Macro Intelligence · Monthly board

2025-02

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

PROVISIONAL · 4 of 4 weeks in

2025-02 — 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 → disinflationary stall
W06: deflation watch → disinflationary stall
Euro area
disinflationary stall · held all period
Japan
overheating / late-cycle · held all period

Mechanisms fired across the period

United States
  • M5 ×3 growth_acceleration
  • M13 ×1 contraction_easing
China
  • M5 ×4 growth_acceleration
Euro area
  • M3 ×4 policy_easing
  • M13 ×4 contraction_easing
Japan
  • M4 ×4 policy_tightening
  • M9 ×4 yield_spike
  • M12 ×4 boj_normalization

Net indicator moves (first refreshed value → last)

United States
  • core_cpi: 0.25 → 0.40 +0.15 (2025-02-01 → 2025-02-12)
  • cpi_yoy: 2.80 → 3.00 +0.20 (2025-02-01 → 2025-02-12)
  • fx: 108.37 → 106.61 -1.76 (2025-01-31 → 2025-02-21)
  • pmi_mfg: 49.30 → 50.90 +1.60 (2025-01-03 → 2025-02-03)
  • pmi_svc: 54.10 → 52.80 -1.30 (2025-01-07 → 2025-02-05)
  • policy_rate: 4.50 → 4.50 0.00 (2025-02-02 → 2025-02-23)
  • slope_2s10s: 0.36 → 0.23 -0.13 (2025-01-31 → 2025-02-21)
  • unemployment: 4.20 → 4.00 -0.20 (2025-02-01 → 2025-02-07)
  • yield_10y: 4.58 → 4.42 -0.16 (2025-01-31 → 2025-02-21)
  • yield_2y: 4.22 → 4.19 -0.03 (2025-01-31 → 2025-02-21)
China
  • cpi_yoy: 0.10 → 0.50 +0.40 (2025-01-09 → 2025-02-09)
  • fx: 7.18 → 7.26 +0.07 (2025-01-31 → 2025-02-21)
  • policy_rate: 3.10 → 3.10 0.00 (2025-01-20 → 2025-02-20)
  • slope_2s10s: 0.38 → 0.25 -0.13 (2025-01-27 → 2025-02-21)
  • yield_10y: 1.63 → 1.72 +0.09 (2025-01-27 → 2025-02-21)
  • yield_2y: 1.25 → 1.47 +0.22 (2025-01-27 → 2025-02-21)
Euro area
  • cpi_yoy: 2.40 → 2.50 +0.10 (2025-01-17 → 2025-02-03)
  • fx: 1.04 → 1.05 +0.01 (2025-01-31 → 2025-02-21)
  • gdp: 0.40 → -0.30 -0.70 (2025-01-17 → 2025-02-03)
  • pmi_mfg: 46.10 → 47.30 +1.20 (2025-01-24 → 2025-02-21)
  • pmi_svc: 51.40 → 50.70 -0.70 (2025-01-24 → 2025-02-21)
Japan
  • core_cpi: 1.60 → 1.50 -0.10 (2025-01-24 → 2025-02-21)
  • cpi_yoy: 3.60 → 4.00 +0.40 (2025-01-24 → 2025-02-21)
  • fx: 154.10 → 149.41 -4.69 (2025-01-31 → 2025-02-21)

Busiest week: 2025-W05 (7 active mechanisms) · Quietest: 2025-W05 (7 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 — 2025-02 vs 2025-01, 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 2025-02).

The month's arc

(arc pending)

Month-ahead scenarios

(scenarios pending)

What to watch

(pending)

2025-W05

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

Mechanisms fired: M12_boj_normalization, M13_contraction_easing, M3_policy_easing, M4_policy_tightening, M5_growth_acceleration, 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 · 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

2025-W06

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

Mechanisms fired: M12_boj_normalization, M13_contraction_easing, M3_policy_easing, M4_policy_tightening, M5_growth_acceleration, 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
disinflationary stall
stall · below target · on hold
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.
● 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 · 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

2025-W07

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

Mechanisms fired: M12_boj_normalization, M13_contraction_easing, M3_policy_easing, M4_policy_tightening, M5_growth_acceleration, 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
disinflationary stall
stall · below target · on hold
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.
● 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 · 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

2025-W08

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

Mechanisms fired: M12_boj_normalization, M13_contraction_easing, M3_policy_easing, M4_policy_tightening, M5_growth_acceleration, 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
disinflationary stall
stall · below target · on hold
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.
● 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 · 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