Trump promised that tariffs would lead to a big increase in US production at the expense of imports, and at the same time generate enormous tax revenues. Critics replied that it had to be one or the other. So far, revenues are the clear winner. w/ @theboysmithy.ft.com @robarmstrong.bsky.social

I have spent *many* hours making AI-generated Stephen Fry pogo at a 70s punk club, get angry with a kid for throwing spaghetti on the floor, and see his life flash before his eyes. It's been a journey. You should watch our short film: youtu.be/9ztAyAyv5Uk

Sure: it can be useful (as here!) to show two temporally aligned phenomena. You need to ensure that playing with the Y axis doesn’t make the graph start lying, though.

Unhedged chart of the week; Pity the poor Fed via @hakyungkim.bsky.social Sign up for COTW here: ep.ft.com/newsletters/...

Credit to @mayfaircynic.bsky.social for seeing this gem. "Please note the previous owner is buried ..." www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

Wide ranging piece from @theboysmithy.ft.com who used to work at the ONS on how to restore our statistical system. He makes the point we need to think of data as a form of infrastructure on.ft.com/45MlLdJ

🎓New data shows top unis are enrolling more UK undergraduates due to “uncertainty” over international recruitment and mounting financial pressures, outperforming lower-ranking institutions which are typically more reliant on the domestic market on.ft.com/46REXsB

As the nationwide drinking rate of Americans plummets to a nearly 90-year low, it seems like Republicans are leading the decline. While it's unclear what is behind the sharp downturn for Republicans in particular, many prominent party members have been open about their sobriety. on.ft.com/4oB94uO

We wanted to know if the money that the EU has put into rearmament is turning into production capacity — and the answer is: yes. Industry is rearming.

A second seismic event of the week that has failed to create the impact most feared... According to Yale Budget Lab, the US effective tariff rate as at August 1 is now 17.3% (after consumption shifts). This is the highest since 1935, but still a shade down on estimates earlier this week...

New: The American guns turning Haiti’s gangs into an army. Caches of weapons — including sniper and military-style rifles — are being smuggled from Florida, enabling Haitian militias to challenge the country’s fragile government. The UN says gangs now outgun the police. ig.ft.com/haiti-gangs/

NEW: Heavily armed gangs control 95% of Haiti's capital and are expanding their campaign of murder, rape and extortion across the country. Better armed than the Haitian police, it is weapons smuggled from the US than have enabled their dominance. We tracked how Haitian gangs get their guns.

What a graph

US tariffs are now at the highest level since the 1930s. Great presentation of the data 👇 on.ft.com/3UyQ9Tv

the graphic here does a great job of illustrating why prices have not risen exactly as much as tariffs have, but are stepping up over time

New: Donald Trump's tariff blitz brings US levies to highest level since 1930s on.ft.com/3IRgx8M

NEW: "Money Machine" in Japanese FT and Nikkei have released the Japanese version of the Apple Vision Pro app Money Machine, with Nikkei engineers leading the localization. Check it out! @data.ft.com @theboysmithy.ft.com www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...

The UK government is set to raise tens of billions of pounds in debt to fund the Sizewell C nuclear power station - the costliest nuclear power plant in the world on.ft.com/40s9GZh

NEW: Inside Gaza’s ‘death traps’ via @FT GHF’s plan forces hungry Palestinians to trek miles to aid sites, often through the IDF’s active military areas. Hundreds have been killed and thousands injured. This is how… www.ft.com/content/6c74...

Great to do Hikarigaoka parkrun this morning - but once you see Donald Trump’s hair in the GPS track, you can’t unsee it…

Tony Blair Institute staff worked alongside BCG on a project for postwar Gaza that ended up proposing a 'Trump Riviera', 'MBS ring' road and 'Elon Musk smart manufacturing zone'. Latest scoop from @stephenfoley and @PickardJE www.ft.com/content/0b1b...

Astonishing story. Huge questions over the company culture that allowed this. www.ft.com/content/c0e6...

The Chair of the UN Statistical Commission, Georges-Simon Ulrich, writes in the @financialtimes.com on why the world needs a global Trusted Data Observatory on.ft.com/3TWDERk

Chart in that FT explainer on how the US tax cuts will affect different income groups www.ft.com/content/7eca...

