Macro Intelligence · Monthly board

2025-07

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

PROVISIONAL · 4 of 4 weeks in

2025-07 — 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 → disinflationary stall
W29: overheating / late-cycle → disinflationary stall
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
  • M13 ×4 contraction_easing
  • M1 ×2 inflation_surprise_up
China
  • M6 ×4 growth_slowdown
Euro area
  • M3 ×3 policy_easing
Japan
  • M9 ×4 yield_spike

Net indicator moves (first refreshed value → last)

United States
  • core_cpi: 0.31 → 0.20 -0.11 (2025-07-01 → 2025-07-15)
  • cpi_yoy: 2.74 → 2.70 -0.04 (2025-07-01 → 2025-07-15)
  • fx: 97.18 → 97.65 +0.47 (2025-07-03 → 2025-07-25)
  • policy_rate: 4.50 → 4.50 0.00 (2025-07-06 → 2025-07-27)
  • slope_2s10s: 0.47 → 0.49 +0.02 (2025-07-03 → 2025-07-25)
  • yield_10y: 4.35 → 4.40 +0.05 (2025-07-03 → 2025-07-25)
  • yield_2y: 3.88 → 3.91 +0.03 (2025-07-03 → 2025-07-25)
China
  • cpi_yoy: -0.10 → 0.10 +0.20 (2025-06-09 → 2025-07-09)
  • fx: 7.16 → 7.15 -0.01 (2025-07-04 → 2025-07-25)
  • gdp: 5.40 → 5.20 -0.20 (2025-04-16 → 2025-07-15)
  • policy_rate: 3.00 → 3.00 0.00 (2025-06-20 → 2025-07-21)
  • slope_2s10s: 0.29 → 0.30 +0.01 (2025-07-04 → 2025-07-25)
  • yield_10y: 1.64 → 1.73 +0.09 (2025-07-04 → 2025-07-25)
  • yield_2y: 1.35 → 1.44 +0.08 (2025-07-04 → 2025-07-25)
Euro area
  • cpi_yoy: 2.00 → 2.00 0.00 (2025-07-01 → 2025-07-17)
  • fx: 1.18 → 1.18 -0.00 (2025-07-04 → 2025-07-25)
  • gdp: 0.30 → 0.30 0.00 (2025-07-01 → 2025-07-17)
  • pmi_mfg: 49.50 → 49.80 +0.30 (2025-07-01 → 2025-07-24)
  • pmi_svc: 50.50 → 51.20 +0.70 (2025-07-03 → 2025-07-24)
  • policy_rate: 2.15 → 2.15 0.00 (2025-06-05 → 2025-07-24)
Japan
  • core_cpi: 1.60 → 1.60 0.00 (2025-06-20 → 2025-07-18)
  • cpi_yoy: 3.50 → 3.30 -0.20 (2025-06-20 → 2025-07-18)
  • fx: 144.68 → 147.01 +2.32 (2025-07-04 → 2025-07-25)

Busiest week: 2025-W27 (5 active mechanisms) · Quietest: 2025-W30 (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 — 2025-07 vs 2025-06, 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 2025-07).

The month's arc

(arc pending)

Month-ahead scenarios

(scenarios pending)

What to watch

(pending)

2025-W27

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

Mechanisms fired: M13_contraction_easing, M1_inflation_surprise_up, 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
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-W28

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

Mechanisms fired: M13_contraction_easing, M1_inflation_surprise_up, 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
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-W29

● 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
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
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-W30

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

Mechanisms fired: M13_contraction_easing, M6_growth_slowdown, M9_yield_spike

United States
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
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 · 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
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