May
19
Charts of the Week
Macro Pulse
The messaging from this week’s raft of economic data has painted an increasingly familiar picture of the global economic scene. Headline inflation is finally easing off its highs in large part thanks to ebbing energy prices. But last year’s high levels of inflation and the global trend toward tighter monetary policy that they sparked are now exacting a heavier toll on economic activity.
Conflict, energy and constraints
Financial markets have been jolted over the past week by a sharp escalation in geopolitical risk. The sudden intensification of hostilities between Israel and Iran—marked by missile strikes and retaliatory air operations—has reignited fears of a broader regional conflict with global consequences. In our charts this week we focus on:
- Geopolitical risk
- Oil prices and global growth
- Global shipping costs
- Global oil reserves
- Living standards and energy prices
- Natural capitalÂ
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