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Economic Outlook no. 1189-1190 |Macroeconomic, Risk and Insolvency Outlook


Euler Hermes


Economic forecasts


Change over the period, unless otherwise indicated: * contribution to GDP growth ** USD bn


UNITED STATES GDP


Consumer Spending Public Spending Investment Construction Equipment Stocks


Exports Imports


Net exports Current account


Unemployment rate Wages


Inflation General government balance ** **


General government balance (% of GDP) Public debt (% of GDP) Nominal GDP


Current account (% of GDP) Employment


* **


share 100%


71% 19% 13% 2%


*


10% 0%


13% 16% -3%


2011 1.8


2.5


-3.1 6.6


-1.4 8.6


-0.2 6.7 4.8 0.1


-466 -3.1 0.6 8.9 2.0 3.3


-1250 -8.3 101


15,076 Sources: IHS Global Insight, Euler Hermes forecasts Short-term advanced indicators


Industrial output and confidence indices Industrial output in yearly change (3-month average) and confidence index (2-month average)


10 15


-20 -15 -10 -5 0 5


Industrial confidence index (right axis) Industrial output (left axis in %)


9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 13210987654321098 Sources: national statistics, IHS Global Insight


Retail sales and confidence indices Retail sales in yearly change (3-month average) and confidence index (2-month average)


10 15


-15 -10 -5 0 5


Household confidence index (right axis) Retail sales (left axis in %)


100 120 140 160


20 40 60 80


9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 13210987654321098 Sources: national statistics, IHS Global Insight


0


30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65


2012 2.2


1.8


-1.4 7.8


11.6 6.9 0.1 3.6 2.8 0.0


-508 -3.2 1.7 8.1 1.5 2.2


-1129 -7.2 105


15,684


2013 1.9


1.9


-0.4 3.9 9.5 2.4 0.1 4.3 3.5 0.0


-495 -3.0 1.1 7.7 1.9 2.0


-1039 -6.4 108


16,230 forecasts


Current account balance and trading partners


Current account balance in% of GDP


8 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 13197531975319 Sources: IHS Global Insight, Euler Hermes forecasts


-8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1


Trading partners


USD billions: exports (FOB), imports (CIF) 12-months cumulative figures to end of Dec 2011


Country Total


of which, euro zone Canada Mexico China Japan UK


Country Total


of which, euro zone China


Canada Mexico Japan


Germany


Exports 1,481 196 281 198 104 66 56


Exports 2,265 288 417 321 265 132 100


Sources: IHS Global Insight, IMF 11


Share of total 100% 13.2% 19.0% 13.3% 7.0% 4.5% 3.8%


Share of total 100% 12.7% 18.4% 14.2% 11.7% 5.8% 4.4%


Chapter 7 Chapter11 Chapter12 Chapter13


Other chapters Total


Number 20,889


6,709 412


2,481 129


30,620


Change* Share -19%


-10% -19% -9%


130% -16%


Source: Administrative Office of US Courts * Jan-Sep '11 to Jan-Sep '12


68% 22% 1% 8% 0%


100% forecasts


10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 80,000


0 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 1319753197531


Sources: Administrative Office of US Courts, Euler Hermes forecasts


Business bankruptcies by Chapter 2012


2014 2.5


2.6


-1.3 7.2


10.3 6.5 0.0 6.5 6.5


-0.2


-477 -2.8 1.5 7.1 2.2 2.1


-981 -5.8 110


16,909 Sources: IHS Global Insight, Euler Hermes forecasts Insolvencies


Insolvencies in number of cases


-2.5 -2.0 -1.5 -1.0 -0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5


09 forecasts


GDP growth and contribution of the components, in percentage points (quaterly data)


GDP and components


Internal demand excluding stocks Net exports Stocks


GDP 10 11 12 13


6,2304


5,2374 5,1959


3,7884 4,4367


3,5472 4,0099


3,8540 3,4317 1,9695 2,8322


3,5037 3,9201


4,3546 6,0837 5,6282 4,1510 3,8740 4,7806


5,3549 5,4027


6,4853 7,0643


7,1549


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