Economic

changes

Part # 1
Changes in
gross domestic product

http://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_mcafee_are_droids_taking_our_jobs.html minute 2.

Real annual GDP growth rate

https://www.atkearney.com/documents/10192/5498252/Global+Economic+Outlook+2015-2020-Beyond+the+New+Mediocre.pdf/5c5c8945-00cc-4a4f-a04f-adef094e90b8

Asian and South American markets are among the 2020 growth markets

https://www.atkearney.com/documents/10192/5498252/Global+Economic+Outlook+2015-2020--Beyond+the+New+Mediocre.pdf/5c5c8945-00cc-4a4f-a04f-adef094e90b8

Further inspiration
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/China-1491238
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Poland-1870224

Part # 2
Changes in
stock market index

Dow Jones industrial average

https://www.google.com/finance?q=INDEXDJX:.DJI

http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=%5EIXIC+Interactive#symbol=%5EIXIC;range=my

NASDAQ Composite

Ibovespa Brazil

http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/IBOV:IND

FTSE 100

https://www.google.com/finance?q=INDEXFTSE:UKX

http://indexes.nikkei.co.jp/en/nkave/index/profile

NIKKEI 225

Hong Kong Hang Seng Index

HSI:IND

http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/HSI:IND

Part # 3
Changes in
interest rates

Long-term interest rates

http://media.swissre.com/documents/sigma_3_12_en.pdf

Part # 4
Changes in
food prices

Food price index

http://www.thegatesnotes.com/Personal/2012-Annual-Letter

The poorer the country, the larger percentage of expenditure is spent on food

http://www.thegatesnotes.com/Personal/2012-Annual-Letter

Part # 5
Changes in
commodity prices

Commodity prices

http://www.mckinsey.com/Insights/Energy_Resources_Materials/Resource_revolution p. 25.

In the 20th century, average commodity prices declined almost 50%

ttp://www.mckinsey.com/Insights/Energy_Resources_Materials/Resource_revolution p. 22.

In the first decade of the 21st century, commodity prices increased sharply

http://www.mckinsey.com/Insights/Energy_Resources_Materials/Resource_revolution p. 30.

The oil price is partly determined by actual supply and demand, and partly by
expectation.
Demand for energy is closely related to economic activity. It also spikes in the

winter in the northern hemisphere, and during summers in countries

which use air conditioning. Supply can be affected by weather (which prevents
tankers loading) and by geopolitical upsets.
If producers think the price is staying high, they invest, which after a lag boosts
supply. Similarly, low prices lead to an investment drought. OPECs decisions shape
expectations: if it curbs supply sharply, it can send prices spiking. Saudi Arabia
produces nearly 10m barrels a day - a third of the OPEC total.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2014/12/economist-explains-4

Part # 6
Changes in
government debt

http://reports.weforum.org/global-risks-2011/#fig-4-21

Average government debt

ratios in G7 economies

Part # 7
Changes in
work people do

The percentage of people working in service sector in the USA is increasing

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/01/20/business/the-iphone-economy.html

Survey shows that for every job that the Internet

destroys, 2.6 new jobs are created.

http://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/publications/great_transformer/pdfs/McKinsey_the_great_transformer.pdf

Youth unemployment in
Europe is alarming.

http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GlobalRisks_Report_2014.pdf

Part # 8
Changes in
wages

Minimum hourly wages selected economies

Country
Uganda
China
Russia
Turkey
USA
UK
France
Australia

Minimum hourly wages

USD 0.12 per hour
USD 0.67 per hour
USD 0.91 per hour
USD 3.38 per hour
USD 7.25 per hour
USD 9.98 per hour
USD 13.10 per hour
USD 16.45 per hour

Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minimum_wages_by_country
http://www.strategy-business.com/enews/enewsarticle/enews072909?pg=all
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/09/business/global/wary-of-events-in-china-foreign-investors-head-to-cambodia.html

Part # 9
Changes in
savings

Savings in % of household disposable income

Country
China
Japan
Europe
USA

http://youtu.be/OugorkKkxXM

Savings rate
50%
25%
20%
-0.6%

As countries grow wealthier, their household saving rates decline

Source
Development from 1960 to 2008.
http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/files/article/PDF/EMC_decathlon.pdf p. 160.

Part # 10
Changes in
inflation

Core consumer prices,

% increase on a year earlier
http://www.economist.com/node/18070386