The UK labor market continued to weaken last month and inflationary pressures mounted on higher energy costs.
In the euro area, private-sector business activity expanded modestly even as a gauge of the French economy sank deeper into contraction territory. Economic growth in Japan disappointed as capital spending declined.
Meanwhile, US public debt outstanding topped $40 trillion for the first time, while a lack of urgency from lawmakers to tackle a yawning fiscal deficit helps explain at least some of the recent increase in Treasury yields.
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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