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Chart of the week: General election 2024
- Article
- 21 Jun 2024
This week’s chart is on manifesto costings, illustrating the scale of each party’s promises and how they expect to fund them.
Chart of the week: Labour market
- Article
- 14 Jun 2024
Our chart this week is on the labour market, breaking down the employment status of the 55.1 million adults aged 16 or over in the UK.
Chart of the week: Banknotes
- Article
- 07 Jun 2024
Our chart this week celebrates the launch of King Charles III banknotes by looking at the number and value of Bank of England banknotes in circulation, highlighting the continued popularity of the £20 note.
Chart of the week: Schools out
- Article
- 31 May 2024
Our chart looks at the projected state school population in England over the next six years, with an anticipated 10% fall in state nursery and primary school pupils implying school closures and mergers are on the way.
Chart of the week: Inflation (again)
- Article
- 24 May 2024
Our chart this week shows that while headline inflation slowed to 2.3% in April, a core inflation figure of 3.9% means the fight against inflation is far from over.
Chart of the week: Canada Budget 2024
- Article
- 17 May 2024
Our chart zooms across the Atlantic this week to take a look at Canada’s federal budget for 2024/25.
Chart of the week: Public sector productivity
- Article
- 10 May 2024
Our chart this week suggests that the public sector is less productive than it was, but difficulties in measuring productivity make it hard to say for sure.
Chart of the week: Cocoa
- Article
- 02 May 2024
Our chart this week looks at the price of cocoa, which has been popping as shifting weather patterns have caused harvests in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire to collapse.
Chart of the week: Global military spending
- Article
- 26 Apr 2024
While the UK commits to increasing its defence and security expenditure, our chart this week looks at military spending around the world, which has reached $2.4trn.
Chart of the week: IMF Fiscal Monitor
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- 19 Apr 2024
Our chart this week finds that the UK is ranking highly in the IMF’s latest five-year forecasts for general government net debt.
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Each week we publish a chart that illuminates a different aspect of the economy.