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ICAEW charts

Public sector and economic data can be daunting. In chart form it all becomes so much more digestible.
Each week we publish a chart that illuminates a different aspect of the economy.
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Chart of the week: Government borrowing rates
  • Article
  • 06 Jan 2022
Our first chart of 2022 highlights how the cost of government borrowing remains extremely low for most of the 21 largest economies in the world, despite the huge expansion in public debt driven by the pandemic.
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Chart of the week: UK international trade
  • Article
  • 16 Dec 2021
As 2021 draws to a close, our chart this week looks back on a rocky couple of years for UK international trade which has endured Brexit complications and the global COVID-19 pandemic.
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Chart of the week: Bounce Back Loans
  • Article
  • 09 Dec 2021
Our chart this week is on Bounce Back Loans, one of the principal sources of financial support for businesses during the first year of the pandemic and the subject of a recent investigation by the National Audit Office.
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Chart of the week: UK payrolled employees
  • Article
  • 02 Dec 2021
Our chart this week looks at how the number of employees on UK payrolls has been supported by the furlough scheme, with more people employed in October 2021 than before the pandemic.
Chart of the week: Germany
  • Article
  • 25 Nov 2021
Our chart this week is on Germany, where a new ‘traffic light’ coalition government headed by Chancellor-designate Olaf Scholtz is poised to take charge of Europe’s most prosperous nation.
Chart of the week: Consumer Prices Index
  • Article
  • 18 Nov 2021
Our chart this week looks at how price rises have accelerated over the last few months, with consumer price inflation reaching 4.2% in October, the highest it has been for a decade.
Chart of the week: US Infrastructure & Jobs Act
  • Article
  • 11 Nov 2021
Our chart this week looks at the $550bn of incremental funding over five years allocated by the US Infrastructure & Jobs Act just passed by Congress.
Chart of the week: Spending Review 2021
  • Article
  • 28 Oct 2021
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak found some extra money to supplement the Spending Review 2021, turning a very tough settlement for government departments into a moderately tough one.
Chart of the week: Pre-Spending Review departmental spending
  • Article
  • 21 Oct 2021
Our chart this week looks at the core departmental resource budgets that are central to next Wednesday’s long-awaited Spending Review.
Chart of the week: UK public debt profile
  • Article
  • 14 Oct 2021
Our chart this week shines a spotlight on the UK’s public debt, focusing on the Government’s debt strategy ahead of the fast approaching Spending Review.
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