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INFOGRAPHIC CONTACT SHEET Issue date: Sep 21th–27th 2013 1/2
Potted history
Sources: Independent Drug Monitoring Unit;Crime Survey England and Wales *Skunk
Cannabis*:
6
7
8
9
10
11
24
25
26
27
28
29
2000 02 04 06 08 10 11
used in last year,16- to 59-year-olds, %
price per 1/8th of anounce, £ 2013 prices
C BClass B
Not so marginal
Source: Lord Ashcroft polls
Conservative seats targeted by LabourVoting intentions, % point change since 2010
10 5 0 5 10+–
UKIP
Labour
Others
Lib Dem
Conservative
VIETNAM
LAOSTHAILAND
MY
AN
MA
R
C H I N A
Yangzi
Jinsha
Lancang
Dadu
Mekong
Nu
Salw
een
ThreeGorges
damXiaonanhai
Chongqing
CHONGQING
Guiyang
Kunming
400 km
Beijing
C H I N A
CHONGQING
Selected dam projects(both built & planned) Future warriors?
Source: “The Mystery of Missing Female Children in theCaucasus”, by Marc Michael et al, June 2013
Number of baby boys born per 100 baby girls
100 105Natural Ratio
110 115 120 125
Georgia
Azerbaijan
Armenia
Ukraine
1985-89 1990-94 1995-992000-04 2005-09
na
2All change
Source: Bloomberg *September 6th
Top-ten companies ranked by market value*, $bn
200
220
240
180
160
300
320
340
280
260
400
380
360
420
440
4602009 2013
ChevronPetroChina
General ElectricWalmart
Johnson &Johnson
Microsoft
BerkshireHathaway
Apple
Exxon Mobil
HSBC
Royal DutchShell
China Mobile
CCB
PetroChina
Exxon Mobil
Walmart
Petrobras
MicrosoftICBC
UnitedStates
China
Britain
Brazil
Netherlands
1On the upAmerica’s share of the world’s biggest firmsRanked by market value, September 6th, %
Sources: Bloomberg; The Economist
0
20
40
60
80
100
2000 02 04 06 08 10 12 13
Biggest 10
Biggest 50
3Less successAmerica’s share of the world’s biggest firmsRanked by net income, September 6th, %
Sources: Bloomberg; The Economist
0
20
40
60
80
100
2000 02 04 06 08 10 12 13
Biggest 10
Biggest 50
The capital-freeze index
Sources: Economist Intelligence Unit; IMF; Sovereign WealthFund Institute; World Bank; “A New Measure of FinancialOpenness”, by Menzie Chinn and Hiro Ito, Journal ofComparative Policy Analysis, 2008; The Economist
Vulnerability to a sudden stop in capital inflowsin emerging markets*, 2012 or latestMaximum risk=20
Interactive: Compare these emerging economiesacross different indicators at Economist.com/freeze13
*Based on current-account balance, credit growth,short-term gross external debt and external debt
payments as % of reserves, and financial openness
0 15 20105
TurkeyRomaniaPolandMexicoColombiaPeruArgentinaIndonesiaChileHungaryBrazilEgyptUkraineIndiaVenezuelaSouth AfricaThailandBangladeshPakistanRussiaVietnamPhilippinesMalaysiaChinaSaudi ArabiaAlgeria
Exchange greats
Source: BIS
*Adjusted for local and cross-border inter-dealerdouble-counting; percentages sum to 200% as two
currencies are involved in each transaction†Not covered by CLS
Global foreign-exchange market*% of average daily turnover
0 10 20 30 40
US dollar
Euro
Japanese yen
British pound
Australiandollar
Swiss franc
Canadiandollar
Mexican peso
Chinese yuan†
New Zealanddollar
87.084.9
Apr 2010Apr 2013
Pride after the fall
Source: Eurostat *Forecast
GDP, 2007=100
50
60
70
80
90
100
110
2000 02 04 06 08 10 12 13*
IrelandGermanyGreece
United StatesLatvia Outlook: unsettled
Source: FederalOpen MarketCommittee
*Q4 year on year †Range of projectionsby FOMC members, excluding three
highest and three lowest projections
US GDP, % change*
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
4
+
–
Actual
2008 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Central tendency† of projections
World GDP*
Sources: IMF; The Economist
*Estimates based on 52 economies representing90% of world GDP. Weighted byGDP at purchasing-power parity
% change on a year earlier
2007 08 09 10 11 12 134
2
0
2
4
6
+
–
Rich countriesUnited States
Emerging marketsChina Total
Not there yet
Source: World Bank*People living on less than
$1.25 a day at 2005 PPP
Number of people in poverty*, by region, bn
% of developing world population
0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
1981 90 99 2010
East Asia and Pacific South AsiaSub-Saharan Africa Other
52.2 43.134.0
20.6
Founders’ grace
Source: Lester Salamon et al
Philanthropic foundations formed in privatisations,Total assets, by nationality, 2012, $bn
0 5 10 15 20
Italy
United States
Germany
New Zealand
Austria
Britain
Czech Rep.
