CHARTBOOKThe 15 most important charts from a jittery week for the global economyBy Matt PhillipsAugust 17, 2014This article is more than 2 years old. US job openings surged, though hiring is laggingno-captionUS jobless claims rose slightly, but remain quite low by recent standardsno-captionUS capacity utilization hit a post-crisis high, but still showed no danger of overheatingno-captionEven as US retail sales were flat in Julyno-captionAnd the world’s largest retailer eked out only a bit of profit growthno-captionUS consumer sentiment slipped slightly in Augustno-caption German economic growth contracted in the second quarterno-captionPutin was weighing on German investor sentimentno-captionAnd German bond yields fell to fresh all-time lows on Ukraine unrestno-captionThe British economy kept up its momentum, growing 0.8% in the second quarterno-caption…As UK unemployment fell to the lowest since since late 2008no-captionJapan’s economy contracted sharply in the second quarterno-captionChinese bank loans dropped sharply in July after a big boom in Juneno-captionThe Greek depression continued with a 24th consecutive quarter of contractionno-captionTurkish unemployment fell to 8.8%, the lowest since last Juneno-caption📬 Kick off each morning with coffee and the Daily Brief (BYO coffee).Sign me upBy providing your email, you agree to the Quartz Privacy Policy.Copy