Scatter Live Macro Relationship (U.S. Unemployment vs Inflation)

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Concept reference from Fizz Studio demo pattern: ParaCharts demo index

Scenario

Track the relationship between unemployment and inflation across recent monthly observations in the United States.

Data Source And Refresh

• Sources: BLS series LNS14000000 and FRED series CPIAUCSL.
• Source URLs: https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000000 and https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CPIAUCSL
• Refresh cadence: Monthly via GitHub Actions cache update workflow.
• Data continuity: This page will continue updating while BLS and FRED publish compatible data.

When To Use

Use a scatter chart when the question is about relationship, clustering, or outliers between two numeric variables.

Manifest

<para-chart manifest="data/manifests/us-macro-scatter.json"></para-chart>

Full manifest (JSON):

• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mgifford/ParaCharts/main/docs/data/manifests/us-macro-scatter.json

Interpretation Prompts

1. Do points cluster around one inflation-unemployment zone, or spread broadly?
2. Are there visible outliers that break the typical relationship?
3. Does the pattern suggest a trade-off over the observed period?