Unit 4 Macro: Data Charts on the Euro Economy
I am teaching aspects of the European single currency this week, naturally there are many charts that tell important stories about the macro challenges facing countries inside the euro area. I have made a file of charts available for download and I hope this might be of help to teachers covering the Euro for Unit 4 macro. See the link below:
Euro Area Macro Situation
|
Indicator |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
|
This data covers all seventeen nations inside the Euro Area Individual macro indicators for each country will be different |
|||||
|
Real GDP (% change) |
0.3 |
-4.3 |
1.9 |
1.5 |
-0.4 |
|
Consumer spending (% change) |
0.4 |
-0.9 |
0.9 |
0.1 |
-1.0 |
|
Capital investment (% change) |
-1.6 |
-12.7 |
-0.3 |
1.6 |
-3.6 |
|
Output gap (percentage of potential GDP) |
1.9 |
-3.6 |
-2.7 |
-2.2 |
-3.7 |
|
Unemployment rate (percentage of labour force) |
7.4 |
9.4 |
9.9 |
10.0 |
11.1 |
|
Fiscal Balance (percentage of GDP) |
-2.1 |
-6.3 |
-6.2 |
-4.1 |
-3.3 |
|
Short-term interest rate (per cent per annum) |
4.6 |
1.2 |
0.8 |
1.4 |
0.6 |
|
Consumer price inflation (per cent) |
3.3 |
0.3 |
1.6 |
2.7 |
2.4 |
|
Source: OECD World Economic Outlook, accessed December 2012 |
File: European_Monetary_Union.docx (word file, 370kb)
Rescue funds announced
Time to be positive about Europe
blog comments powered by Disqus
UK Economy: Update on the State of the Economy April 2013 [25 Apr 2013]
Unit 4 Macro: Growth and Development Challenges for China [18 Apr 2013]
Unit 4 Macro: Taking the Pulse of Africa - Growth Outlook is Good [16 Apr 2013]
Paul Ormerod: Sovereign debt and Euro zone reality [11 Apr 2013]
Unit 4 Macro: From Domestic Product to Domestic Progress [11 Apr 2013]
Unit 2 Macro: Investment in UK Economy Remains Low [8 Apr 2013]
Unit 2 Macro: The Great Productivity Puzzle [5 Apr 2013]
Unit 4 Macro: Unemployment in Germany - The Hartz Reforms [4 Apr 2013]
Unit 4 Macro: Growth and Development in Angola [3 Apr 2013]
Unit 4 Macro: Unemployment in Europe (March 2013 Update) [2 Apr 2013]
Unit 2 Macro: Fresh Serving of Acronym Soup - ZIRPs and PLOGs [2 Apr 2013]
Unit 4 Macro: Growth and Development in Mongolia [31 Mar 2013]
Unit 2 Macro: Revise and Test - Listing of Revision Quizzes [30 Mar 2013]
Unit 4 Macro: FDI in Africa [29 Mar 2013]
Unit 2 Macro: Revise and Test - Aggregate Demand [28 Mar 2013]
Unit 2 Macro: Revise and Test - National Income [27 Mar 2013]
Unit 2 Macro: Revise and Test - The Circular Flow [27 Mar 2013]
Unit 4 Macro: The AAA Credit Rating Downgrade [23 Feb 2013]
Unit 4 Macro: The UK Economy and the Euro [10 Feb 2013]
Unit 4 Macro: The UK Economy Outside of the Euro Area [4 Feb 2013]
Unit 2 Macro: Video Resources on the German Economy [3 Feb 2013]
Unit 4 Macro: A Manifesto for Growth - the LSE Growth Commission Report [31 Jan 2013]
Unit 4 Macro: Global Economic Power Shift Continues [28 Jan 2013]
UK Economy - Triple Dip Recession Looms Large [25 Jan 2013]
Unit 4 Macro: Overseas Aid and Economic Development - Debt Relief and Debt Cancellation [17 Jan 2013]
Unit 4 Macro: Overseas Aid and Economic Development - Benefits and Costs [15 Jan 2013]
Measuring Happiness as opposed to GDP [15 Jan 2013]
Unit 4 Macro: Broader Economic Benefits of Trade [14 Jan 2013]
Teaching Macro: Introduction to the UK Economy [13 Jan 2013]
Teaching Macro: Charts on the US Economy [13 Jan 2013]
Unit 4 Macro: GDP and PPP Adjustments [8 Jan 2013]
Unit 4 Macro: Economic Growth - the Solow Model [6 Jan 2013]
Prospects for the UK Economy in 2013 [2 Jan 2013]
Unit 4 Macro: Britain’s Future in the European Union [27 Dec 2012]
Unit 4 Macro: The effect of immigration on wages and prices [14 Dec 2012]
Unit 4 Macro: Tax Changes to Boost Growth [12 Dec 2012]
Unit 4 Macro: Indian Economic Growth is Slowing [1 Dec 2012]
Unit 4 Macro: Mo Tanweer - Debunking the Myths of China [27 Nov 2012]
Unit 4 Macro: Paul Collier on Key Development Issues [26 Nov 2012]
Unit 4 Macro: Looking to 2060: A Global Vision of Long-term Growth [11 Nov 2012]
Paul Ormerod: Our Friends in the North are trapped in a monetary union [8 Nov 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: Classroom Exercise - Shifts in AD and AS [6 Nov 2012]
UK Macro: UK GDP Growth in Q3 of 2012 [3 Nov 2012]
UK Macro: Developments in UK Economy - GDP Data [3 Nov 2012]
How useful GDP is as a measure of well being - that old chestnut! [21 Oct 2012]
Unit 4 Macro: Perspectives on Natural Resource Curses [13 Oct 2012]
Unit 4 Macro: Lewis Turning Points [8 Oct 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: The UK Economy - What Would Keynes Do? [7 Oct 2012]
