The Euro area now and forecasts

Subject Descriptor	Units	2010	2011	2012	2013	2017
GDP, constant prices	Percent change	1.868	1.441	-0.317	0.895	1.666
GDP, current prices	U.S. dollars, Billions	12,155.54	13,115.13	12,586.08	12,889.21	14,358.38
GDP, deflator	Index, 2000=100	120.427	122.15	124.396	126.188	134.484
Output gap	Percent of potential GDP	-2.361	-1.447	-2.324	-2.206	-0.262
GDP based on purchasing-power-parity (PPP) valuation of country GDP	Current international dollar, Billions	10,845.70	11,236.78	11,344.64	11,619.09	13,215.41
GDP based on purchasing-power-parity (PPP) per capita GDP	Current international dollarm units	32,726.92	33,785.97	34,022.67	34,765.87	39,196.87
GDP based on purchasing-power-parity (PPP) share of world total	Percent	14.538	14.242	13.727	13.317	11.896
Investment	Percent of GDP	19.33	19.641	19.532	19.476	19.924
Gross national savings	Percent of GDP	19.803	20.017	20.303	20.462	21.05
Inflation, average consumer prices	Percent change	1.624	2.718	2.019	1.648	1.806
Three-month London interbank offered rate (LIBOR)	Percent	0.811	1.391	0.764	0.795	n/a
Volume of imports of goods and services	Percent change	9.309	3.789	-0.478	2.189	4.283
Volume of imports of goods	Percent change	10.901	4.783	-0.847	2.181	4.231
Volume of exports of goods and services	Percent change	11.101	6.295	1.382	3.191	4.434
Volume of exports of goods	Percent change	12.733	6.945	1.139	3.107	4.392
Terms of trade of goods and services	Percent change	-2.107	-2.509	-1.259	-0.106	-0.128
Terms of trade of goods	Percent change	-2.264	-2.476	-0.559	-0.11	-0.175
Unemployment rate	Percent of total labor force	10.117	10.133	10.87	10.819	9.048
Employment	Index, 2000=100	106.54	106.583	105.701	105.933	n/a
General government revenue	Percent of GDP	44.693	45.233	45.869	45.965	45.934
General government total expenditure	Percent of GDP	50.943	49.378	49.103	48.657	47.052
General government net lending/borrowing	Percent of GDP	-6.25	-4.146	-3.234	-2.692	-1.119
General government net debt	Percent of GDP	65.794	68.385	70.297	71.47	69.514
General government gross debt	Percent of GDP	85.657	88.101	89.964	90.992	86.891
Current account balance	Percent of GDP	0.308	0.312	0.745	0.969	1.117
Imports of goods and services	U.S. dollars, Billions	-4,769.19	-5,526.37	-5,307.52	-5,447.27	-6,414.46
Exports of goods and services	U.S. dollars, Billions	4,942.11	5,717.04	5,560.16	5,754.75	6,801.95

International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database, April 2012