The global economy is showing signs of wearing down with inflation pressures persisting during the third month of a war-induced energy crunch. Factory activity as measured by S&P Global either slowed or even contracted across the board on all indexes released Thursday, apart from the UK and US.
Meanwhile, inflation concerns have driven long-term yields for Group of Seven sovereign bonds to a two-decade high this week.
Here are some of the charts that appeared on Bloomberg this week on the latest developments in the global economy, markets and geopolitics:
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