Each week we publish a chart that illuminates a different aspect of the economy.
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Chart of the week: Public sector employment
- Article
- 23 Mar 2023
Our chart takes a look at how employment in the public sector has grown from 5.3m to 5.8m over the past five years.
Chart of the week: Spring Budget 2023
- Article
- 16 Mar 2023
Our chart this week is on the Chancellor’s tax and spending plans for the coming financial year commencing on 1 April 2023.
Chart of the week: Fluctuating fiscal forecasts
- Article
- 09 Mar 2023
Ahead of the Spring Budget on 15 March, we take a look at how the official forecast for the 2022/23 fiscal deficit has fluctuated through successive forecasts.
Chart of the week: Government bond yields
- Article
- 02 Mar 2023
Our chart this week looks at what a difference one year has made to the cost at which governments around the world can borrow.
Chart of the week: US federal financial statements
- Article
- 23 Feb 2023
Our 250th chart of the week takes a look at the recently published Financial Report of the United States Government for the year ended 30 September 2022
Chart of the week: Slowing inflation
- Article
- 16 Feb 2023
Our chart this week illustrates the slowing rate of inflation and how it should fall further once a big surge in prices between February and April 2022 falls out of the comparison.
Chart of the week: UK business creations and closures
- Article
- 09 Feb 2023
Our chart this week illustrates the choppy economic waters facing UK businesses as more stopped trading than were created over the course of 2022.
Chart of the week: IMF economic projections
- Article
- 02 Feb 2023
Our chart this week is on the global economy and how the UK is at the bottom of the IMF’s league table for economic growth in 2023 and 2024.
Chart of the week: Australia federal balance sheet
- Article
- 26 Jan 2023
Our chart heads down under this week to take a look at how the reported financial position of Australia’s federal government has changed over the last decade.
Chart of the week: China population
- Article
- 19 Jan 2023
Our chart this week follows the news that China’s population has peaked at just over 1.4bn, illustrating the dramatic change that has taken place over the last 40 years.
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