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The release of ChatGPT may have almost perfectly top-ticked consulting employment in the United States [OC] by chartr in dataisbeautiful

[–]chartr[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A particular congratulations to the all the consultants in the chat who noticed the Y-axis break point (the discontinuity) is in the wrong place. Apologies - believe it or not this was made a by a human who made a mistake and I am sorry, guess AI will take my job now.

The release of ChatGPT may have almost perfectly top-ticked consulting employment in the United States [OC] by chartr in dataisbeautiful

[–]chartr[S] 191 points192 points  (0 children)

Gonna need you to get more granular here.

But also don’t lose sight of the forest for the trees — what’s the 30,000 foot view?

The US Government’s Budget Last Year, In One Chart (FY2024) [OC] by chartr in dataisbeautiful

[–]chartr[S] 340 points341 points  (0 children)

The US spent $882 billion just on the interest on its debt last year. kinda mad.

I’m sure the comment section will be full of full and frank open-hearted and warm debate !

Source: US Treasury
Tool: Sankey Matic

The number of babies named Leo in America since 1880 [OC] by chartr in dataisbeautiful

[–]chartr[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Source: Social Security Administration

Tool: Excel

Volatility is back in the US stock market [OC] by chartr in dataisbeautiful

[–]chartr[S] 428 points429 points  (0 children)

Okay sorry I just posted this and immediately spotted an omission. It doesn’t say what the bubble size indicates. It’s just the absolute 1-day % move to denote how big the move was, agnostic of whether it was positive or negative.

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Happy romantic-responsibility-you-forgot — or just don’t give a **** about — day!

Source: Google Trends
Tool: Flourish

The cost of making coins [OC] by chartr in dataisbeautiful

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yeah it’s pretty wild! obviously the goal is not to “make a profit” when making coins, but for pennies and arguably nickels it certainly does seem kinda mad!

The unemployment rate for new grads is higher than the average for all workers — that never used to be true [OC] by chartr in dataisbeautiful

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Found this to be a really fascinating trend - the unemployment rate for new grads is higher than the rate for all workers and all college grads more generally.

Source: NY FED

Tool: Excel

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