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Chart of the week: deficit blues
- Article
- 15 Oct 2026
Our chart this week looks at how the five-year fiscal forecasts have consistently proved too optimistic in recent years, something to bear in mind as the budget approaches.
Chart of the week: disposable income
- Article
- 08 Oct 2026
Our chart this week looks at how income is distributed across UK households with a median equivalised household disposable income of £3,265 per month and an equivalised average of £3,800 per month.
Chart of the week: borrowing maturity
- Article
- 01 Oct 2026
Our chart this week shows how the government has shortened the average period over which it borrows to seven years in recent years as yields on 30-year gilts hit 6.0%.
Chart of the week: UK productivity remeasured
- Article
- 24 Sep 2026
Our chart this week looks at how the ONS is changing how it calculates labour productivity – one of the most important factors driving economic growth.
Chart of the week: public sector workforce
- Article
- 17 Sep 2026
Our chart this week looks at how one third of the 6.2m public sector workforce work for the NHS while 9% work for the Civil Service.
Chart of the week: OBR long-term fiscal forecast
- Article
- 10 Sep 2026
Our chart this week shows how alternative scenarios go off the chart in the OBR’s latest long-term fiscal projections.
Chart of the week: long-term interest rates
- Article
- 03 Sep 2026
Our chart this week highlights how long-term borrowing costs have changed over the past year in Japan, Germany, France, the US and the UK.
Chart of the week: England and Wales population
- Article
- 30 Jul 2026
Our chart this week show how the England and Wales official population estimate of 62m on 30 June 2025 is distributed by region.
Chart of the week: inflation
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- 23 Jul 2026
Inflation dropped to 2.6% in June, with our chart this week illustrating how faster rises in energy prices have offset slower rises in food, alcohol and tobacco prices over the past year to keep inflation tracking core inflation downwards.
Chart of the week: tax and spending by age
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- 16 Jul 2026
Our chart this week looks at how tax and spending vary across age groups and what that means for the latest long-term fiscal projections recently published by the Office for Budget Responsibility.
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Each week we publish a chart that illuminates a different aspect of the economy.