spending

Wall of receipts is wall of inconsistent records

Mistaken Data / DOGE, government, spending, Upshot

The “Department of Government Efficiency” keeps a “Wall of Receipts” to signal transparency…
$38b of government money that funded Musk companies

Statistical Visualization / Elon Musk, government, spending, Washington Post

Elon Musk has been critical of government spending, as he and DOGE fire…
Frozen government money pipe

Data Sources / government, Planet Money, spending, transparency, treasury

Planet Money explains the Daily Treasury Statement from the U.S. Treasury. The data…
Products affected by tariffs in the U.S.

Statistical Visualization / spending, tariff, Washington Post

Luis Melgar and Rachel Lerman, for the Washington Post, highlight the value of…
Government revenue and spending diagram

Statistical Visualization / government, revenue, spending, USAFacts

In case you’re wondering about government spending and budgets, USAFacts has a Sankey…
150-year-olds probably not receiving Social Security benefits

Mistaken Data / government, Social Security Administration, spending, Wired

The Department of Government Efficiency claims data in the Social Security Administration database…
Tracking daily federal expenditures

Statistical Visualization / government, Hamilton Project, spending

The Hamilton Project is tracking federal expenditures and updating daily:
This data interactive…
Restaurant preferences via campaign spending

Statistical Visualization / election, restaurant, spending, Washington Post

For WP’s Department of Data, Kati Perry and Adrián Blanco examine campaign spending…
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…
When the Cost of a Mortgage is a Multiple of the Original Loan

Data Underload / mortgage, spending

Use this chart to see how many times over you’ll pay over the original loan amount, given the annual rate and the number of years of paying.
Gas prices and confidence

Statistical Visualization / approval, economy, gas, New York Times, spending, Washington Post

Everywhere you go, gas prices show up on big boards, like a proxy…
Calculating the new cost of your summer road trip

Infographics / gas, spending, Washington Post

With gas prices a lot higher than usual, Júlia Ledur, Leslie Shapiro, and…
US spending on Ukraine

Statistical Visualization / spending, Ukraine, Upshot, war

For NYT’s The Upshot, Bianca Pallaro and Alicia Parlapiano break down the United…
What People Spend Most of Their Money On, By Income Group, Relatively Speaking

Data Underload / spending

More money on average means bigger houses, more expensive cars, and fancier restaurants. But what if you look at relative spending instead of total dollars?
All the provisions in the Build Back Better bill

Statistical Visualization / government, spending, Upshot

For NYT’s The Upshot, Alicia Parlapiano and Quoctrung Bui outlined all of the…
Rising prices of everything

Statistical Visualization / coronavirus, prices, spending, Washington Post

Using Consumer Price Index, Alyssa Fowers and Rachel Siegel for The Washington Post…
Spending bill in a treemap box

Statistical Visualization / government, spending, Upshot

Margot Sanger-Katz and Alicia Parlapiano for NYT’s The Upshot broke down a Democrat…
How Spending Changed for Different Income Groups

Data Underload / spending

I compared spending in 1996 against the most recent spending estimates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Change in consumer spending since the virus

Statistical Visualization / coronavirus, New York Times, spending

Consumer spending has shifted dramatically since most people have to stay at home.…
Bloomberg ad spending, relative to other candidates’

Infographics / ads, Bloomberg, election, spending, Washington Post

Mike Bloomberg’s ad spending might not be that much relative to his own…

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