9th – 20th September 2024

U.S. Transit, China's Renewable Energy, and Financial Metrics across economies

New additions include daily transit ridership statistics for the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, highlighting a post-pandemic shift in transportation habits with bus ridership surpassing pre-pandemic levels. In China, updated data on renewable energy shows consistent wind energy capacity utilization, though solar energy is slightly below previous years' trajectories. Other key updates feature public debt data from Kenya, new vehicle registrations in New Zealand, and financial statistics from countries like Brazil, Singapore, and Mongolia​.

Highlights

United States

We’ve added daily transit ridership statistics for the Washington D.C. metropolitan area from the local transit authority. The dataset provides the breakdown between the Metrorail and the Metrobus transit systems.

In the chart below we compared both transit systems together with the grand total by rebasing all series to February 2020, and smoothing the series with a one-week moving average. It appears that only bus transit affluence came back above pre-pandemic levels. Looking at the second pane, where bus and rail traffic are presented in raw numbers, it appears that a shift happened in transportation mode: rail transit is low less favored, probably resulting from new working habits and work-from-home trend.

China

We’ve added a new dataset covering the new energy grid connection and consumption situation per Chinese provincial region. “New energy” covers electricity generated through wind and solar technologies.

The chart below displays the “national” capacity utilization figures for each technology – solar energy in the first pane, wind energy in the second pane, sliced per year. While the 2024 capacity utilization for wind energy is on par with the previous years, it is worth noting that solar energy is one percentage point below the trajectory of the past three years.

Complete list

Brazil

Central Government Budget, Itaipu Methodological Adjustments
Country & Region > Brazil [br, Region] > Government & Public Finance [gpfi, Category] > Budgets > Central Government Budget

Central Government Budget, Legislative/Judiciary/MPU/DPU
Country & Region > Brazil [br, Region] > Government & Public Finance [gpfi, Category] > Budgets > Central Government Budget

China

National New Energy Joint Power Grid, Capacity Utilization
Country & Region > China [cn, Region] > Production [prod, Category] > Energy > Capacity Utilization

El Salvador

Central Bank Credit to Non-Financial Public Sector
Source & Release > El Salvador [sv, Region] > Reserve Bank of El Salvador (Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador) > Credit to Non-Financial Public Sector [rel_svcbcnps, Release]

Kenya

Public Debt
Country & Region > Kenya [ke, Region] > Government & Public Finance [gpfi, Category] > Public Debt > Domestic Debt > Non-Residents

Mongolia

General Government Debt (Quarterly)
Country & Region > Mongolia [mn, Region] > Government & Public Finance [gpfi, Category] > General Government

New Zealand

Banks: Assets – Loans by Business Size
Country & Region > New Zealand [nz, Region] > Money, Banking & Credit [bank, Category] > Balance Sheet & Flows of MFI Sector > Banks > Assets > Loans by Business Size

Regional Motor Vehicle Registrations
Country & Region > New Zealand [nz, Region] > Trade [trad, Category] > Domestic Trade > Motor Vehicle First Registrations

Nigeria

Purchasing Managers' Index (methodology adjustment)
Country & Region > Nigeria [ng, Region] > Surveys & Leading Indicators [surv, Category] > Business Surveys > Central Bank of Nigeria > Purchasing Managers' Index

Portugal

Indebtedness of the Non-Financial Sector
Country & Region > Portugal [pt, Region] > Government & Public Finance [gpfi, Category] > Non-Financial Sector Debt

Singapore

Central Government Debt
Country & Region > Singapore [sg, Region] > Government & Public Finance [gpfi, Category] > Public Debt

International Trade in Services
Country & Region > Singapore [sg, Region] > Trade [trad, Category] > Foreign Trade > Services

Spain

Government Bonds by Holders
Country & Region > Spain [es, Region] > Government & Public Finance [gpfi, Category] > Public Debt > Central Government Debt > Stripped Government Bonds by Holders

Treasury Bills by Holders  
Country & Region > Spain [es, Region] > Government & Public Finance [gpfi, Category] > Public Debt > Central Government Debt > Treasury Bills by Holders

Taiwan

Balance of Payments: other investments complementation
Country & Region > Taiwan [tw, Region] > Balance of Payments [bopa, Category] > Methodology: BPM6 > Financial Account

United States

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Ridership Data
Source & Release > United States [us, Region] > Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority > Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Ridership Data [rel_uswmatatran, Release]