Raoul Pal, the former Goldman Sachs executive and founder of Real Vision, has shared his analysis of what he believes to be the three most pivotal charts for understanding both the cryptocurrency market and global macroeconomic trends.
The first chart he highlights compares the US labor force participation rate with the country’s birth rate, using a 14-year lead to show how demographic trends influence economic growth.
According to Pal, these trends are critical to understanding long-term economic shifts: “As the labor force shrinks, GDP growth slows over time.”
These are the three most important charts in Global Macro, along with Crypto – from this months Global Macro Investor publication:
1. Demographics are destiny. GDP slows over time as size of labour force shrinks. pic.twitter.com/E1YR3Q1Y1m
— Raoul Pal (@RaoulGMI) November 5, 2024
Pal’s second chart examines the relationship between the US labor force participation rate and government debt as a percentage of GDP. He argues that the government’s debt-to-GDP ratio is directly impacted by the working population, as increasing debt levels are used to offset sluggish economic growth and service mounting interest payments.
The third chart plots federal net liquidity alongside government debt, again as a percentage of GDP. Pal explains that governments use liquidity increases, or “debasement,” to manage and service growing debt levels over time.
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