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INFOGRAPHIC CONTACT SHEET W06 Issue Date: 2013.02.09 1/2 INFOGRAPHIC CONTACT SHEET w06 Issue date: 2013.02.09 1/2 1 Getting connected Roaring inflation 2 Tsars in their eyes North Koreans’*: North Korea’s: Capital gains, $ terms, January 1865=100 important sources of information, % access to media platforms, % exchange rate rice price 600 0 20 40 60 80 0 20 40 60 80 won per $, inverted scale won per kg St Petersburg Stock Exchange Word of mouth Television 0 10,000 500 DVD DVD player 2,000 8,000 400 Domestic TV Radio 4,000 6,000 300 South Korean VCD player radio 200 Foreign radio† Computer 6,000 4,000 Domestic 100 newspapers Mobile phone 8,000 2,000 New York Stock Exchange Chinese TV MP3 player 10,000 0 0 South Korean 1865 70 80 90 1900 10 17 Satellite TV nil 2009 10 11 12 13 TV Source: International Centre for Finance, Yale University Source: DailyNK Domestic radio Internet nil Source: InterMedia *Refugees surveyed in 2010 †Korean language Cape fear Greek shoots The future of spending Romance returns? VIX Index South African rand to US $ Economic confidence indicator Federal spending, % of GDP Mergers and acquisitions*, $trn 100=long-term average 70 12 Net interest Non-defence Defence Asia-Pacific North America Europe discretionary 120 60 11 30 1.50 FORECAST* 50 10 110 25 1.25 40 9 100 20 1.00 30 8 90 15 0.75 20 7 80 10 0.50 Mandatory 5 0.25 10 6 70 0 0 0 2007 08 09 10 11 12 13 2007 08 09 10 11 12 1990 95 2000 05 10 15 23 2000 02 04 06 08 10 12 Source: Thomson Reuters Source: IOBE Sources: CBO; OMB*CBO baseline, assumes sequester occurs Source: Dealogic *By domicile of target company Non-linear Pyrrhic victory Concentration test Dell did well, then fell Hong Kong yuan-denominated deposits Exchange rates The effect of pre-school on reading scores* Share prices, January 1998=100 Yuan bn Selected countries Euro trade-weighted, BECOMES WORLD'S MICHAEL DELL STEPS BUY-OUT LARGEST PC MAKER DOWN AS CEO ANNOUNCED 700 January 2010=100 $ per ¤ EIU Starting Well Index, 2012. Maximum score=100 100 1.5 500 600 0 20 40 60 80 100 Dell HP OVERTAKES DELL 500 Israel 61.0 400 95 1.4 MICHAEL DELL 400 Singapore 58.8 RETURNS AS CEO 300 300 90 1.3 Belgium 84.7 200 France 81.0 200 85 1.2 100 Hong Kong 66.2 0 Switzerland 69.9 100 2010 11 12 80 2010 11 12 13 NASDAQ Source: CEIC Denmark 83.5 Sources: Thomson Reuters; Bank of England 0 Britain 87.9 1998 2000 02 04 06 08 10 12 13 Interactives: Compare exchange rates over time with our United States 60.3 Sources: Thomson Reuters; The Economist Big Mac index at Economist.com/bigmac and explore our European economy guide at Economist.com/euroguide13 Finland 91.8 South Korea 72.5 *Increase over global mean for children with >1 year of pre- Oceanic layer cakes school compared with those with none (accounting for socio- Density difference between surface water and economic background), 2009. Standard deviation=100 water at 100 metres depth, kg per cubic metre Not so yummy Sources: OECD PISA; Economist Intelligence Unit Lies, damned lies Winter minimum Summer maximum Yum! Brands’ same-store sales Argentina’s consumer prices % change on previous year % increase on a year earlier 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tropical 25 30 Atlantic China US budget deficit forecast Unofficial Tropical 20 As % of GDP 25 Pacific 15 0 20 North * 10 Atlantic Rest of – world* 5 2 15 South * + Official Barents 0 4 10 United States – North * 5 Barents 6 5 10 