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🌎 Augur Digest #244 is out, with 92 charts! A quick, visual summary of today’s economic & market trends — no fluff, just charts. Global. Daily. Free. 👇 augurdigest.com/p/augur-digest…

Fixed asset investment unexpected slumped.

Retail sales barely grew year over year (+0.2%, versus 2% expected). On a month-over-month basis, retail sales contracted by the most since late 2022.

🇨🇳 China April activity data missed across the board. Industrial production slowed to 4.1%, well below consensus of 5.9%. The sequential month over month growth nearly stalled.

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🇺🇸 The 30-year Treasury yield has jumped to the highest level since mid-2007.

🌎 Augur Digest #243 is out, with 88 charts! A quick, visual summary of today’s economic & market trends — no fluff, just charts. Global. Daily. Free. 👇 augurdigest.com/p/augur-digest…

🇺🇸 The Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow model is tracking Q2 GDP at 4%.

🇺🇸 Real retail sales slipped and diverged further from the pre-pandemic trend.

🌎 Augur Digest #242 is out, with 69 charts! A quick, visual summary of today’s economic & market trends — no fluff, just charts. Global. Daily. Free. 👇 augurdigest.com/p/augur-digest…

🇺🇸 The Treasury auctioned a 30-year bond with a 5% coupon for the first time since 2007.

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🇺🇸 Producer prices unexpectedly surged in April, well above consensus estimates.

🌎 Augur Digest #241 is out, with 83 charts! A quick, visual summary of today’s economic & market trends — no fluff, just charts. Global. Daily. Free. 👇 augurdigest.com/p/augur-digest…

🇺🇸 Prices for video and audio services rebounded sharply. Thanks Netflix.

🇺🇸 Here’s the prices for ground beef, which broke $7 per pound for the first time.

🇺🇸 US inflation accelerated in April, hotter than expected.

🌎 Augur Digest #240 is out, with 74 charts! A quick, visual summary of today’s economic & market trends — no fluff, just charts. Global. Daily. Free. 👇 augurdigest.com/p/augur-digest…

🇩🇪 Germany is the key driver of euro area retail sales weakness.