Number
72 103
199
29
36
33
21
74
Median household incomeUnited States, constant 2012 $’000
50
52
54
56
58
2003 05 07 09 11 12
Median household incomeUnited States, constant 2012 $’000
48
52
56
60
2003 05 07 09 11 12
Boeing share price
Source: Thomson Reuters
$
2010 11 12 13
40
60
80
100
120
INFOGRAPHIC CONTACT SHEET Issue date: Sep 21st–27th 2013 2/2
Africa’s big diggers
Source: IMF*More than 20% of government revenue
comes from resource taxes
Sub-Saharan Africa, resource exports% of total exports, 2005-10 average
Fiscally dependent* oil exportersOther fiscally dependent* countriesOthers
0 20 40 60 80 100
AngolaEq. GuineaCongoNigeriaGuineaGabonCongo Braz.ChadBotswanaZambiaSierra LeoneMaliNamibiaNigerCameroonZimbabweTanzaniaGhanaC.A.R.South Africa
2Easing by printing
Sources: Bank of England; Bank of Japan; ECB;Federal Reserve; Thomson Reuters
Central-bank assets, $trn
2008 09 10 11 12 130
1
2
3
4Europe
Japan
United States
Britain
1As low as you can go
Source: Thomson Reuters
Interest rates, %
2008 09 10 11 12 130
1
2
3
4
5
6
Federal-fundstarget rate
Bank of Englandbase rateBritain’s ten-yeargov’t-bond yield
US ten-yeargov’t-bond yield
Apocalypse postponed
Source: CongressionalBudget Office
*Assumes continuation ofcurrent policies
Federal debt as % of GDP forecastAlternative fiscal scenario*:
0
50
100
150
200
250
2013 20 25 30 35 38
2012
2013
None of our business
Source: Pew Research Centre *September 12th-15th 2013
% replying*
0 20 40 60 80
Do you approve or disapprove of the decision todelay air strikes on Syria?
ApproveDisapprove
Will Syria give up chemical weapons?
YesNo
If Syria doesn’t give up chemical weapons do youfavour or oppose air strikes?
FavourOppose
0 20 40 60 80
0 20 40 60 80
*To Sep 18th †Mar 14th-17th 2013
Shootings down; high-profile shootings up
Sources: Centres for Disease Control and Prevention; Mother Jones; Pew Research Centre
Gun-related murdersPer 100,000 people
Deaths from mass shootingsPer 1m people
Compared with 20 years ago hasthe number of gun crimes inAmerica gone up, gone down orstayed the same?% replying†
0
2
4
6
8
1981 90 2000 110
0.05
0.10
0.15
0.20
0.25
0.30
1982 90 2000 13*
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Gonedown
Stayed thesame
Goneup
DCDC
OR
WA
NH
VT
CT
MARI
DENJ
MN
CO
CAWY
ID
NMAZ
NV UT
TX OK
LA
AR
IA
MO
ND
SD
NE
KSINIL
MIWI
ME
NYPA
MT
MSTN
AL
KYNC
FL
WV
SC
VA
GAMD
OH
Stoner states
AK
HI
States in which the sale of marijuana is:
Source: National Conference of State Legislatures
Legal forrecreational use
Legal formedicinal use
Illegal
Adding value the Tencent way
Sources: GK Dragonomics; Fathom China *Virtual goods, etc
Internet firms’ revenue by source, 2012, % of total
0 20 40 60 80 100
Tencent
Sina
Baidu
7.0
0.5
3.5
50.1
5.1
Revenue, $bn
Value-added services*AdvertisingE-commerce
Other
Source: Company websites*Of South Africa †47 of 49
stores are joint ventures
SOUTHAFRICA
0
20
40
60
80
Zimbabwe
Namibia
Botswana
Zambia
Angola
Mozambique
Nigeria
Tanzania
KenyaUganda
Others
KENYAUGANDA
ZIMBABWEZAMBIA
NAMIBIABOTSWANA
TANZANIA
MOZAMBIQUEANGOLA
NIGERIA
ShopritePick n PayMassmartWoolworths*
Heading northNumber of retail outlets outside South Africa2013
†