Chart Game
Tutor2u June 2009
Chart A: _____________________________________
Number of
monthly data, non-seasonally adjusted, UK
500000
500000
450000
450000
400000
400000
350000
350000
300000
300000
250000
250000
200000
200000
150000
150000
100000
100000
50000
50000
0
0
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
Source: Monthly Digest of Statistics
Chart B ___________________________________
Average prices in pounds sterling
350000
350000
Average price for each region, £s
1 ______________
300000
300000
250000
250000
200000
200000
150000
150000
2 _________________
100000
100000
50000
50000
98
99
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
Source: Nationwide Building Society
Chart C ____________________________________
Percent
Per cent of population, UK
16.25
16.25
16.00
16.00
15.75
15.75
15.50
15.50
15.25
15.25
15.00
15.00
14.75
14.75
14.50
14.50
14.25
14.25
14.00
14.00
13.75
13.75
76
78
80
82
84
86
88
90
92
94
96
98
00
02
04
06
08
Source: Department of Work and Pensions
Chart D: ________________________
800
800
750
750
700
700
650
650
600
600
550
550
500
500
450
450
400
400
350
350
300
300
98
99
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
billions
£ (billions)
£ billion at current prices, monthly data, UK
09
Source: Bank of England
Chart E: Index of Output for which UK Industry? _____
Index of output, 2002=100
700
600
600
500
500
400
400
300
300
200
200
100
100
Index
700
0
80
0
82
84
86
88
90
92
94
96
98
00
02
04
06
08
Source: Reuters EcoWin
F: Whose locations are these?
G: Whose locations are these?
Chart H ______________________________
325
325
300
300
275
275
250
250
225
225
200
200
175
175
150
150
125
125
100
100
75
75
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
00
05
billions
£ (billions)
£ billion, quarterly data at constant 2003 prices, UK
10
Source: Reuters EcoWin
I: % of students _________________
J: Spending per capita on _________
K: Percentage of the UK population that
___________________
L: Mean age (females) ___________
Chart M _______________________________________
daily closing value
2.2
2.2
2.1
2.1
2.0
2.0
1.9
1.9
1.8
1.8
1.7
1.7
1.6
1.6
1.5
1.5
1.4
1.4
1.3
1.3
Jan
May
Sep
06
Jan
May
Sep
07
Jan
May
Sep
08
Jan
May
Sep
09
Source: Reuters EcoWin
N: International comparison of ___________
Chart O: UK Exports and Imports of ______________
£ billion - annual value of exports and imports at constant 2003 prices
12
12
11
11
10
Exports from the UK
9
9
8
8
7
7
billions
2003 GBP (billions)
10
Imports into the UK
6
6
5
5
4
4
3
3
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
Source: Monthly Digest of Statistics
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A: New car registrations (UK)
B: Average house prices for London (1) and Northern Ireland (2)
C: % of UK population aged +65
D: Gross government debt (UK)
E: Output of the UK coal industry
F: Pret a Manger outlets in London
G: Premier Inn outlets on Tyneside
H: UK real GDP
I: % of students reported as finding lessons boring
J: Per capita spending on healthcare
K: % of the population that lives alone
L: Mean age of giving birth
M: Sterling-US dollar exchange rate
N: International comparisons of labour productivity (GDP per head)
O: UK exports and imports of gas