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The Global Economy: Demand, Supply
and Interdependence
Jason Furman
Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers

Globes Israel Business Conference
December 7, 2014

Advanced Economies Vary Enormously by Recovery From the Crisis
and by Current Growth Rates
GDP per Working Age Population, Recent Growth vs. Recovery
Percent
8

Real Growth, 2013:Q2‐2014:Q2

Ireland

Advanced Economies

6

United
Kingdom

4

Spain

United
States

Portugal

2

Greece
0

Italy

Canada
Germany
Japan
France

Israel

‐2
‐25

‐15
‐5
5
15
Cumulative Real Growth Since Pre‐Crisis Peak

25

Note: Working‐age population is defined as those persons 16 to 64 years of age in the United States, and 15 to 64 elsewhere. In countries where population is estimated on an annual basis,
quarterly interpolations are used. Data as of 2014:Q3 for the United States, 2014:Q2 for all others. Where recent data on working‐age population is unavailable, the working‐age share of
the total population is assumed to remain constant from 2013. Horizontal axis is positioned at the median recent growth rate.
Source: Eurostat; World Bank; national sources; CEA calculations.

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Most Emerging Markets Have Surpassed Their Pre‐Crisis Output Peaks,
but Current Growth Rates Vary Widely
GDP per Working Age Population, Recent Growth vs. Recovery
Percent
8

China

Real Growth, 2013:Q2 to 2014:Q2

6

Hungary
4

Mexico

Indonesia
India

2

Russia
South Africa
Argentina
Brazil

0
‐2

Emerging Economies

‐4

Ukraine
‐6
‐10

0

10
20
30
40
Cumulative Real Growth Since Pre‐Crisis Peak

50

60

Note: Working‐age population is defined as those persons 15 to 64 years of age. In countries where population is estimated on an annual basis, quarterly interpolations are used. Data
as of 2014:Q2. Where recent data on working‐age population is unavailable, the working‐age share of the total population is assumed to remain constant from 2013. Horizontal axis is
positioned at the median recent growth rate.
Source: World Bank; national sources; CEA calculations.

2

The Euro Area Risks Losing Nearly a Decade of Output Growth
Euro Area Real GDP per Working Age Population
Index (2008:Q1=100)

105

100
Forecast (IMF for
GDP, OECD for
Population)
95

Real Euro Area GDP per
Working‐Age Population

90
2008

2010

2012

2014

2016

Note: Working‐age population includes all person 15 to 64 years of age. The projection is calculated by CEA using growth projections from IMF and population projections
from OECD.
Source: Eurostat; IMF; OECD.

3

Downward Revisions to Growth Projections Have Been Especially
Large in the BRIC Economies
Five‐Year‐Ahead Growth Forecasts in Selected Economies
Percent
12
Emergi ng Ma rkets

Forecasted in April 2010
10

Forecasted in October 2014

9.5
8.1

8
6.3

6

6.7
5.0

Adva nced Economies
3.7

4

4.1
3.2

3.1

2.4 2.6
1.7

2

2.0

1.7 1.6
1.0

0
U.S.

Japan

Euro
Area

Israel

Note: Five‐year‐ahead forecast is for year‐over‐year growth in 2015 (blue bars) and 2019 (red bars).
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (April 2010 and October 2014 editions).

China

India

Brazil

Russia

4

Global Trade as a Percent of GDP Has Plateaued
Over the Last Three Years
Global Goods & Services Exports as a Percent of GDP
Percent
35

30

2014
(est.)

25

20

15

10
1980

1985

1990

1995

2000

2005

2010

2015
Only

Note: See notes in text.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators; United Nations Conference on Trade and Development; CBP World Trade Monitor (data through September 2014); International
Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2014 edition).

5

Current Account Balances Have Recently Narrowed, with the Notable
Exceptions of Germany and the United Kingdom
Global Current Account Balances
Percent of Domestic GDP
12

2014:Q3

China

10

Germany

8
6
4
Japan

2
0
‐2
‐4
‐6
‐8
2000

Source: National Sources

United States
2003

UK
2006

2009

2012

2015

6

The Income Share of the Top Percentile Has Increased in Many
Countries
Top 1 Percent Income Share
Percent of national income
25

20
United States
15

10

5

India
Japan
France
United Kingdom
China

0
1915 1925 1935 1945 1955 1965 1975 1985 1995 2005
Source: Facundo Alvaredo, Tony Atkinson, Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez, The World Top Incomes Database.

7

Global Inequality Has Remained Stable Since the 1990s
International and Global Inequality
Gini Coefficient
74

2008

72
70
68
66
64
62
60
1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008
Source: Milanovic, Branko. Global Inequality by the Numbers: in History and Now. The World Bank Development Research Group
Poverty and Inequality Team.

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