Beaufort Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 8 0 2011 2012 2012* 14 16 18 20 23 2007 08 09 10 11 12 Source: Jean-Eric Tremblay, * No winter Marcel Babin, Laval University stratification Source: Company reports *Excluding India from 2012 Source: Congressional Budget Office *Actual Sources: INDEC; The State Street PriceStats Inflation Index Trading at a loss Bit by bit Trade as % of GDP Current-account deficit Effective exchange rate Deficit reduction deals As % of GDP January 2005=100 $bn, 2013-22 total Continuing Budget Control American Taxpayer Sequester, Income Services Goods Transfers Resolution, 2011 Act, 2011 Relief Act*, 2013 due March 1st Balance Total 9 1 105 Discretionary 615 850 10 790 2,265 + spending cuts 6 0 100 * Mandatory na na 25 169 194 – spending cuts 3 1 95 Revenue na na 620 na 620 + 0 2 90 Interest savings 105 135 85 169 494 – Total 720 985 650 1,128 3,508* 3 3 85 % of GDP 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.6 1.7 6 4 80 *Includes tax cuts and unemployment Sources: Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget; CBO; The Economist insurance extensions that added to the deficit 9 5 75 1997 99 2001 03 05 07 09 11 12* 1991 95 2000 05 10 12 Sources: Bank of England; ONS *First three quarters China: Yuan-denominated trade settlements trn 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 2010 11 12 INFOGRAPHIC CONTACT SHEET w06 Issue date: 2013.02.09 2/2 Close encounters 0º Path of 2012 DA14 between 2.00-8.00am as seen Cepheus Summer sea-ice extent: from Hong Kong* RUSSIA 16th February 2013 September 16th 2012 NW 1979-2000 average NE Ursa Sources: NSIDC; Paul Wassmann, Minor 08:00 University of Tromso 07:30 Auriga Draco 07:00 Kara Sea Lyra 06:30 N 65 ˚ RUSSIA 6 D 06:00 . 74 6 B a r e n t s 05:30 Lynx 6 76 - S e a FINLAN E L Ursa 05:00 C R NORWAY I SWEDEN Major C SVALBARD 98 C 97 Tromso Gemini I Hercules T 04:30 C 90 R NORWEGIAN SEA 142 A Cancer ARCTIC North SVALBARD 128 Corona Boötes Canis (to NORWAY) 115 Borealis Leo Minor OCEAN Pole 90º 270º 04:00 EAST GREENLAND 58 125 JAN MAYEN Bering Strait 58 119 Serpens 52 106 Ophiuchus Virgo GREENLAND (to DENMARK) 03:30 Hydra Libra Saturn ALASKA Corvus (to UNITED STATES) Beaufort Sea Primary production: 00 Today Economic Grams of carbon per m2 00 2050 zones Pyxis CANAD A per year 00 2100 03:00 Scorpius SE Lupus Centaurus SW Vela 02:30 Crux *Local time. Constellations as Source: heavens-above.com 180º seen at 3.24am 500 km Beijing NIGER Lake Tianjin Chad SUDAN Yellow ALGERI A Sea CHAD Middle SHANDONG NIGERIA route Eastern JIANGSUroute SOUTH Yellow CENTRAL SUDAN MAL I ANHUI AFRICAN REPUBLIC MAURITANIA Danjiangkou Kidal H reservoir CAMEROON Damara a n EQUATORIAL Bangui Gao Three GUINEA Timbuktu Gorges Y Shanghai Western route angzi E dam - L (planned) L O I CONGO G Markala Nige V Libreville N A O Z CHINA C Z Bamako r GABON A San R 500 km BURKINA FASO B GUINE A BENIN South-North Water Yangzi basin GHANA Diversion Project 400 km CÔTE TOGO D’IVOIRE NIGERIA Jihadist area Tuareg area Spot the difference Barack Obama Mitt Romney 2012 presidential election result Virginia’s result by congressional districtsdistrict WA PA MT VT OH MD NJ OR ND MN ME WV ID NH SD WI MA DC WY MI NY CA NV RI DE UT NE IA PA IL IN OH CT CO NJ KY KS MO WV KY VA DE AZ NM NC MD A TX OK AR TN I AL GA SC MS DC N LA I G HI FL V I R AK TN NC Sources: RealClearPolitics.com; National Atlas of the United States of America.
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