This is fun - a draw your own chart game on how oil prices reacted in past crises from @raydouglas.bsky.social @theboysmithy.ft.com www.ft.com/content/c618...

There's been a lot of talk of oil prices as the 'dog that didn't bark' over the past couple of weeks — but what happened to prices during and after previous crises in the Middle East? Our latest draw your own chart game with @raydouglas.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/c618...

Disappearing people: the hidden global crisis of deteriorating census data Population undercounting threatens to harm policies from school building to disease outbreak response, scientists have warned. Register here to read some FT articles free: www.ft.com/register www.ft.com/content/4542...

NEW: Why Wall Street fears a 33-year-old political outsider on.ft.com/4ncZcGJ

According to World Weather Attribution, "climate change has made a 32C day in the UK 100 times more likely than in the pre-industrial era. A June heatwave of three consecutive days above 28C was 10 times more likely to occur now." www.ft.com/content/650c...

Visual analysis: GPS interference raises risk of accidents in Strait of Hormuz https://on.ft.com/4kKAsnB

Experts say there is no evidence Iran has decided to build a nuclear bomb. Its recent advances mean though that it has become a 'threshold state' — a nation with technical expertise and capacity to weaponise its nuclear programme if it chooses. https://on.ft.com/4ni8W2K

Radar satellite imagery from Umbra shows several damaged and destroyed structures at the Natanz nuclear facility in Iran, following Israeli strikes this morning More maps and videos of the multiple attacks in our story here: on.ft.com/445zvPR

This is amazing work by @peter.andringa.me @digitalcampbell.ft.com @alisonkilling.bsky.social @samjoiner.bsky.social and Christine Murray

Politicians shouldn't rage-bait chart geeks. on.ft.com/4jrlz8h

Brilliant, yet painful job by the @data.ft.com team to put this (in)humanitarian crisis into perspective. What Gazans had as land per person before the war. And what Gazans might end up with having. #gaza #dataviz

I have been logged out of my toothbrush.

If you load this page it contacts 82 IP addresses executing 256 separate HTTP transactions to download 18MB of data writing 64 cookies to your device to tell you “no”

With indices, like sausages, it's sometimes best not to ask what's in them. on.ft.com/4jil1ld

US applications for British citizenship hit a record high during the first few months of Donald Trump’s presidency, as immigration lawyers report a surge in Americans looking to move to the UK because of economic and safety concerns. @financialtimes.com on.ft.com/4jekcd2

I’ve always wanted to demo an #XR version of a 75-year old water computer in a medieval piazza #trento

Horrifying on.ft.com/3YVFDIG

VAT on private school fees has hit primaries more than secondaries, data shows, as cash-strapped parents prioritise later years and falling fertility rates reduce pupil rolls. But @samfr.bsky.social says the numbers are “much lower” than schools predicted @financialtimes.com on.ft.com/3YP5MZK

New: The government wants a technological revolution in healthcare. But from paper notes to inconsistent data sharing and dozens of IT systems, digitising the NHS will not be easy. W/ @laurahughesft.bsky.social @upyorkshire.ft.com @carolinenevitt.bsky.social @emmalewis.ft.com 👉 on.ft.com/4dqrVDG

Excellent review of @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social's latest book: "The Measure of Progress: Counting What Really Matters", by @theboysmithy.ft.com @financialtimes.com Only a new approach to measurement will enable the right kind of growth for the benefit of all. archive.ph/I8lbh#select...

call me old fashioned, but I would have thought that water was a water company's most precious resource!

Delighted to see our portfolio of investigations on Russia’s war in Ukraine shortlisted for @gijn.org Sigma Awards. The revelations contribute to mounting evidence of war crimes and show what can be achieved when forensic reporting is combined with visual storytelling. gijn.org/stories/sigm...

Fantastic column by @sarahoconnorft.ft.com on the consequences of the UK's experiment with changing the minimum wage:

The Measure of Progress by Diane Coyle — has GDP run its course? https://www.ft.com/content/3008152a-4c8a-4ef8-8d7b-dd40f2bac89c

My contribution to our charticle on Trump's tumultuous first 100 days. It's not uncommon for presidents to use exec orders to roll back previous admin's ones, but Trump has taken it to extremes enterprise-sharing.ft.com/redeem/64949...