Macro Intelligence · Monthly board

2025-01

Month-to-date · weeklies accrete · the monthly synthesis locks at close

PROVISIONAL · 4 of 4 weeks in

2025-01 — month-to-date

(thesis pending synthesis)

what moved this month → daily glance

Audit trail — detail tables
📊 Data verdicts · 4 week(s) in period · deterministic, no narration

Standing regime — start → end, per bloc

United States
overheating / late-cycle · held all period
China
deflation watch · held all period
Euro area
disinflationary stall · held all period
Japan
overheating / late-cycle · held all period

Mechanisms fired across the period

United States
  • M13 ×4 contraction_easing
  • M2 ×2 inflation_surprise_down
China
  • M6 ×4 growth_slowdown
Euro area
  • M3 ×4 policy_easing
  • M9 ×4 yield_spike
  • M13 ×1 contraction_easing
Japan
  • M9 ×4 yield_spike
  • M4 ×1 policy_tightening
  • M12 ×1 boj_normalization

Net indicator moves (first refreshed value → last)

United States
  • core_cpi: 0.43 → 0.20 -0.23 (2025-01-01 → 2025-01-15)
  • cpi_yoy: 2.99 → 2.90 -0.09 (2025-01-01 → 2025-01-15)
  • fx: 108.95 → 107.44 -1.51 (2025-01-03 → 2025-01-24)
  • pmi_svc: 52.10 → 54.10 +2.00 (2024-12-04 → 2025-01-07)
  • policy_rate: 4.50 → 4.50 0.00 (2025-01-05 → 2025-01-26)
  • slope_2s10s: 0.32 → 0.36 +0.04 (2025-01-03 → 2025-01-24)
  • unemployment: 4.00 → 4.10 +0.10 (2025-01-01 → 2025-01-10)
  • yield_10y: 4.60 → 4.63 +0.03 (2025-01-03 → 2025-01-24)
  • yield_2y: 4.28 → 4.27 -0.01 (2025-01-03 → 2025-01-24)
China
  • cpi_yoy: 0.20 → 0.10 -0.10 (2024-12-09 → 2025-01-09)
  • fx: 7.30 → 7.29 -0.01 (2025-01-03 → 2025-01-24)
  • gdp: 4.60 → 5.40 +0.80 (2024-10-18 → 2025-01-17)
  • policy_rate: 3.10 → 3.10 0.00 (2024-12-20 → 2025-01-20)
  • slope_2s10s: 0.58 → 0.34 -0.25 (2025-01-03 → 2025-01-26)
  • yield_10y: 1.60 → 1.65 +0.05 (2025-01-03 → 2025-01-26)
  • yield_2y: 1.02 → 1.32 +0.29 (2025-01-03 → 2025-01-26)
Euro area
  • cpi_yoy: 2.20 → 2.40 +0.20 (2024-12-18 → 2025-01-17)
  • fx: 1.03 → 1.04 +0.01 (2025-01-03 → 2025-01-24)
  • gdp: -0.30 → 0.40 +0.70 (2024-12-18 → 2025-01-17)
  • pmi_mfg: 45.10 → 46.10 +1.00 (2025-01-02 → 2025-01-24)
  • pmi_svc: 51.40 → 51.40 0.00 (2024-12-16 → 2025-01-24)
  • unemployment: 6.30 → 6.30 0.00 (2024-12-02 → 2025-01-07)
Japan
  • core_cpi: 1.70 → 1.60 -0.10 (2024-12-20 → 2025-01-24)
  • cpi_yoy: 2.90 → 3.60 +0.70 (2024-12-20 → 2025-01-24)
  • fx: 157.36 → 156.15 -1.21 (2025-01-03 → 2025-01-24)
  • policy_rate: 0.25 → 0.50 +0.25 (2024-12-19 → 2025-01-24)

Busiest week: 2025-W04 (9 active mechanisms) · Quietest: 2025-W01 (5 active)

Headline — where each bloc stands

Regime scatters — connected over time · connected scatter / Gapminder

Per bloc: the path over recent periods; filled dot = this period, arrow from the prior. First is the growth×inflation map with named, shaded quadrants.

Animated regime map — growth × inflation over time · Gapminder motion

Indicators — pick a metric, compare blocs · recession shading + crosshair

One pane; switch the metric, all blocs overlaid on a comparable basis (GDP shown YoY for every bloc). Grey bands = US GDP-contraction quarters. Hover for a readout.

Per-region breakdown — 2025-01 vs 2024-12, with trend

Change views — table-lens & slope · Datawrapper

A Table-lens — color = change · sparkline = trend · text = dated value
B Slope — prior → now per bloc, one panel per metric

Whole-board snapshot — parallel coordinates · parallel coordinates

Each bloc crosses all metric axes (min–max normalized across blocs for 2025-01).

