By R.J., R.L.W. and P.K.
Our economic indicators have become more social
THE Economist has been devoted to data for more than a century. Now the digits are easier to share. Our interactive economic indicators have been upgraded to let readers customise and share their own tables to tell their own stories. After drilling down into the data by category and country, one can freeze the findings and save or send them. Unlike the main indicators table, the new shared tables lock in the latest data, leaving any discoveries intact and frozen in time.
So as the European Union's heads of state meet in Milan today to discuss their common enemy—unemployment—readers can tailor the table to compare Germany’s tolerable 6.7% rate against the staggering 24% in Spain and Greece’s 27% (here). Also today, Brazil and Chile release their September consumer price inflation rates. Compared with the rest of the Americas, only Venezuela’s rate is higher (here).
Our full economic and financial indicators table, which is updated twice daily, is here. Dive in and uncover your own insights—and share them.
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