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Costly connection

Source: OECD*Megabits per second

†At purchasing-power parity

Average monthly subscription price for broadbandconnection of 15 Mbps* and aboveSeptember 2011, $†

0 20 40 60 80 100

Mexico

Chile

Turkey

Slovenia

Czech Rep.

Israel

Poland

Estonia

South Korea

Slovakia

K Y R G Y Z S T A N

C H I N A

T A J I K I S T A N

Bishkek

AlmatyK A Z A K H S T A N

UZ

BEKIST

AN

Kumtorgoldmine

Barskoon

T I AN S

H AN

200 km

2Nuclear imports

Source: ONS

British births outside marriage or civil partnershipby mothers’ country of origin, 2011, %

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

Caribbean

Britain

Poland

AfricaTotal outsideBritainNorth America

Southern Asia

3.1

539.4

20.5

38.5

184.5

4.5

48.8Total births,

’000

1Seven year ditch

Source: ONS

Cumulative % of marriages that end in divorceby anniversary

0

3

6

9

12

15

18

1963 70 75 80 85Date of marriage

90 95 2000 06

Four years

Seven years

ManchesterAirport

G R E A T E R

M A N C H E S T E R

Stockport

Salford

Stockport

MiddletonOldham

Sale

Cheadle

Victoria

Piccadilly

Ordsall Chord

4 km

Railway

Bureaucratic surf wars

Source: National agencies *Not included in the merger

Affiliation of China’s maritime law-enforcementagencies prior to their planned merger into theState Oceanic Administration

PreviousAgency supervisory body

China Maritime State OceanicSurveillance (CMS) Administration (SOA)

Border Control Ministry of PublicDepartment Security

Fisheries Law Enforcement Ministry of AgricultureCommand (FLEC)

China Customs Anti- General AdministrationSmuggling Bureau of Customs

Maritime Safety Ministry of TransportAdministration*

Will you still feed me?

Sources: UN; EconomistIntelligence Unit

Ratio of working-age to elderly population*

*20-59-year-olds/60+ year-olds

2

1

0

3

4

5

6

2000 05 10 15 20 25 30

ChinaShanghai

F O R E C A S T

Modell Deutschland

Source: Eurostat *Year to November

Youth unemployment rate, aged 15-24, %

0

10

20

30

40

2000 02 04 06 08 10 12

Germany

France

Italy

SwedenBritain

*

S E R B I A

MACEDONIA

B O S N I A

ALBANIAGREECE

KOSOVO

MONTE- NEGRO

HUNGARY

R O M A N I A

AUSTRIA

ITALY

SLOVENIA

BU

LGA

RIA

Ad

ri

at

i c S e a

Skopje

Belgrade

Podgorica

Sarajevo

Zagreb

CR

OA

T I A

Pristina

Republika Srpska

Croat-Bosniak Federation

Tirana

EU members Joining 2013

OfficialCandidates

Potential

150 km

Even Stevens

Sources: Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics; PalestinianCentral Bureau of Statistics; Peace Now; UNRWA

*Including East Jerusalem, 2010 †Registered with UNRWAin Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, 1970 and 2012

Israeli and Palestinian populations

1972 2011

Palestinian refugees†

Jews in IsraelJews in West Bank*

Arabs in Israel

Arabs in GazaArabs in West Bank

0.8m2.9m

4.3m

12.2m Jerusalem

Ramallah

I S R A E L

W E S T B A N K

Bethlehem

E-1

Hebron

JO

RD

AN

Jericho

Nablus

Jenin

Jo

rda

n river

PRE-1967BORDER

(“Green line”)

Ariel

Maale Adumim

Dea

d S

ea

MediterraneanSea

Haifa

Tel Aviv

ISRAEL

LEBANON

EGYPT

JO

RD

AN

WESTBANK

GAZA

Jerusalem

GOLANHEIGHTS

50 km

20 km

Built-upsettlements

Settlers’municipalities

Area control: Jewish:

