Chicago Fed National Activity Index

Author: Ross Perez published on Tableau

The NAI is a combination of 85 disparate economic indicators that are calculated and combined into a single national economic heartbeat.

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Think of this viz like the road the economy is on. In the middle is the road, a band of green. When the red line (NAI 3 month moving average) is within the road, things are humming along smoothly. However, as soon as it swerves off to the side (last year?), problems happen.

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