Macro Phase Portrait

The US macro economy as one connected path: inflation (CPI year-over-year) against unemployment, one dot per month, fed funds as color, recessions tinted, decades labeled, with a horizon strip of all four series beneath. A scrubbable head marker walks the path month by month, and the original 3D phase portrait is one toggle away. Synthetic seeded cycle by default, computed live in your browser. Educational, not investment advice.

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