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StuckJamaica’s:

Source: IMF

GDP, % change on previous year

Government gross debt, % of GDP

42024

+

–

2000 02

02 04

04 06 08 10 12

80100120140160

2000 06 08 10 12

Some turnaround

Sources: IMF; CEIC

Indonesia’s current-account balanceAs % 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 andpopulation 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 05Financial years

10 15 17

receipts

spendingF’CAST

Post-industrial China

Source: Wind Info

% share of China’s GDP from:

30

35

40

45

50

1994 96 98 2000 06 0802 04 10 12

industry

services

Cyber-toothed

Source: Mandiant

Number of foreign organisations targeted by onegroup of Chinese hackers in selected industries 2006-12

0 5 10 15 20Informationtechnology

Aerospace

Satellites & telecoms

Scientific research

Energy Internationalorganisations

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 11 120

1

2

3

4

5

6Germany

Italy

When doves fly

Sources: Thomson Reuters; The Economist

*Nominal ten-year government bond less index-linked equivalent

Breakeven inflation rate*, %

2011 12 131

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 0905 1211

cannabis

same-sex marriage

Americans who favourlegalising cannabis% of respondents

01020304050

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: Bulletinof 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

UnitedStates

Russia

CUBAN MISSILECRISIS

SALT* I

SALT* II START † ISORT ‡

NEWSTART †

RUSSIA'S FIRSTATOMIC TEST

FALL OFBERLIN 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

WesternEurope

Latin America

EasternEurope

Q32012

Q42012

Q12013

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

Numberapproved

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 SalesAs % of total

Gold price

Source: Thomson Reuters

$ per troy ounce

Sep Oct Nov Dec

2012Jan Feb

2013

1,6001,6501,7001,7501,800

1,550

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THAILAND

P H I L I P P I N E S

VIETNAM

I N D O N E S I A

BRUNEI

S o u t h

C h i n a S e a

KualaLumpur

SINGAPORE

SABAH

B O R N E O

Manila

PhnomPenh

C A M B O D I A

Celebes SeaMA L A Y S

IA

Bangkok

S u l uS e a

Historical territory ofthe Sultanate of Sulu

Gul f of

Thai land

MINDANAO

400 kmCameron or Kinnock?

Source: Ipsos MORI

Net satisfaction with opposition leaders, %

Months since election as leader

60

40

20

0

20

40

+

1 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 51

Foot

Kinnock

Blair*

HagueDuncanSmith

SmithHoward

Cameron*

MILIBAND–

*Went on to become prime minister

ISRAEL

CYPRUS SYRIA

T U R K E Y

JORDAN

APHRODITEFIELD

LEBANON

WESTBANK

M e d i t e r r a n e a nS e a

Nicosia

Turkish-Cypriotcontrolled

Greek-Cypriot

controlled

100 km

UN buffer zone“green line”

Euphrates

Homs

T U R K E Y

ISRAEL

LEBANON

S Y R I A

J O R D A N

I R A Q

AleppoZarzour

QardahaHama

Latakia

Beirut Damascus

Deraa

Deirez-Zor

H A S A K A

R A Q Q A

SUWAYDA

QUNEITRA

TARTUS D E I RE Z - Z O R

H O M S

H A M A

LATAKIAALEPPO

DERAA

IDLEB

DAMASCUS

Tal Abyad

Med

iter

rane

an

Se

a

150 km