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ECONOMIC MONITOR

Related indicators plotted together · click any series in a legend to open it in the terminal

Yield Curve & Policy Rate

The fed funds rate and Treasury yields, all in percent — when the 2-year rises above the 10-year, the curve inverts (a classic recession signal).

axis: %

Headline vs. core price indexes (CPI and PCE), all indexed levels — core strips out volatile food & energy; PCE is the Fed's preferred measure.

indexed · base 100 at window start

Unemployment rate (left, %) against nonfarm payrolls (right, level) — the rate and the job count move inversely through the cycle.

left: % · right: Thous. of Persons

The 30-year mortgage rate and 10-year Treasury (left, %) against home prices (right, index) — mortgages track the 10-year, and rates drive home prices.

left: % · right: Index Jan 2000=100