Central bankers in the US, UK and Japan held the line on interest rates this week as officials attempt to gauge the impact of tariffs, uncertainty about economic activity and war in the Middle East.
While the median forecast from US Federal Reserve officials showed two interest-rate cuts by the end of the year, seven policymakers — up from four at the March meeting — indicated they see no reduction.
The Bank of Japan unveiled a plan to ease the pace of its reductions to monthly bond purchases to ensure market stability while sticking to a path of normalization that includes the possibility of more rate hikes. The vote by Bank of England policymakers to hold rates steady was more divided than expected, leaving UK central bankers on course for a possible rate cut in August.
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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