Current Fundamentals

Daily Technical Indicators

 

Currency

Interest Rate

GDP Annual Rate –

Qtr 4

*Qtr 1

 

CPI Annual Rate *

Current

Current Key Manufacturing Index - Mar

* Apr

 

 

Current Key non-Manufacturing Index - Apr

 

Current Account Balance

US$

Latest 12 months

 

Current Account Per Capita

US$

Last 12 months

 

Current

Unemployment

Rate

Currency Change in 2008 Vs Dollar

Apr 30

USD

2.00%

*0.6%

2.4%

48.6

52.0

-$738.6B

- $2,476

5.0%

0.0%

EURO

4.00%

2.2%

3.3%

50.7

52.0

+$25.3B

+ $65.01

7.1%

+6.48%

YEN

0.50%

3.5%

1.2%

48.6

n/a

+$216.0B

+$1,695

3.6%

+6.14%

Sterling

5.00%

*2.5%

2.5%

*51.0

50.4

-$115.4B

-$1,906

5.2%

-1.01%

CHF

2.75%

3.6%

2.3%

56.7

n/a

+$71.1B

+$9,467

2.5%

+8.22%

CAD

3.00%

0.8%

1.3%

59.0**

59.0**

+$12.5B

+ $379

6.0%

-0.18%

AUD

7.25%

3.8%

4.2%

*52.7

47.3

- $56.4B

-$2,788

4.1%

+6.90%

NZD

8.25%

3.1%

3.4%

48.3

n/a

-$10.2B

- $2,506

3.4%

+1.68%

Updated: May 6 2008

 

* Core inflation rates used for US and Canada, as these are the preferred set used by these country’s Central Banks.

** Manufacturing and Services are not differentiated by the IVEY index in Canada. Index is for Dec.

 

Population Variable

 

Country / Region

Population (in millions)

US

298.28

Eurozone

389.20

Japan

127.42

UK

60.53

Switzerland

7.51

Canada

32.95

Australia

20.23

New Zealand

4.07