sales As % of total Gold price Source: Thomson Reuters $ per troy ounce Sep Oct Nov Dec 2012 Jan Feb 2013 1,600 1,650 1,700 1,750 1,800 1,550
