Chart of the week - 9 June 2025
This week's Chart of the Week from Alex illustrates the European Central Bank and Federal Reserve policy rates, tracking their movements since January 2024 and projecting them to the end of December 2025. While FX rates are complex, these central bank policy trajectories offer a critical lens for anticipating broader market shifts.
Debt of a nation - Tom Delic
In this week's Chart of the Week Tom details how US federal interest payments are on track to hit an 85-year high of over 4% of GDP by 2035, fuelled by increasing debt and normalising interest rates.
Peak pretzel - Jonathan Nicholls
In this week's Chart of the Week, Jonathan illustrates the recovery and surge of Germany's DAX index, contrasting with the modest gains in US markets and highlighting Germany's economic resilience and strategic fiscal reorientation.
May-be not - Gabby B
This week’s chart Gabby highlights the average six-month rolling returns for the S&P 500 since 1950, with a focus on the seasonal pattern behind the old market adage “Sell in May and go away"
Has the first 100 days of President Trump made anything great again? - Slawomir Soroczynski
In this week's Chart of the Week Slawomir summarises the market performance across various asset classes in the first 100 days since President Trump's inauguration
