2008 GDP vs CPI Estimates

The International section of our 2008 outlook, The Bespoke Report, highlights key quantitative statistics of 22 countries that US investors can invest in with ETFs.  Below we provide one piece of the International section as a sample of the research we provide in the 90-page report.

The chart below includes the consensus 2008 GDP and CPI estimates for 22 countries.  China, India, Russia and Singapore are forecast to have the strongest GDP growth, while Singapore, Taiwan and a number of European countries are expected to have the lowest inflation rates.  Italy is expected to have the slowest GDP growth at 1.4%, while Russia is expected to have the highest inflation rate at 8.4% (which is higher than its expected GDP growth).  The scatter chart below compares GDP and CPI so that readers can find high growth/low inflation areas.  China, Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan look the best based on this criteria.  For those wondering, the US is expected to see GDP growth of 2.3% with an inflation rate of 2.7%.

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Comments

[Jeff]

Love the chart... but how about Japan?