Federal Reserve

The Fed is approaching the end of its rate hike cycle. Cuts are more likely than not next year. This is a backdrop that favours bonds.

As we move into the Northern Hemisphere autumn, this week’s charts begin with a visualisation of stocks in September

Will Powell unleash another hawkish spiel about how the Fed must 'keep at it until the job is done'?

The US budget is still deep in the red this far into the economic recovery.

This week’s charts begin with a candlestick that shows how the current foreign-exchange volatility

The resilience of wages growth likely reinforces the Fed's concern that it may take longer for core inflation to return to the 2% target.

Chinese households avoid borrowing, Fed dot plot tightens, UK inflation crunch, OECD producer prices fall while CPI lags and more.

Credibility with the public reduces the economic cost of controlling inflation

This week’s charts begin by revisiting our table of winners and losers in the S&P 500

This week’s charts start with three visualisations focused on equities.