Analysis

Visualizing 2021

Seeing is believing.

LIVE SIGNALS
Global growth nowcast2.60%
AI compute index18%
Yield curve (10Y-2Y)-0.18%
Consumer confidence104.7
CPI (YoY)3.10%

Visualizing complex scenarios is a great way to understand them.

A proliferation of next-generation tools (including many from the open-source community) and know-how are helping us see the world differently. And while several publications are producing high-quality data visualizations, the FT's visualization efforts — led by its elegant showcasing of COVID's rapid spread — stood out in 2021.

From wildfires to pandemics, energy flows to tennis matches, the good people in London just published its top graphics from 2021.

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