| Table 25 Big Seven: Economic Indicatorsa | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent growth | ||||||||
| Average Annual Rate of Growth | ||||||||
| 1971-80 | 1981-90 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | |
| Industrial production | ||||||||
| United States | 3.2 | 2.3 | -1.7 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 5.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| Canada | 3.5 | 2.1 | -4.4 | 0.3 | 4.4 | 7.0 | 4.2 | 0.9 |
| Japan | 5.5 | 4.0 | 1.8 | -6.1 | -4.6 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 3.0 |
| France | 3.6 | 1.1 | -0.1 | -1.0 | -3.8 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 1.0 |
| Germanyb | 2.4 | 1.7 | 3.2 | -1.8 | -6.0 | 4.4 | 1.6 | -0.3 |
| Italy | 4.1 | 1.4 | -2.2 | -0.6 | -2.9 | 5.2 | 4.2 | NA |
| United Kingdom | 1.1 | 2.1 | -3.7 | -0.1 | 2.1 | 5.1 | 2.5 | 1.2 |
| Consumer price inflation | ||||||||
| United States | 7.8 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| Canada | 8.0 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| Japan | 9.0 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.7 | -0.1 | 0.1 |
| France | 9.6 | 6.3 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
| Germanyb | 5.0 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| Italy | 13.8 | 9.7 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 3.8 |
| United Kingdom | 13.7 | 6.6 | 5.9 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 2.4 |
| Export prices (unit values, US dollar basis) | ||||||||
| United States | 10.1 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 5.0 | 0.6 |
| Canada | 10.1 | 1.4 | -1.8 | -3.0 | -0.9 | 0.2 | 7.0 | 3.1 |
| Japan | 10.3 | 2.9 | 7.2 | 6.3 | 9.2 | 7.7 | 8.0 | NA |
| France | 12.2 | 2.2 | -3.8 | 3.5 | -9.5 | 9.1 | 13.0 | -2.6 |
| Germanyb | 12.8 | 2.9 | -3.2 | 5.5 | -9.9 | 1.0 | 15.8 | NA |
| Italy | 12.5 | 3.6 | -0.6 | 1.4 | -12.8 | 1.1 | 8.2 | NA |
| United Kingdom | 14.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.4 | -4.1 | 4.0 | 9.9 | 0.3 |
| Import prices (unit values, US dollar basis) | ||||||||
| United States | 14.6 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.8 | -0.7 | 1.7 | 4.5 | 0.9 |
| Canada | 10.4 | 2.5 | 0.4 | -1.2 | -0.6 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 1.8 |
| Japan | 16.4 | -0.6 | -2.6 | -1.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 8.3 | NA |
| France | 13.2 | 1.2 | -4.5 | 2.5 | -11.1 | 6.2 | 13.1 | -1.8 |
| Germanyb | 14.6 | 1.5 | -1.0 | 3.0 | -10.7 | 3.8 | 16.3 | NA |
| Italy | 15.9 | 1.6 | -4.2 | 0.1 | -12.5 | 1.5 | NA | NA |
| United Kingdom | 14.1 | 1.3 | 0.5 | -0.4 | -6.5 | 5.4 | 13.2 | -0.6 |
| Labor productivity in manufacturing (output per hour) | ||||||||
| United States | NA | 3.2 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| Canada | 2.7 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
| Japan | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 7.3 | 4.4 |
| France | 4.5 | 3.5 | -0.4 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 8.4 | 3.7 | 2.2 |
| Germanyb | 4.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | -2.0 | 0.4 | 7.6 | 2.9 | 4.1 |
| Italy | 5.7 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.3 |
| United Kingdom | 2.3 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 2.9 | -0.9 | -0.2 |
| Unit labor costs in manufacturing (in US dollars) | ||||||||
| United States | NA | 1.8 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 0.8 | -1.4 | 0.3 | -0.3 |
| Canada | 6.5 | 4.1 | 7.9 | -6.0 | -7.9 | -7.7 | 0.2 | 3.9 |
| Japan | 12.9 | 4.9 | 9.4 | 10.0 | 18.8 | 9.5 | 4.4 | -16.1 |
| France | 12.8 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 9.4 | -4.9 | -3.5 | 8.7 | -2.5 |
| Germanyb | 13.4 | 3.9 | 0.2 | 13.9 | -0.3 | 0.3 | 15.3 | -4.0 |
| Italy | 9.8 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.1 | -19.7 | -5.5 | -1.7 | 10.7 |
| United Kingdom | 15.1 | 1.4 | 5.4 | 1.0 | -14.1 | 2.1 | 4.8 | 2.8 |
| Export volume | ||||||||
| United States | 7.0 | 5.1 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.5 | 10.1 | 10.6 | 7.6 |
| Canada | 4.5 | 5.7 | 1.6 | 8.1 | 11.2 | 14.7 | 12.5 | 4.2 |
| Japan | 9.7 | 5.0 | 2.4 | 1.7 | -1.9 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 0.5 |
| France | 7.2 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.7 | -1.0 | 6.5 | 7.9 | 4.9 |
| Germanyc | 5.4 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 0.8 | -6.4 | 9.1 | 3.6 | 7.9 |
| Italy | 6.0 | 4.3 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 11.6 | 10.5 | 8.8 | 4.4 |
| United Kingdom | 4.8 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 12.9 | 7.8 | 6.7 |
| Import volume | ||||||||
| United States | 4.6 | 6.7 | 0 | 9.6 | 10.6 | 13.5 | 8.9 | 7.0 |
| Canada | 6.2 | 5.6 | 3.1 | 7.1 | 11.0 | 13.9 | 9.8 | 5.5 |
| Japan | 5.0 | 5.6 | 3.8 | -0.6 | 3.8 | 13.6 | 12.5 | 3.4 |
| France | 7.5 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 0.9 | -4.1 | 7.3 | 5.8 | 2.2 |
| Germanyc | 5.0 | 4.7 | 12.0 | 1.3 | -9.8 | 7.9 | 2.0 | 7.0 |
| Italy | 4.1 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.3 | -9.1 | 10.5 | 6.5 | -0.5 |
| United Kingdom | 3.6 | 5.6 | -5.4 | 6.4 | 0 .4 | 6.3 | 4.0 | 9.1 |
a Growth rates were derived from unrounded data.
b Western area only. cFor 1971-91, western area only; for 1992-95, unified Germany.