Chart-Driven Explainers

A series of charts that break down household savings, hiring, earnings, and rising inflation.

Temperatures are rising to extremes earlier and later in the summer, stretching the season. 

Breaking down oil supply flows by world imports and exports.

Fuel consumption doesn't change significantly when pump prices soar, historical data show.

Plastic recycling rates were always inflated. Here's why the numbers are becoming clearer.

The U.S. birth rate dropped in 2020. And not because of the pandemic.