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Low prices, thin wallets

Source: ONS *Three-month average

% change on a year earlier

2007 08 09 10 11 12 134

2

0

2

4

6

8

+

–

CPI

Average earnings*

G R E A T E R L O N D O N

WestMidlands

Thamesestuary

Cambridge

Less than 67.5

67.5 – 69.9

72.5 – 74.9

70.0 – 72.4

More than 75.0White Britons identifying as English, %

Sources: ONS; Based on OS mapping M008/13

West Bromwich Albion State within a state

Source: Government statistics

The bingtuan’s GDP as % of Xinjiang’s

FORECAST

12

16

20

8

4

0

24

1980 85 90 95 2000 05 10 15 20

Areas run by the Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps (bingtuan)

County-level cities controlled by bingtuan

X I N J I A N G

T I B E T

G A N S U

Q I N G H A I

Khotan38th Regiment

MinfengQiemo

224th Regiment

Kashgar

Aksu

AralTumxuk

Korla

Hami

Urumqi

Shihezi Wujiaqu

Beitun

Tiemenguan

T ianshan mountains

500km

T a k l i m a k a n d e s e r t

C H I N A

Cost-cutters

Sources: IMF; OECD *Estimate †Forecast

Current account balance, % of GDP

Unit labour costs, 2003=100

10

5

0

5

10

+

–

2003 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12* 13†

France

Germany

Italy

Spain

90

95

100

105

110

115

120

125

2003 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12*

France

Germany

Italy

Spain

Jobless in Castile

Source: Eurostat

Unemployment rate, % of labour force

Interactive: Explore our guide to Europe’s troubledeconomies at Economist.com/euroguide13

2005 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 130

10

20

30

40

50

60

Spain: total youth

Euro area: total youth

0

10

20

30

2012 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 87Health careSocial SecurityDiscretionaryOther mandatory

Spending as % of GDP*

Sources: CBO; Committee

for a Responsible

Federal Budget

*Baseline projections, assuming

continuation of current policies;

excluding interest payments

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1

2

3

4

1965-69

70-74

75-79

80-84

85-89

90-94

95-99

2000-04

05-09

10-12

Health-care spending per person minusGDP per person, average annual % increase*

Sources: CMS; BEA; Goldman Sachs *Real terms

0

50

100

150

200

250

1945 75 2000 25 50 75 90

Workers contributing toSocial Security

Social Security beneficiaries

Givers and getters, m

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% of Savings in 2021, $bn GDP

Social Security

Base benefits for affluent on price 25.4 0.1instead of wage inflation

Raise early-retirement age from 62 to 64 29.4 0.1

Raise full retirement age from 67 to 70 31.4 0.1

Increase payroll tax to cover 90% of 60.8 0.3aggregate wages

Medicare

Raise eligibility age to 67 31.8 0.1

Raise premiums to cover 35% of 39.8 0.2doctors’ fees

Unify premiums & deductibles for 12.6 0.1hospitals & doctors, penalise privateinsurance that boosts Medicare costs

Restrict tax deductibility of employer- 42.1 0.2provided health insurance

Other

Convert federal civil-service health 17.5 0.1benefits to vouchers

Source: CBO

Home in the range

Source: Thomson Reuters

Ten-year government-bond yields, %

J F M A M J J A S O N D2012

J F M A M2013

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

Germany

United States

Japan

Occupy boardroom

Source: Hedge Fund Research *At end of Q1

Global activist hedge fundsAssets under management, $bn

0

20

40

60

80

2003 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13*

Why Americans love the IRS

Source: IRS

Changes to the taxcode since 2001

4,680Number of wordsin the tax code

4m 3mMan-years spent complying with thetax code each year

89%(59%)

Share of filers whopay for help(excluding software)

$168bnMoney spent each yearon tax compliance

$400bnTax owed but uncollectedeach year

Number of millionairespaying no incometax in 2011

7,000Share of small businesspeople who think thetax code is fair

16%

Military build-up

Source: Avascent

Offset obligations, cumulative total, $bn

FORECAST

0

100

200

300

400

500

2005 07 09 11 13 15 16

Middle East andnorth AfricaAsia PacificEurope and CanadaLatin America

US internet sites

Source: comScore

Unique visitors, March 2013, m

0 50 100 150 200

Google

Yahoo

Microsoft

Facebook

Apple

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*OECD estimate to show government revenues’ oil dependence

Mexico

Source: OECD

% change on previous year Unit labour costs, 2005=100

Population below poverty line, % Fiscal deficit as % of GDP

6

3

0

3

6

3

4

5

6

+

–

2005 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14

GDP Consumer prices

F’CAST

2005 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

80100120140160

Mexico China Brazil

304050607080

1984 90 95 2000 05 1010

8

6

4

2

0

2005 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

Mexico

OECD

Mexico without oil*

S U D A N

C . A . R .

