The chart above shows the unemployment rate in each US state as of April 2019, the change from the previous month, and the rate one year prior.  Four states, Iowa, New Hampshire, North Dakota, and Vermont are the only states that continue to have an unemployment rate below 2.5 percent.

The chart above shows the unemployment rate in each EU state as of April 2019 (unless otherwise noted - see caveats below), the change from the previous month, and the rate one year prior.  Czechia continues to be the only state with an unemployment rate below three percent even though its rate ticked up in April.

The chart above shows the ten-year interest rate in each EU state as of April 2019, the change from the previous month, and the rate one year prior.  Germany is the only state with a negative interest rate.

All rates fell in May.  The yield curve shrank from the previous month thus ending its one month widening streak.  The one-month bill did not maintain the lowest rate at any point in the month.  Long-term rates fell at a faster pace than short-term rates thus increasing the risk of an inversion brought upon by rising short-term rates.  Such an inversion, if it were to happen would be a strong indicator for an upcoming recession.  A side note: several financial analysts have recently pointed to inversions between particular rates like the three-year note having a higher rate than the five-year note as being indicators for a recession.  The data does not back this up.  The only type of inversion that has led to a recession reliably is one in which the highest rate is a shorter-term treasury than the lowest rate.  This is the only inversion that has predicted a recession seven out of eight times since 1962.  According to this measure, there is no recession in the foreseeable future.

The chart above shows the per capita annualized nominal gross domestic product (GDP) in each EU and US state as of the fourth quarter of 2018 in dollars, the change from the previous quarter, and the GDP one year prior.  Luxembourg is in a class all by itself.

The chart above shows the per capita annualized nominal gross domestic product (GDP) in each EU state as of the fourth quarter of 2018 in euros, the change from the previous quarter, and the GDP one year prior.  Luxembourg has at least double the per capita GDP of every other EU state save for Ireland.

The chart above shows the per capita annualized nominal gross domestic product (GDP) in each US state as of the fourth quarter of 2018 in dollars, the change from the previous quarter, and the GDP one year prior.  Every single state's per capita GDP grew both over the past quarter and the past year.

The chart above shows the annualized nominal gross domestic product (GDP) in each EU and US region as of the fourth quarter of 2018 in millions of dollars, the change from the previous quarter, and the GDP one year prior.  The Western EU is the only EU region that has a larger GDP than any US region.

The chart above shows the annualized nominal gross domestic product (GDP) in each EU region as of the fourth quarter of 2018 in millions of euros, the change from the previous quarter, and the GDP one year prior.  Every single region's economy grew both over the past quarter and the past year.

The chart above shows the annualized nominal gross domestic product (GDP) in each US region as of the fourth quarter of 2018 in millions of dollars, the change from the previous quarter, and the GDP one year prior.  Every single region's economy grew both over the past quarter and the past year.