Daily chartWhy is America’s best journalism published at the end of the year?Pulitzer prize-winning articles are more than twice as likely to come out in December as in any other monthMay 4
Before their timeWould most covid-19 victims have died soon, without the virus?A new study suggests notApr 29
Daily chartCovid-19 has become one of the biggest killers of 2020This year its global toll exceeds that of breast cancer or malariaMay 1
The week in chartsAfter lockdown: the missing 10%The cost of closed schools • Biden’s narrow lead • Coronavirus mysteries • Middle East miseryMay 1
Daily chartThe coronavirus exposes the weakness of Germany’s biggest firmsThe blue chips on the country’s main index may soon be replaced by younger, nimbler companiesApr 30
Daily chartThe travel industry is going localThe bigger a country’s covid-19 outbreak, the bigger its shift away from foreign travelApr 29
Daily chartWhich companies are most immune to the pandemic?Cash-laden firms in rich countries do best; and it helps not to be owned by hedge fundsApr 28
Daily chartOil and commodity prices are where they were 160 years agoBut don’t bother looking for a long-term trendApr 27
Dixie in the crosshairsThe South is likely to have America’s highest death rate from covid-19It has unusually unhealthy residents and few ICU bedsApr 22
The week in chartsCovid-19’s debt bequestThe day oil was worthless • Coronavirus car crash • The South’s premature opening • Needless hunger in AfricaApr 24
Daily chartMany poor Americans can’t afford to isolate themselvesMobile-phone data show that poorer workers are likelier than richer ones to keep commutingApr 24
Daily chartAre covid-19 lockdowns distorting inflation?Shifts in spending are a headache for government number-crunchersApr 23
Daily ChartDomestic violence has increased during coronavirus lockdownsIn American cities, reports rose after shutdowns while other crimes fellApr 22
Daily chartAmericans take an ever more negative view of ChinaEspecially if they are older and vote RepublicanApr 21
