Charting the global economy: Central banks to start pausing rate hikes

Global central banks are pausing or nearing the end of their interest-rate hiking cycles as inflation shows signs of slowing and recession concerns mount.
 

Policymakers in Canada and Kazakhstan signaled they may soon hold steady, while central bankers in Brazil and Poland left their key rates unchanged for a third-straight meeting. Next week, the Federal Reserve is expected to step down its pace of rate increases but will likely determine it’s too soon to discuss a pause.

Here are some of the charts that appeared on Bloomberg this week on the latest developments in the global economy:

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