inflation

Inflation cherrypicking

Ugly Charts / cherrypicking, dishonest, inflation

U.S. inflation is high, and the prices of almost everything are rising fast…
Rising prices at the grocery store

Statistical Visualization / grocery, inflation, war, Washington Post

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics published cost estimates for April 2026. If…
Increasing costs in the beef supply chain

Infographics / beef, Bloomberg, cost, inflation, supply

Beef prices keep going up a noticeable amount in grocery stores. For Bloomberg,…
Subbed data source, lower inflation estimate

Statistics / Bureau of Economic Analysis, economy, inflation, New York Times

For the New York Times, Ben Casselman reports on a previously undisclosed change…
Too soon to declare inflation victory

Statistical Visualization / estimation, inflation, Washington Post

Declarations have been made, but there’s not enough data yet to make such…
Historical (lack of) change in home prices in major cities

Statistical Visualization / cost, Department of Data, house, inflation

For the Washington Post’s Department of Data, Andrew Van Dam looks at historical…
50 Cent adjusted for inflation

Statistical Visualization / 50 Cent, Brian Moore, humor, inflation

The rapper Curtis Jackson became 50 Cent a couple of decades ago, but…
Inflation tracker for your backyard barbecue

Statistical Visualization / food, inflation, Washington Post

Washington Post Opinion has a tracker updated weekly that groups items by everyday…
With InflataCart, your grocery list plus inflation data

Apps / grocery, inflation, Pitch Interactive

If you shop at the grocery store regularly, you’ve felt prices increasing, especially…
Consumer confidence in current economic conditions

Statistical Visualization / confidence, inflation, Nate Silver, New York Times, spending

For NYT Opinion, Nate Silver compares consumer confidence between two surveys. The University…
Inflation high, cost of living no good

Infographics / Bloomberg, cost, inflation

Usually inflation is more of a slow thing that you don’t notice so…
Breaking down the higher price on a restaurant receipt

Infographics / inflation, New York Times, receipt, restaurant

If you’ve eaten at a restaurant lately, you might have noticed a substantially…
Inflation based on your spending

Infographics / calculator, inflation, New York Times

We’ve been hearing a lot about inflation rates lately on a national scale.…
Price increases people have noticed

Infographics / inflation, money, Upshot

Inflation is high. For NYT’s The Upshot, Emily Badger, Aatish Bhatia and Quoctrung…
Inflation explained with eggs

Statistics / economics, eggs, inflation, Vox

The prices of everything seem to be rising a lot lately. Why? For…
Inflation in the context of age generations

Statistical Visualization / generations, inflation, New York Times

When you compare the price of things today against prices one year ago,…
Inflation isn’t that exciting

Statistical Visualization / inflation, New York Times

For NYT Opinion, Josh Bivens and Stuart A. Thompson argue that you don’t…
Undergraduate grade inflation

Statistics / grades, inflation

It’s a given that some colleges and programs give more A’s than others,…