Tag: bar chart

  • The May Jobs Report

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    Brendan Barry
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    Last Friday, the government released the labour statistics from April and they showed a weaker rebound in employment than many had forecasted. When I opened the door Saturday morning, I got to see the numbers above the fold on the front page of the New York Times. What I enjoyed about this layout, was that…

  • Covid Update: 9 May

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    Last week I wrote about how, for new cases, we had seen a few consecutive days of increasing cases. Were we witnessing an aberration, a one-off “well, that was weird”? Or was this the beginning of a trend towards increasing new cases? A week later and we have our answer. Just a one-off. If we…

  • Off the Axis

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    Brendan Barry
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    Two Fridays ago, I opened the door and found my copy of the New York Times with a nice graphic above the fold. This followed the announcement from the White House of aggressive targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions In general, I love seeing charts and graphics above the fold. As an added bonus, this…

  • Covid-19: A Global Update

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    Brendan Barry
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    I’ve been trying to limit the amount of Covid-19 visualisations I’ve been covering. But on Sunday this image landed at my front door, above the fold on page 1 of the New York Times. And it dovetails nicely with our story about the pandemic’s impact on Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia, and Illinois. For most…

  • Covid Update: 2 May

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    I didn’t write a post last Monday, but this Monday I am. A few things may have changed in the Covid situation. The most important is that we may have finally seen the peak of this current wave’s surge of new cases. For the last few weeks we’ve seen cases rising in the five states.…

  • Arrowheads

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    Brendan Barry
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    I don’t know if this is a trend, but I’ve now seen a few graphics appearing using arrows to show the direction or trend of the data. This graphic in an article by Bloomberg prompted me to talk about this piece. I should add, after rereading my draft, that I’m not clear who made this…

  • Politicising Vaccinations

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    Brendan Barry
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    Yesterday I wrote my usual weekly piece about the progress of the Covid-19 pandemic in the five states I cover. At the end I discussed the progress of vaccinations and how Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Illinois all sit around 25% fully vaccinated. Of course, I leave my write-up at that. But not everyone does. This past…

  • Covid Update: 18 April

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    Last week I wrote about how we may have been beginning to see divergent patterns in new cases, i.e. how New Jersey in particular had seen its new cases numbers falling whilst other states continued with increasing case counts. One week later, that may still broadly hold true. Emphasis on may. If we look at…

  • Covid Update: 11 April

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    Brendan Barry
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    This time last week I wrote about how we should not be surprised at rising levels of coronavirus in the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia, and Illinois. After all, our elected officials reopened economies despite data saying they should do otherwise. On top of that, people have been engaging in reckless behaviour and…

  • What Is Infrastructure?

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    Brendan Barry
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    This morning I read a piece in Politico Playbook that broke down President Biden’s $2.25 trillion proposal for infrastructure spending. A thing generally regarded as the United States sorely needs. $2.25 trillion is a lot of money and it’s a fair question to ask whether all that money is really money for infrastructure. Because, it…