A Palestiniansecurity andcivilian

B Israelisecurity,Palestiniancivilian

C Israelisecurityand civilian Source: B’Tselem

Separationbarrier

Underconstruction

Unsticky and unsureBritish inflation, %

Sources: Bloomberg; ONS; Bank of England *For Nov 2017 †For May 2017

RPI, options-implied distributions for 2017Range = 90% of distribution

1999 03 05 07 09 11 130

1

2

3

4

5

CPI% increase on a year earlier

Expectations overnext 12 months

4

2

0

2

4

6

8

+

–

2008* 12†

Mean

Sub standard

Source: Markit

European financials, credit-default-swap spreadsBasis points

2008 09 10 11 12 130

100

200

300

400

500

600

Senior

Subordinate

Change, the facts

Sources: Dollar Coin Alliance; Thomson Reuters

Most valuable Least valuable coin note Local $ Local $

Britain £2 2.98 £5 7.45

Canada C$2 1.95 C$5 4.87

Euro area ¤2 2.60 ¤5 6.51

Japan ¥500 5.20 ¥1,000 10.40

Russia 10 rouble 0.33 50 rouble 1.63

Average 2.61 6.17

United States 0.25 1.00

Island of Aphrodebte

Source: Eurostat *Non-financial

Private-sector debt*, % of GDP, 2011

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350

Luxembourg

Ireland

Cyprus

Portugal

Belgium

Netherlands

Spain

Malta

Finland

Austria

Regional legions

Sources: European Commission; UNCTAD; foreign-affairs ministries; The Economist

*11 countries, including Canada, Mexico, US, and Vietnam. Another five, including Japan, may join †Ten ASEAN countries plusAustralia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea ‡EU - US §26 sub-Saharan African countries

Free-trade agreements under negotiation, selected

Value of bilateral trade in goods ($bn, 2011 or latest) Date launched Status

Trans-Pacific Partnership* 1,492.2 Jun 2005 16th round Mar 2013

Regional Comprehensive 1,412.6 Nov 2012 Just launchedEconomic Partnership†

Transatlantic Trade and 618.5 Feb 2013 Announced, notInvestment Partnership‡ formally launched

EU - India 110.8 2007 Concluding

EU - Canada 72.9 May 2009 Concluding

China - Switzerland 30.9 Sep 2010 4th round Feb 2012

COMESA-EAC-SADC§ 29.8 June 2011 Concluding

Canada - Japan 19.7 Mar 2012 1st round Nov 2012

Canada - India 5.2 Nov 2010 7th round Feb 2013

Stockmarkets

Source: Thomson Reuters *$ terms

Selected, in local-currency termsMarch 13th 2013, % change from 2007/08 peak

80 60 40 20 0 20+–

United States (DJIA)

United States (S&P 500)

Germany (DAX)

Britain (FTSE 100)

Brazil (BVSP)

Hong Kong (Hang Seng)

Japan (Nikkei 225)

France (CAC 40)

Russia (RTS*)

Euro area (Euro Stoxx 50)

Egypt (Case 30)

China (SSEA)

Greece (Athex Comp)

Success stories

Source: UNDP*Difference from maximum

possible score of 1

Countries with biggest improvement in humandevelopment index*, 1990-2012, %

30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65

South Korea

Iran

China

Chile

Saudi Arabia

Argentina

Malaysia

Tunisia

Turkey

Qatar

Mexico

Algeria

Panama

Brazil

Brunei

4.2

2.5

9.4

3.8

0.4

3.5

3.6

2.9

2.5

3.2

1.3

1.0

3.9

1.7

-0.4

Income per person, average annualchange, 1990-2012, %

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Bank assets

*2008 estimate

% of GDP, 2009

0 200 400 600 800 1,000

Iceland*

CyprusIreland

Spain

MediterraneanSea

I S R A E L

WEST BANK

JO

RD

AN

GAZA STRIP

PRE-1967BORDER

Jerusalem

Jewish settlements

Israeli-controlled areasrestricted or closedto Palestinians

Jubilation

Source: Press reports*Excludes 12 nominated

members and the Speaker

Kenya’s parliament, seats by party*, March 2013

JubileeAlliance158

Coalition forReform andDemocracy

(CORD)136

Others41

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

Aleppo

Damascus

DeraaRamtha

Sahwa

Deirez-Zor

Med

iter

rane

an S

ea

Latakia

GOLANHEIGHTS

Areas of armedrebel activity

Source: PoliticalGeography Now

150 km

6Drying up

Source: Tax Policy Centre

Petrol-tax revenue$bn (2010 dollars)

20

25

30

35

40

45

1977 85 90 95 2000 05 10

A tight lid

Sources: Department of State; Bureau of Economic Analysis

5

0

50

100

150

200

250

4

2

0

2

4

6

+

–

1997 98 99 2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

H-1B visa cap, ’000

Employment-based green cards, ’000GDP, % change on

previous year

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

1953 65 75 85 95 0560 70 80 90 2000 11

Total R&D spending, $bn (2005 dollars) Patents granted, per million people

Patently impressive

Sources: National Science Foundation; Brookings Institution

?2

Sources: Brookings Institution; Energy Information Administration

3

2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 1302468

10121416

012345678

18 9

Henry Hub spot gas price$ per million BTUs

Shale-gas productionTrillion cubic feet

Shale gale

Sources: US Bureau of Labour Statistics; National Bureauof Statistics of China; Bureau of Economic Analysis; IMF

