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1Flow chart

Sources: Home Office; UNHCR; The Economist *2011

Asylum applications by SomalisPer 100,000 of country’s population

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

5,644

2,181

914

762

1,415*

198

173

669

Total applications, 2012

Sweden

Norway

Denmark

Switzerland

Netherlands

Slovakia

Finland

Britain

2002 2012

*

Sources: The Electoral Commission; YouGov *1-month moving average

Donations by type, £m

Voting intention*, %

Brothers in alms

0

2

4

1

3

2010 11 12 13

2010 11 12 13

Company

ConservativeLabour

Individual CompanyIndividualUnion

30354045

Con: Lab:

2The only way is up

Sources: ONS; The Economist

Employment status of selected nationalitiesIn England and Wales, 2011, % of total

0 20 40 60 80 100

New Zealand

Poland

Lithuania

Bangladesh

Afghanistan

China

Somalia

EmployedUnemployed

InactiveStudents

Debt-defying

Source: Goldman Sachs

China’s debt as % of GDP

*Local-governmentfinancing vehicles

0

50

100

150

200

250

2000 02 04 06 08 10 12 15

F’CASTCorporate GovernmentLGFVs* Consumer

Signs of a turnaround?

Source: National statistics

China’s industrial production% increase on previous year

J A S O N D2012

J F M A M J J2013

8

9

10

11

Thrifty Europeans

Source: SIPRI

Defence spending, % of GDP, 2012

0 1 2 3 4 5

United States

Britain

France

Poland

Italy

Germany

Sweden

Spain

Russia

S E R B I A

MACEDONIA

B O S N I A

ALBANIAGREECE

KOSOVO

MONTE- NEGRO

HUNGARY

ROMANIA

AUSTRIA

ITALY

SLOVENIA

BU

LGA

RIA

Ad

ri

at

i c S e a

Skopje

Belgrade

Podgorica

Sarajevo

Zagreb

CROATIA

Pristina

Republika Srpska

Croat-Bosniak Federation

Tirana

EU members

Candidates:PotentialOfficial

150 km

The fog clears

Sources: ISDA; BIS*Over the counter

†Adjusted for double counting

OTC* derivatives, notional amounts outstandingYear-end, $trn

0

200

400

600

2007 08 09 10 11 12

Total†

of which: cleared volumes

Light and shade

Source: Eurostat*Q1 data †Data not seasonallyadjusted: change from Q2 2007

GDP, Q2 2013% change from pre-crisispeak (2007-08)

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25 20 15 10 5 0 5+–

United States

Germany

France

Japan

Euro areaBritain

Netherlands

Finland

Spain

Portugal

Italy

Ireland *Greece†

Q2 2013, % change onprevious quarter

0.4

0.7

0.5

0.6

0.3

0.6

-0.2

0.7

-0.1

1.1

-0.2

na

na

Resorting to luxury

Sources: Art Price; Vintage Guitar magazine; Florien Leonhard Fine Violins;HAGI; Liv-ex; Stanley Gibbons; Thomson Reuters; The Economist *Including dividend income

Price indices, $ terms, Q1 2003=100

2003 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 1350100150200250300350400450500550

Classic cars ArtWineStampsCoins GuitarsViolinsMSCI World*The Economist valuables index

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Thin slicing

Source: Coalition

*Fixed income, currenciesand commodities

†In ten rich countries

Ten largest investment banks’ FICC* revenue, $bn

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

Q12011

Q12012

Q12013

Rates†

Credit†

Foreign exchange†

Securitisation

Emerging markets

Commodities

Global business barometer

Source: The Economist/FT survey

Balance of respondents expecting global businessconditions to improve, 2013, percentage points

10 5 0 5 10 15 20 25+–

Middle East& Africa

Western Europe

Eastern Europe

Overall

North America

Asia-Pacific

Latin America

Q1Q2Q3

Interactive: Track global business confidence with our barometer at Economist.com/bizbaro

Media and entertainmentWorldwide spending, $trn

0

1

2

3

2008 10 12 14 16 17

Digital Non-digital

F O R E C A S T

World GDP% change on previous year

2

0

2

4

6

+

–

2007 08 09 10 11 12 13 14

F’CAST

A hike to a plateau

Source: National Park Service

Visitors to national parks, m

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

1960 70 80 90 2000 12

Shooting up

Source: Department of Justice

Federal prison population, ’000

Of which:Drug offenders

0

50

100

150

200

1970 75 80 85 90 95 2000 05 11

Totalof which: drug offenders

S U D A N

E G Y P T

LI

BY

A Cairo

SINAI

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

Gulf ofSuez

RedSea

Alexandria

Suez

Nile

Aswan

SuezCanal

PortSaid

W E S T E R N

D E S E R T EASTERNDESERT

Luxor

Sohag

Fayoum

Minya

Asyut

Zagazig

el-Arish

Clashes

250 km

Price indices

*Including dividend income

$ terms, Q1 2003=100

2003 05 07 09 11 1350

100

150

200

250

300

350

MSCI World*

The Economist valuables index

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Staying high

Source: Department of Justice

Federal prisoners, 2010, %

0 20 40 60 80 100

Admissions

Population

Releases

Drug Immigration WeaponProperty Public-order Violent

Type of offence:

Let’s get digital

Source: PricewaterhouseCoopers

Worldwide spending on media and entertainment$trn

F O R E C A S T

0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

2008 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Digital Non-digital

Not my department

Source: US Census Bureau*Excluding motor vehicles

and restaurants

US:

0

4

8

12

16

0

1

2

3

4

1992 95 2000 05 10 13

department-store salesAs % of total

retail sales*$trn

SWEDEN

SWITZ.

DENMARKIRELAND

UNITEDKINGDOM

S P A I N

F R A N C EAUSTRIA

ITALY

GREECE

BULGARIA

LITHUANIA

LATVIA

ESTONIA

ROMANIA

P O L A N D

CZECHREP.

SLOVENIA HUNGARY

SLOVAKIA

GERMANY

NETHER-LANDS

LUX.

CROATIA

BELGIUMA T L A N T I C

O C E A N

PORTUGAL

RotterdamHamburg

Genoa

Ljubljana

Prague

Istanbul

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

B l a c k S e a

T U R K E Y

500 kmEuropean rail-freight corridors

EU

1. Rhine-Alp

2. Benelux-France

4. Atlantic

6. Mediterranean

7. Orient

Others

Retrack

9. Eastern

RICS house-price survey

Source: Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

England & Wales net balance, %

2010 11 12 1360

40

20

0

20

40

+

–