Global Business Cycle Β· History

5 years of weekly synthetic CLI per country β€” phase trajectory, breadth evolution, and country sparklines
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CURRENT EXPANSION BREADTH
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vs 12mo ago: β€”
PEAK EXPANSION (2y)
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TROUGH EXPANSION (2y)
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GLOBAL CLI Β· CURRENT
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range β€”
CURRENT GLOBAL PHASE
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PHASE TRANSITIONS (full history)
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latest: β€”

Phase Transitions confirmed = persisted β‰₯ 3 weeks

Phase Mix Trajectory β€”

Expansion Recovery At Risk Recession GDP-weighted % of classified countries

Global Average CLI β€”

GDP-weighted average CLI Trend baseline (100)

Country Sparklines Β· 5y CLI trajectory β€” countries

All regions

Country Lead/Lag Ranking cross-correlation with global aggregate Β· max lag Β±26w

# Country Lead/Lag (weeks) Peak r Phase
Click a country to see its correlation curve. Peak position = best lead/lag, peak height = strength.
Click a country row to view correlation curve
Leads global (cycle turns first) ~0 lag (moves with aggregate) Lags global (cycle turns later) USA + large weights have inflated lag-0 corr (self-influence)

Phase-Conditional Forward Returns 3-month forward equity returns bucketed by cycle phase

Top historical performers by phase β€” when the cycle is in each state, these countries paid the highest mean forward 3-month returns. Decision-relevant for tilting tactical exposure.
Country drilldown: β€” observations across history
Expansion At Risk Recession Recovery Caveat: overlapping forward windows β€” stdev/hit-rate are optimistic vs non-overlapping draws

Multi-Country Comparison click sparklines to add/remove

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