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Global Macro Divergence Weekly

The cross-section by growth-inflation box, the two-speed spread inside the US economy, the activity factor, and what followed the dated crossings the panels carry.

data as of 2026-09-17 · published 2026-09-17 · next update next Thursday

TL;DR — the read in bullets

Across 210 economies on the IMF projection for 2026, 104 sit in slowdown + inflation, and the four boxes split slowdown + inflation 104; expansion + inflation 43; slowdown + disinflation 40; expansion + disinflation 23.
Cross-sectional growth dispersion is 2.42, the 2.1th percentile of 45 years of the same measure.

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