Macro Intelligence · Monthly board

2025-05

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

PROVISIONAL · 4 of 4 weeks in

2025-05 — 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
stall-speed, at target · held all period
China
deflation watch · held all period
Euro area
stall-speed, at target · held all period
Japan
overheating / late-cycle · held all period

Mechanisms fired across the period

United States
no fires
China
  • M13 ×4 contraction_easing
  • M3 ×1 policy_easing
  • M11 ×1 china_credit_impulse
Euro area
  • M3 ×4 policy_easing
  • M6 ×1 growth_slowdown
Japan
  • M9 ×4 yield_spike

Net indicator moves (first refreshed value → last)

United States
  • core_cpi: 0.13 → 0.20 +0.07 (2025-05-01 → 2025-05-13)
  • cpi_yoy: 2.38 → 2.30 -0.08 (2025-05-01 → 2025-05-13)
  • fx: 100.00 → 99.11 -0.89 (2025-05-02 → 2025-05-23)
  • pmi_svc: 50.80 → 51.60 +0.80 (2025-04-03 → 2025-05-05)
  • policy_rate: 4.50 → 4.50 0.00 (2025-05-04 → 2025-05-25)
  • slope_2s10s: 0.50 → 0.51 +0.01 (2025-05-02 → 2025-05-23)
  • yield_10y: 4.33 → 4.51 +0.18 (2025-05-02 → 2025-05-23)
  • yield_2y: 3.83 → 4.00 +0.17 (2025-05-02 → 2025-05-23)
China
  • cpi_yoy: -0.10 → -0.10 0.00 (2025-04-10 → 2025-05-10)
  • fx: 7.27 → 7.20 -0.07 (2025-05-02 → 2025-05-23)
  • policy_rate: 3.10 → 3.00 -0.10 (2025-04-21 → 2025-05-20)
  • slope_2s10s: 0.17 → 0.25 +0.07 (2025-04-30 → 2025-05-23)
  • yield_10y: 1.62 → 1.72 +0.10 (2025-04-30 → 2025-05-23)
  • yield_2y: 1.45 → 1.47 +0.02 (2025-04-30 → 2025-05-23)
Euro area
  • cpi_yoy: 2.20 → 2.20 0.00 (2025-05-02 → 2025-05-19)
  • fx: 1.13 → 1.13 -0.00 (2025-05-02 → 2025-05-23)
  • gdp: 0.60 → 0.60 0.00 (2025-05-02 → 2025-05-19)
  • pmi_mfg: 49.00 → 48.40 -0.60 (2025-05-02 → 2025-05-22)
  • pmi_svc: 49.70 → 48.90 -0.80 (2025-04-23 → 2025-05-22)
Japan
  • core_cpi: 1.60 → 1.60 0.00 (2025-04-18 → 2025-05-23)
  • cpi_yoy: 3.60 → 3.60 0.00 (2025-04-18 → 2025-05-23)
  • fx: 145.45 → 143.86 -1.59 (2025-05-02 → 2025-05-23)

Busiest week: 2025-W21 (6 active mechanisms) · Quietest: 2025-W18 (3 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 — 2025-05 vs 2025-04, 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 2025-05).

The month's arc

(arc pending)

Month-ahead scenarios

(scenarios pending)

What to watch

(pending)

2025-W18

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

Mechanisms fired: M13_contraction_easing, M3_policy_easing, M9_yield_spike

United States
stall-speed, at target
stall · at target · on hold
Growth hovering near flat with inflation roughly at target. A balanced, low-conviction regime — direction depends on which way growth breaks next; watch PMI for the tell.
○ no change
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
stall-speed, at target
stall · at target · easing
Growth hovering near flat with inflation roughly at target. A balanced, low-conviction regime — direction depends on which way growth breaks next; watch PMI for the tell.
● 1 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-W19

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

Mechanisms fired: M13_contraction_easing, M3_policy_easing, M9_yield_spike

United States
stall-speed, at target
stall · at target · on hold
Growth hovering near flat with inflation roughly at target. A balanced, low-conviction regime — direction depends on which way growth breaks next; watch PMI for the tell.
○ no change
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
stall-speed, at target
stall · at target · easing
Growth hovering near flat with inflation roughly at target. A balanced, low-conviction regime — direction depends on which way growth breaks next; watch PMI for the tell.
● 1 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-W20

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

Mechanisms fired: M13_contraction_easing, M3_policy_easing, M9_yield_spike

United States
stall-speed, at target
stall · at target · on hold
Growth hovering near flat with inflation roughly at target. A balanced, low-conviction regime — direction depends on which way growth breaks next; watch PMI for the tell.
○ no change
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
stall-speed, at target
stall · at target · easing
Growth hovering near flat with inflation roughly at target. A balanced, low-conviction regime — direction depends on which way growth breaks next; watch PMI for the tell.
● 1 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-W21

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

Mechanisms fired: M11_china_credit_impulse, M13_contraction_easing, M3_policy_easing, M6_growth_slowdown, M9_yield_spike

United States
stall-speed, at target
stall · at target · on hold
Growth hovering near flat with inflation roughly at target. A balanced, low-conviction regime — direction depends on which way growth breaks next; watch PMI for the tell.
○ no change
China
deflation watch
stall · deflation risk · easing
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.
● 3 active
Euro area ⚠ stale
stall-speed, at target
stall · at target · easing
Growth hovering near flat with inflation roughly at target. A balanced, low-conviction regime — direction depends on which way growth breaks next; watch PMI for the tell.
● 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