INFOGRAPHIC CONTACT SHEET Issue date: July 6th–12th 2013

Vietnam

Broad versus deep

Source: ADB

Social Protection Index, 2009, %

*As % of GDP per person

Coverage as % of eligible population

Spen

ding

per

ben

efic

iary

*

0

10

20

30

0 20 40 60 80 100

Japan

SouthKorea

SingaporeChinaThailand

IndonesiaIndia

Philippines

Malaysia

Pakistan

Something to Mull

Source: Institute for Fiscal Studies

Change in jobs by region, Q1 2010–Q1 2013 as % of total employment in Q1 2010

4 2 0 2 4 6 8 10+–

North East

North West

Yorkshire andThe Humber

East Midlands

West Midlands

East of England

London

South East

South West

Scotland

Wales

NorthernIreland

Public Private Net growth

1 2

The fundamentals are grim…

Sources: ONS; Thomson Reuters

Components of GDP, real terms, Q1 2008=100GDP, Q1 2008=100

1998 2000 02 04 06 08 10 1370

80

90

100

110

Investment

Governmentconsumption

Privateconsumption

2007 08 09 10 11 12 13

Britain

France

Germany

Canada

United States

90

95

100

105

110

All that Jazz

Source: Kantar Worldpanel *Years ending June

Apple sales by type, selected% change, 2009-13*

50 0 50 100+–

Jazz

Pink Lady

Braeburn

Gala/Royal GalaGoldenDeliciousCox

Granny Smith

Sales, 2013*, tonnes

10.3

33.9

83.2

135.3

33.7

30.0

35.1

…but there’s always credit

Sources: Deutsche Bank; ONS

Real wages compared with peak wage during recessions, %

3

4

12

8

4

0

4+

–

0 2 4 6 8 10 12Quarters since recession start

14 16 18 20 22

Late 1970s

Early 1980s

Early 1990s

Since 2007

1998 2000 02 04 06 08 10 130

2

4

6

8

10

Savings ratio, %

The winners of discontent

Source: Metroscopia/El País

Spanish voting intention, % polled

2011 12 130

10

20

30

40

50PP

PSOE

United Left

Union for Progressand Democracy

1Unpopular

Source: Baseera

President Morsi’s approval rating, %

A S O N D2012

J F M A M J2013

0

20

40

60

80

Approve

Disapprove

Deal or less impressive deal

Sources: Centre for Economic PolicyResearch; IMF; The Economist *Outside the EU

Estimated gains from a possible US-EU trade andinvestment agreement, ¤bn per year

0 50 100 150 200 250

EU GDP

US GDP

EUexports*

USexports

0.9

0.8

1.7

2.0

As % of 2012 GDP

0.5

0.4

1.0

1.2

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.5

0.04

0.06

0.04

0.04

Ambitious comprehensive agreementLess ambitious comprehensive agreementLimited agreement; tariffs onlyLimited agreement; services only

Discounting trouble

Sources: Wind Info;press reports

China’s new lending, yuan trn

*June 1st-10th,from unofficial reports

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun*2013

0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

+

–

Total loans of which: Discounted bills

Mark to Markit

Source: Markit

*Earnings before interest, tax, depreciationand amortisation; different accounting

standard from 2009

Markit’s:$bn

0.2

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

+

–

2003 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

revenue EBITDA*

LIBYA

CHA

D

NIGER

NIGERIA

MALI

LIBERIA

GUINEA

TOGO BENIN

CÔTED’IVOIRE

MAURITANIA

FASO

G u l f o f G u i n e a CAMEROO

N

Bamako

S A H A R A

GHAN

A

S a h e lNiameyAgadez

Arlit

Diffa

Abuja

BU

RKINA

SIERRALEONE

SENEGAL

ALGERIA

Timbuktu

Agadem

750 km

What to cut?

Sources: Department of Defence; Congressional BudgetOffice; Centre for Strategic and International Studies

Department of Defence

F’CAST

0

200

400

600

800

0

1

2

3

4

1948 60 70 80 90 2000 10 21

Spending, $bn(constant 2013 dollars)

Including BCA capsand sequester, $bn

Active dutytroops, m

Still No. 1

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Military spending, $trn (constant 2011 dollars)

0

0.3

0.6

0.9

1.2

1.5

1.8

1988 95 2000 05 10 12

Of which: United States

World

Who makes your PC?

Source: Barclays

Taiwanese notebook-computer suppliers, units m2013 estimate

Unitsboughtby:

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

Quanta

Compal

Wistron

Pegatron

Inventec

Hon Hai

HP Lenovo AcerASUSTeK Dell AppleOthers

Steel trap

Sources: Platts; Thomson Reuters;Australian Bureau of Resourcesand Energy Economics

*Hot-rolled coil†62% iron content

Prices, $ per tonne

2006 07 08 09 10 11 12 130

300

600

900

1,200

0

100

200

300

400

Steel* Iron ore†

Britain’s PMIs*

Source: Markit *Purchasing-managers’ indices

Less than 50=contraction

2012 201342

46

50

54

58Services

Manufacturing

SAUDI ARABIA

H A S A K A

RAQQA

SUWAYDA

QUNEITRA

TARTOUS D E I RE Z - Z O R

H O M S

H A M A

LATAKIAALEPPO

DERAA

IDLEB

DAMASCUS

Euphrates

Homs

T U R K E Y

ISRAEL

LEBANONS Y R I A

I R A Q

JORDAN

Aleppo

Qusayr

Deraa

GOLANHEIGHTS

Damascus

Deirez-Zor

Hasaka

HamaLatakia

Tartus

Med.Sea

Beirut

Raqqa

150 km

Anti-regime

Source: Syria Needs Analysis Project

Syrian army

Contested

Kurdish Alawite

Balance of payments

2Troubled times

Source: Central Bank of Egypt

2009 10 11 12 130

10

20

30

40

0

4

8

12

16

Net internationalreserves, $bn

Unemploymentrate, %

154 Mali155 Guatemala156 El Salvador157 Iceland158 Paraguay159 Britain160 Trinidad & Tobago161 Sierra Leone162 Côte d’Ivoire163 Greece

2012Investment to GDP ranking