A digital canvas featuring an elegantly simplified character, evoking Christine Lagarde, gazing in wonder at a display charting the ascent of interest rates. Behind her, a stylized clock symbolizes looming deadlines. The composition focuses on a white background, illuminated by Pacific and Yellow for emphasis, with tasteful touches of charcoal, skyblue, water, black, and lightgrey. This image combines the essence of clarity, urgency, and minimalistic design, aiming for an immediate, impactful visual communication. Created Using: minimalistic elegance, digital simplicity, strategic color coding, narrative illustration, clean visual communication, focused imagery, elegance in simplicity, widescreen format --ar 16:9