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Below are plots of the US trade balance with countries facing tariffs. The US trade balance is exports to the countries minus imports from the countries in billions of dollars. Upward trends indicate a growing US trade balance and positive numbers indicate a US trade surplus.
I received an API from the US Census Bureau, so I'll be updating these plots over time.
Below are plots of the regularly updated change in CPI from the previous 12 months, gasoline prices, employment, and the unemployment rate. I use an API from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to collect the data. Then, I plot in Python (with Google Colab), save the plot to my GitHub repository, and link the PNG from GitHub on this dashboard.
Finally, I show real US personal consumption expenditure below by year to compare consumption in 2025 to previous years of consumption. Consumption in 2025 is right in line with consumption from the previous 3 years on average.
It's curious that the Fed does not strictly follow rules-based monetary policy like the Taylor Rule. However, if they did, it may have prevented post-Covid inflation. Note the hypothesized Federal funds rate in blue and the actual rate in dotted-orange below.
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