Economy
The macro indicators that price every asset — what each one measures, how often it prints, and which primary source publishes it. Definitions, not fake live numbers.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Total value of goods and services produced. The broadest measure of economic activity; two consecutive quarters of contraction is the informal definition of recession.
Sources: BEA, Eurostat, national statistics offices, IMF
Consumer Price Inflation (CPI)
Change in the price of a consumption basket. The primary target variable of modern central banking (most target ~2%).
Sources: BLS, Eurostat, national statistics offices
Central Bank Policy Rate
The rate at which the central bank lends or remunerates reserves. Sets the floor of the entire yield curve and the price of money economy-wide.
Sources: Federal Reserve, ECB, BoJ, BoE, PBoC
Unemployment Rate
Share of the labor force without work but seeking it. One half of the Fed's dual mandate; a lagging indicator of the cycle.
Sources: BLS, Eurostat, ILO
Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI)
Survey of purchasing managers on new orders, output and employment. The most watched leading indicator; above 50 signals expansion.
Sources: S&P Global, ISM, Caixin
Yield Curve (10Y–2Y spread)
Difference between long and short government yields. Inversion (negative spread) has preceded every modern US recession, with long and variable lags.
Sources: US Treasury, FRED
M2 Money Supply
Cash, deposits and near-money. Its expansion and contraction frame the liquidity backdrop for asset prices.
Sources: Federal Reserve, ECB
Current Account Balance
Trade plus income flows with the rest of the world. Persistent deficits or surpluses drive currency valuations and global capital flows.
Sources: IMF, national central banks
Approximate reference values from public sources · seed-0.1 · 2026-08-28 · not real-time. See data & methodology.