Economic Data Table
Description
This table shows the following data:
- Estimated one-year GDP growth (%).
- One-month bond yield (%).
- One-year bond yield (%).
- Ten-year bond yield (%).
- Twenty-year bond yield (%).
- Corporate tax rate (%).
- Number of industrial companies.
- Total market cap.
Additionally, clicking on the show graph button opens a window showing historical data regarding the following:
- "The economy": there is an economy index that it is normalized at 100 at the start of the game, updated each turn.
- The one, ten, and twenty-year bond yields (in %).
Strategy tips
- The one-month bond yield is not tradable in the game, but each company (including the player) receives interest on their cash holdings based on that rate. It is usually significantly lower than the one-year bond yield, so if you don't plan to use cash in the short-term, buying one-year bonds is usually more profitable than keeping it in your cash account.
- The estimated one-year GDP growth rate affects both current and future company earnings (and thus stock prices). The "equilibrium" rate is set at 3% per year, meaning roughly that a GDP growth higher than 3% has a positive effect on revenue growth and vice versa.