Stat 2.2 – Monthly Data Dive of 10 essential charts shaping the markets

From China’s manufacturing surge to shifts in commodities and credit cycles, here are a few signals that stood out:

🔹China has leapfrogged traditional leaders to become the dominant auto exporter globally.
🔸China’s trade surplus is nearing $100bn per month, an unprecedented level in modern trade cycles.
🔹US households now hold a larger share of wealth in equities than in real estate.
🔸Automation continues to scale rapidly, with Amazon deploying over 1.5 million robots across logistics operations.
🔹The US share of global oil production has climbed from 8% in 2009 to ~20% today.
🔸Lithium carbonate prices have doubled in six months, pushing up battery storage system costs.
🔹India’s proposed ISM 2.0 could become the country’s largest semiconductor capex subsidy program.

 

Also in the deck:
– Deposit growth has returned to its long-term ~10% trend
– Commodity prices have surged, but mining capex still trails previous cycles

 

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