Economics

0.0000
0.0500
0.1000
0.1500 oz/barrel
1990
2000
2010
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Oil Priced in Gold

Barrels of oil per troy oz of gold

Source: Yahoo (GC=F), FRED (DCOILWTICO)

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0.00100
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0.00300
0.00400 oz/$
1990
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2010
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Dollar Priced in Gold

Troy oz of gold per US dollar

Source: Yahoo (GC=F)

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0
2
4
6
8
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020

Macro-trends

Source: FRED, Yahoo (^SOX, ^XOI)

10y−2y treasury spread
NASDAQ (log-indexed)
SOX semiconductors (log, anchored to NASDAQ at 1994)
XOI energy sector (log, anchored to NASDAQ at 1985)
Unemployment (indexed to Jan 2020)
Fed funds rate ÷ 5
JPY/USD (indexed to Jun 2025, ×3)
Gold (log-indexed to 1986)
Recession (FRED)

Macro Indicator Dashboard

Signal: percentile rank vs last 20 years — green ≤ 25th, red ≥ 75th (direction-adjusted)

IndicatorCurrent1yr changeSignalDistributionNote
Core PCE (YoY)3.4%+0.6ppFed's inflation target
CPI (YoY)3.7%+1.3ppHeadline consumer prices
5yr Breakeven2.3%-0.2ppMarket inflation expectation
10y−3m Spread0.7%+0.7ppRecession predictor (Estrella-Mishkin)
10y−2y Spread0.4%-0.2ppYield curve
HY Credit Spread2.7%-0.2ppFinancial stress; widens before recessions
10yr TIPS Real Rate2.3%+0.3ppReal interest rate; gold proxy
Initial Claims208K-13.0ppWeekly jobless claims; leads UNRATE
Unemployment4.2%-0.1ppU-3 unemployment rate
Industrial Production (YoY)1.1%+0.6ppReal economy pulse
S&P 500745023.6%Broad equity market
Gold$3997/oz19.1%Gold futures (GC=F)

Source: FRED (PCEPILFE, CPIAUCSL, T5YIE, T10Y3M, T10Y2Y, BAMLH0A0HYM2, DFII10, ICSA, UNRATE, INDPRO, SP500)