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Last month, I highlighted three
indicators
– the oil price, long-term US interest rates, and the dollar’s exchange rate – suggesting that global conditions would remain benign.
Indicators
of US balance-sheet repair hardly signal the onset of the more vigorous cyclical revival that many believe is at hand.
The third consideration for managing public finances in oil-rich countries is that traditional fiscal indicators, which measure overall government revenues and expenditures, do not lend themselves to comprehensive assessment, and can mask underlying structural weaknesses.
But something that shows up in none of the economic
indicators
may be driving many of them: the deterioration of American management, which is undermining not only many of America’s great enterprises, but also its legendary spirit of enterprise.
The result is that development and governance
indicators
in Central Asia are on par with those in many sub-Saharan African countries.
The Rebirth of EgyptCAIRO – If macroeconomic
indicators
are to be believed, Egypt’s economic growth has ground almost to a halt over the past three years.
But are the
indicators
to be believed?
When looking through this lens, Egypt’s economy is not as moribund as the country’s GDP and other
indicators
suggest.
Macroeconomic
indicators
in key countries improved throughout the year.
Drawing on 52
indicators
of a country’s social performance, the SPI offers a practical tool for government and business leaders to benchmark country performance and prioritize those areas where social improvement is most needed.
Rigorous measurement of social performance, alongside traditional economic indicators, is crucial to starting the virtuous circle by which GDP growth improves social and environmental performance in ways that drive even greater economic success.
If I own one house and my neighbor owns two, and falling interest rates cause the value of those houses to double, the monetary inequality between us also doubles, affecting a variety of statistical
indicators
and triggering much well-intended concern.
A study of Delhi schoolchildren between four and 17 years of age, conducted by the Kolkata-based Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, found that key
indicators
of respiratory health and lung function were 2-4 times worse than in schoolchildren elsewhere.
This perception is evident in Europe, the United States, and Japan, where
indicators
of economic sentiment are deteriorating again, already-weak recoveries are stalling, and over-stretched balance sheets are becoming even more precarious.
Up to a threshold of around 100 kwh per capita per day, energy consumption and human development
indicators
go hand in hand.
Other social
indicators
offer a bleak picture.
Moreover, it is difficult to quantify the economy’s potential, given the paucity of reliable data; even basic
indicators
like population size and historical economic growth are shrouded in uncertainty.
Today, Myanmar has the second-lowest level of Internet penetration of countries covered by the World Bank’s development indicators, and mobile penetration is the lowest.
Dissatisfaction with the myopia of GDP has led policymakers in recent years to explore alternative, more people-oriented aggregate
indicators.
On surveys that use the first approach, countries like Nigeria, Mexico, Brazil, and Puerto Rico do well, which suggests that the answer may have more to do with the national culture than with objective
indicators
like health, education, and standard of living.
Green indicates success across all
indicators
of a goal; yellow, orange, and red point to increasing distances from achieving the goal.
As the SDG Index admits, “countries appear to struggle with implementing the full range” of
indicators.
And, whereas France ranks higher for some social
indicators
related to health care, income inequality, and poverty prevention, the price for this performance has been a steady rise in public spending and debt.
But when we compare the two economies side by side, their trajectories are broadly similar, with the UK outperforming the United States on certain
indicators.
The country is ranked among the world’s top-performing democracies – ahead of France, Italy, and the US according to some
indicators.
Better
indicators
would have revealed the highly negative and possibly long-lasting effects of the deep post-2008 downturn on productivity and wellbeing, in which case policymakers might not have been so enamored of austerity, which lowered fiscal deficits, but reduced national wealth, properly measured, even more.
Still, Malawi falls far behind the rest of the world on a several key education
indicators.
Decisions about how to expand services could be guided by the Lancet commission’s core
indicators
on “preparedness,” “delivery,” and “impact” of surgical care.
Generally speaking, these countries have excellent economic
indicators.
Each year, 90 million Americans purchase products or undergo medical procedures to hide physical
indicators
of their age.
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