The Bank of England became the first Group of Seven central bank to raise interest rates since the pandemic, and Federal Reserve officials signaled they favor a faster-than-expected pace of hikes next year -- both underscoring stepped-up efforts to contain inflation. At the same time, the European Central Bank is taking a more gradual approach as they stick to a view that inflationary pressures are transitory. Here are some of the charts that appeared on Bloomberg this week on the latest developments in the global economy: U.S. Federal Reserve officials intensified their battle against the hottest inflation in a ... (full story)