C O N G O

UGANDA

T A N Z A N I A

E T H I O P I A

CH

AD

K E N Y A

ERITREA

Re

d S

ea

SOUTH SUDAN

Khartoum

Port Sudan

Juba

INDIANOCEAN

Lamu

LakeAlbert

Lokichar

Dar es Salaam

AddisAbaba

Nairobi

Mombasa

RWANDA

BURUNDI

DJIBOUTI

Kampala

SOMALIA

500 km

Producingoil fieldsProposedoil pipelines

Existingoil pipeline

N I G E R

CAMEROON

BEN

IN

N I G E R I ANiger

Lagos

CHA

D

BORNOYOBE

Niger Delta

Gulf ofGuinea

Kano

Abuja ADAM

AWA

Maiduguri

Lake Chad

250 km

States with emergency law

2Poor showing

Source: Asian Development Bank *Purchasing-power parity

Selected ASEAN countries’ GDP per person, $’000 at PPP*

0 3 6 9 12 15

Malaysia

Thailand

Indonesia

Philippines

Vietnam

Laos

Cambodia

Myanmar

2000 2010

1Regional laggard

Sources: Asian Development Bank;Harvard (Dapice, Vallely & Wilkinson)

Selected Asian high GDP-growth periodsAverage annual rates, %

*IMF estimate †Harvard estimate, 2-4%

0 2 4 6 8 10 12

China (1991-2010)

Thailand (1976-90)

Cambodia (1994-2010)

Vietnam (1994-2010)

Malaysia (1976-90)

Laos (1994-2010)

Indonesia (1976-90)

Myanmar* (2000-10)

Myanmar† (2000-08) RANGE

1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 20131948 1950 1955

Military coup ends democratic government

1962-1988: RULED BY MILITARY DICTATOR, NE WIN

OFFI

CIAL

FLA

G

Aung San Suu Kyi returns to Burma, founds National League for Democracy (NLD)

Name changed from Burma to Myanmar

Overwhelming win for NLD in free elections, but the results are annulledby the military regime. Many NLD leaders are jailed or go into exile

1992-2011: RULED BY JUNTA AND GENERAL THAN SHWE

Myanmar joins Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN)

“Saffron revolution” protests led by monks violently suppressed by the army

Miss Suu Kyi released from house arrest

Thein Sein becomes president and meets Miss Suu Kyi. Release of political prisoners begins

NLD wins 43 out of 44 by-elections. Visit of President Barack Obama. Violence between Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya results in over 150 deaths

Army assault on the Kachin; more violence between Buddhists and Muslims

Independence from Britain

Yangon and on

THEINSEIN

Source: The Economist

Sittwe

Yangon

Naypyidaw

Myitkyina

Myanmar’s main ethnic groups

Burman

Rakhine

Chin

Other

Kachin

Mon Karen

Shan

Source:Martin Smith;Burma-Insurgencyand the Politicsof Ethnicity

Hainan

Mekong

C A M B O D I A

Gulf of

Thailand

Andaman

Sea

T H A I L A N D

L A O S

M Y A N M A R

BANGLADESH

B a y

o f

B e n g a l

S o u t h

C h i n a

S e a

I N D I A

C H I N A

Hanoi

YangonMae Sot

Naypyidaw

Gulf of

Tonkin

Salween

Vientiane

Bangkok

BHUTAN NEPAL

RAKHINE

MANIPUR

MIZORAM

Dhaka

Sittwe

Kunming

Kyaukphyu

Brahmaputra

G anges

Yang

zi

PhnomPenh

Kolkata

Imphal

Moreh Ruili

Irrawaddy

MandalayBagan

Moulmein

Dawei

St

Kra

Isth

mus

Tenasserim coast

Myitsonedam

Y U N N A N

Kaladan

Ho Chi Minh City

QuiNhon

V I E T N

AM

KACHIN

St

300 km

Oil/gas pipeline(under construction)

Selected roads:Trilateral highway

Trans-Asia highway

SINGAPORE

Bay ofBengal

INDIANOCEAN

Strait ofMalacca

S o u t hC h i n a

S e a

MA L A Y S I A

MYANMAR

250 km

Gulf ofThailand

A n d a m a nS e a

AndamanIslands (to India)

THAILAND

LAOS

INDIA

CHINA

M Y A N M A R

Naypyidaw

BANGLADESH

BHUTAN

Irraw

ad

dy

MANDALAY

MAGWE

IRRAWADDY

YANGON

CHIN

SAGAING

K A C H I N

S H A N

KAYAH

KAREN

BAGO

MON

T AN

I NT

HA

RY

I

1,223.2

1,353.8

150.0

6.4

64.5

63.7

B a y o fB e n g a l

Yangon

Sittwe

R AK

HI N

E

Population, 2012, m

World Wide Wonga

Sources: Bloomberg; The Economist

Net cash held by Apple, Amazon, Facebook,Google and Yahoo, $bn

*March

Years ending December

0

50

100

150

200

250

2007 08 09 10 11 12 13*

Clash of the consoles

Sources: videogameconsolelibrary.com;VGChartz.com; Wikipedia

*Selected, mostcommercially

successful

Video-game consoles, units sold*m

0 100 200 300

Top seller ofgeneration

1st Magnavox Odyssey

2nd Atari 2600

3rd Nintendo (NES)

4th Nintendo (SNES)

5th Sony PlayStation

6th Sony PlayStation 2

7th Nintendo Wii