Median household incomeGDP

United States China

1992 2000 05 11

1000

200

400

600

800

1000

200

400

600

800

1992 2000 05 1210

Looking limp1992=100

1

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OR

WA

NH

VT

CT

MARI

DENJ

MN

CO

CAWY

ID

NMAZ

NV UT

TX OK

LA

AR

IA

MO

ND

SD

NE

KSOHINIL

MIWI

ME

NYPA

MT

MSTN

AL

KYNC

FL

WV

SC

VA

GAMD

DC

OR

WA

NH

VT

CT

MARI

DENJ

MN

CO

CAWY

ID

NMAZ

NV UT

TX OK

LA

AR

IA

MO

ND

SD

NE

KSOHINIL

MIWI

ME

NYPA

MT

MSTN

AL

KYNC

FL

WV

SC

VA

GAMD

DC

OR

WA

NH

VT

CT

MARI

DENJ

MN

CO

CAWY

ID

NMAZ

NV UT

TX OK

LA

AR

IA

MO

ND

SD

NE

KSOHINIL

MIWI

ME

NYPA

MT

MSTN

AL

KYNC

FL

WV

SC

VA

GAMD

DC

AK

HI

AK

HI

AK

HI

Sources: National Council on Teacher Quality; Centre for Education Reform; Common Core State Standards Initiative

Education reforms“Common core” teaching standards adoptedCharter schools permittedTeacher evaluation tied to students’ performance

4

Fairweather fears?

Sources: Bureau of Economic Analysis; Gallup;Public Policy Institute of California

45

50

55

60

65

70

5.0

2.5

0

2.5

5.0

7.5

+

–

2005 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

California

“Effects of globalwarming have alreadybegun”, % polled

United States

California’s grossstate product,

% change onprevious year

N E WJ E R S E Y

NEW YORK

ATLANTIC OCEAN

Q U E E N S

NASSAU COUNTY

T H EB R O N X

S T A T E NI S L A N D

OakwoodBeach

MA

NH

AT T

AN

B R O O K L Y N

Most impacted Zip Codes

New York City

10 km

By Indians, for Indians

Source: The Economist estimates *Latest available

India’s leading e-commerce websites

Gross sales*,Website $m Description

IRCTC 1,754 State-run railway-ticket system. Half of all reservations made online

Makemytrip 1,103 Flights and hotels. Battle- hardened survivor from the dotcom era. US-listed

Yatra 655 Travel. Started in 2006, diversifying away from flights

Cleartrip 552 Travel. Making a big push on mobile. Operates in Middle East, too

Snapdeal 300-400 Online marketplace. Active in 4,000 towns and cities

Flipkart 218 Most admired e-commerce firm. Started with books, now sells everything

Jabong 100-150 Fashion upstart begun in 2012. Just launched mobile site

Redbus 109 Transformed long-distance bus ticketing, saving passengers from queues and hassle

Myntra 91 Sells chic clothes and shoes. Like Flipkart, has own inventory

Info Edge 77 Main site is Naukri.com, which posts recruitment ads

Lift off

Sources: Credit Suisse; company reports

Companies’ operating profit marginsfrom lifts and escalators, %

0

5

10

15

20

25

2000 02 04 06 08 10 12

Schindler

Kone

Otis

ThyssenKrupp

From back-office to e-commerceTimeline of Indian technology firms

1980

1985

1990

1995

2000

2005

2010

2012

Source: The Economist

’81 - Infosys founded

’84 - New Computer Policy cuts import duties’85 - Texas Instruments sets up in Bangalore

’89 - Jack Welch of GE visits India and agrees to outsource IT work

’93 - Infosys lists in India’94 - Bharti Airtel, now India’s biggest mobile firm, wins licence in Delhi

’99 - ”Y2K” problem gives industry a boost’00 - First generation of dotcoms boom’01 - Dotcom crash

’04 - TCS, now the biggest IT-services firm, lists in India

’08 - 2G mobile-licence scandal’07 - Flipkart founded

’09 - Outsourcing hit hard by financial crisis. Satyam fraud exposed’10 - Makemytrip lists on Nasdaq’11 - E-commerce frenzy’12 - IT-industry revenues reach $100bn, 700m active mobile users

The pound against the dollar

Source: Thomson Reuters

Dec2012

Jan Feb Mar2013

1.45

1.50

1.55

1.60

1.65

$/£

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A tale of two plans

Sources: House Budget Committee;Senate Budget Committee

% of GDP

2014 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

Spending Spending

Republican plan:Democratic plan:

RevenueRevenue

16

18

20

22

24