The month's arc

(arc pending)

Month-ahead scenarios

(scenarios pending)

What to watch

(pending)

2025-W01

● 4 mechanism(s) firedOpen the full in-depth weekly →

Mechanisms fired: M13_contraction_easing, M3_policy_easing, M6_growth_slowdown, M9_yield_spike

United States
overheating / late-cycle
stall · above target · on hold
Above-trend growth with above-target inflation. Late-cycle: cyclicals and inflation beneficiaries can still run, but the central bank is biased to tighten, so duration and high-multiple growth are exposed.
● 1 active
China
deflation watch
stall · deflation risk · on hold
Activity is soft and inflation is at/below zero — the risk is entrenched deflation. Favors duration (long bonds) and quality; cyclicals struggle until policy eases decisively. The catalyst to watch is stimulus / a policy cut.
● 1 active
Euro area
disinflationary stall
contraction · at target · easing
Sub-trend growth with low, easing inflation. Duration and quality tend to lead; cyclicals lag until growth re-accelerates. Policy easing is the usual circuit-breaker.
● 2 active
Japan
overheating / late-cycle
unknown · above target · on hold
Above-trend growth with above-target inflation. Late-cycle: cyclicals and inflation beneficiaries can still run, but the central bank is biased to tighten, so duration and high-multiple growth are exposed.
● 1 active

2025-W02

● 4 mechanism(s) firedOpen the full in-depth weekly →

Mechanisms fired: M13_contraction_easing, M3_policy_easing, M6_growth_slowdown, M9_yield_spike

United States
overheating / late-cycle
stall · above target · on hold
Above-trend growth with above-target inflation. Late-cycle: cyclicals and inflation beneficiaries can still run, but the central bank is biased to tighten, so duration and high-multiple growth are exposed.
● 1 active
China
deflation watch
stall · deflation risk · on hold
Activity is soft and inflation is at/below zero — the risk is entrenched deflation. Favors duration (long bonds) and quality; cyclicals struggle until policy eases decisively. The catalyst to watch is stimulus / a policy cut.
● 1 active
Euro area ⚠ stale
disinflationary stall
contraction · at target · easing
Sub-trend growth with low, easing inflation. Duration and quality tend to lead; cyclicals lag until growth re-accelerates. Policy easing is the usual circuit-breaker.
● 2 active
Japan ⚠ stale
overheating / late-cycle
unknown · above target · on hold
Above-trend growth with above-target inflation. Late-cycle: cyclicals and inflation beneficiaries can still run, but the central bank is biased to tighten, so duration and high-multiple growth are exposed.
● 1 active

2025-W03

● 5 mechanism(s) firedOpen the full in-depth weekly →

Mechanisms fired: M13_contraction_easing, M2_inflation_surprise_down, M3_policy_easing, M6_growth_slowdown, M9_yield_spike

United States
overheating / late-cycle
stall · above target · on hold
Above-trend growth with above-target inflation. Late-cycle: cyclicals and inflation beneficiaries can still run, but the central bank is biased to tighten, so duration and high-multiple growth are exposed.
● 2 active
China
deflation watch
stall · deflation risk · on hold
Activity is soft and inflation is at/below zero — the risk is entrenched deflation. Favors duration (long bonds) and quality; cyclicals struggle until policy eases decisively. The catalyst to watch is stimulus / a policy cut.
● 1 active
Euro area ⚠ stale
disinflationary stall
contraction · at target · easing
Sub-trend growth with low, easing inflation. Duration and quality tend to lead; cyclicals lag until growth re-accelerates. Policy easing is the usual circuit-breaker.
● 2 active
Japan ⚠ stale
overheating / late-cycle
unknown · above target · on hold
Above-trend growth with above-target inflation. Late-cycle: cyclicals and inflation beneficiaries can still run, but the central bank is biased to tighten, so duration and high-multiple growth are exposed.
● 1 active

2025-W04

● 7 mechanism(s) firedOpen the full in-depth weekly →

Mechanisms fired: M12_boj_normalization, M13_contraction_easing, M2_inflation_surprise_down, M3_policy_easing, M4_policy_tightening, M6_growth_slowdown, M9_yield_spike

United States
overheating / late-cycle
stall · above target · on hold
Above-trend growth with above-target inflation. Late-cycle: cyclicals and inflation beneficiaries can still run, but the central bank is biased to tighten, so duration and high-multiple growth are exposed.
● 2 active
China
deflation watch
stall · deflation risk · on hold
Activity is soft and inflation is at/below zero — the risk is entrenched deflation. Favors duration (long bonds) and quality; cyclicals struggle until policy eases decisively. The catalyst to watch is stimulus / a policy cut.
● 1 active
Euro area ⚠ stale
disinflationary stall
contraction · at target · easing
Sub-trend growth with low, easing inflation. Duration and quality tend to lead; cyclicals lag until growth re-accelerates. Policy easing is the usual circuit-breaker.
● 3 active
Japan ⚠ stale
overheating / late-cycle
unknown · above target · tightening
Above-trend growth with above-target inflation. Late-cycle: cyclicals and inflation beneficiaries can still run, but the central bank is biased to tighten, so duration and high-multiple growth are exposed.
● 3 active