Unit 4 Macro: Drivers of Economic Growth in India [29 Sep 2012]
The UK economy continues to contract [28 Sep 2012]
Unit 4 Macro: Development Economics - Focussed Links [20 Sep 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: UK Productivity Gap Grows [19 Sep 2012]
A Very European Break Up - New Romantic Comedy [19 Sep 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: Circular Flow Discussion Questions [18 Sep 2012]
Teaching Macro: Data on Real GDP Growth Rates [17 Sep 2012]
iPhone 5 and the Circular Flow of Income [15 Sep 2012]
Paul Ormerod: A Tale of Two Recessions: Grounds for Optimism [13 Sep 2012]
Unit 4 Macro: Income and Wealth Inequality [9 Sep 2012]
The Complex Relationship Between GDP and Economic Welfare [8 Sep 2012]
Improving your A2 Macro: Growth Slowdown in World Economy [6 Sep 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: New to Macro - Kick-starting the British Economy [6 Sep 2012]
Unit 3 Micro: Market Power in International Parcels [4 Sep 2012]
Measuring GDP is as much an art as a science [28 Aug 2012]
Unit 4 Macro: Can Spain Remain Competitive? [17 Jul 2012]
Unit 4 Macro: China’s Green Development Agenda [17 Jul 2012]
Unit 4 Macro: China’s Foreign Currency Reserves [16 Jul 2012]
Unit 4 Macro: Savings and Investment in China [14 Jul 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: EU Crisis Prompts Labour Migration [10 Jul 2012]
Unit 4 Macro: Limited Healthcare access constrains India [5 Jul 2012]
Unit 4 Macro: Inclusive Wealth and Sustainable Development [24 Jun 2012]
Unit 4 Macro: Russian Government and Falling Oil Prices [17 Jun 2012]
More unsettling news on Spain [15 Jun 2012]
Who’s afraid of the Euro crisis? [14 Jun 2012]
End Depression Now! Paul Krugman at the LSE [30 May 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: Cyclical and Structural Economic Issues Facing the UK [23 May 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: Positive and Negative Multiplier Effects [20 May 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: The Importance of Productivity [20 May 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: Human Development Index (HDI) [20 May 2012]
Q&A: What do we need to know about output gaps? [20 May 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: The Output Gap [20 May 2012]
Revision notes on unemployment [20 May 2012]
Peston on The Eurozone [17 May 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: Bank Cuts UK growth Forecast for 2012 [17 May 2012]
Grexit - Andrew Balls on Greece and the Euro [16 May 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: Revision Notes on Supply-side Policies [10 May 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: Model answer for revision data question [9 May 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: 10 Key Revision Topics for EdExcel [8 May 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: Growth and Development Glossary [5 May 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: Monetary Policy and Inflation Glossary [5 May 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: Trade and Balance of Payments Glossary [5 May 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: Fiscal Policy Glossary [5 May 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: Economic Cycle Glossary [5 May 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: Aggregate Demand Glossary [5 May 2012]
Macro Revision - Key Statistics on the UK Economy [4 May 2012]
Macro Revision: Putting Things in Context [29 Apr 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: Britain back in Recession [29 Apr 2012]
Unit 4 Macro: The Euro Zone Crisis (Revision) [22 Apr 2012]
Unit 4 Macro: Managing the Global Commons - Limits to GDP [15 Apr 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: Globalisation and the Growth of Ports [11 Apr 2012]
Unit 2 Macro: The UK Balance of Payments in 2011 [4 Apr 2012]
AS & A2 Economics Revision / Exam Coaching Workshops Coming Up:
Monday 11 March 2013 - Portsmouth (Vue, Gunwharf Quays)
Wednesday 13 March 2013 - Fulham (Vue, Fulham Broadway)
Thursday 14 March 2013 - Stratford City (Vue, Westfield)
Friday 15 March 2013 - Bristol (Vue, Cribbs Causeway)
Monday 18 March 2013 - Birmingham (Vue, Star City)
Tuesday 19 March 2013 - Manchester (Vue, Salford Quays)
Thursday 21 March 2013 - Newcastle (Odeon, Metro Centre)
Friday 22 March 2013 - Leeds (Vue, The Light)
Monday 22 April 2013 - Stratford City (Vue, Westfield)
Join over 10,000 Economics teachers who receive our regular Economics Teacher Resource Newsletter:
