Category Archives: Data of the Day

Central Government Spending: where your money really goes

As part of the Coalition’s transparency agenda, the Government committed to make available all central government spending over £25,000 from November 2010. Well, today’s the day! Along with a number of other media organisations, businesses, and individuals, we’ve had access … Continue reading

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Climategate: the data

It isn’t often when the entire world is staring at one room, and one discussion, and one subject. But now is one of those times. Today 56 newspapers in 45 countries take the unprecedented step of speaking with one voice … Continue reading

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Names in a New York City… year

The wonderfully-named Jennifer 8. Lee, of the New York Times, has managed (via a Freedom of Information request) to get data on just how the popularity of names have changed over time in NYC. We couldn’t pass that up, so … Continue reading

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On the thirteenth day of Christmas, my bank manager sent to me…

A hat-tip to Mark Littlewood (via @jennielees and @alexsteer) for drawing the PNC Christmas Price Index to our attention. PNC, an American financial services firm, have been counting the true cost of Christmas (as immortalised in song) since the mid-eighties. … Continue reading

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A bubble called Dubai

Dubai’s got everyone on the hop. They’ve been building a technopolis in the desert on the back of cheap labour and cheap money; and now it looks like they might default on their debt. Here’s how much debt there is … Continue reading

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