Two quantities are placed on one timeline and time is run forward, tracing a path. You choose the axes, the base period and the smoothing. No argument is made for you. Every chart shows its sources, table IDs, the date the publisher last updated the data, the date it was retrieved, and each processing step applied.
Consumer price indices and wages on one timeline, so that readers can assemble the real-wage picture themselves.
Government debt as a share of GDP and the inflation rate on one timeline. Each country is a separate series, so one country's path and a comparison of two can be seen in the same chart. Annual, from 1980.
GDP per capita and CO2 emissions per capita on one timeline. Each country is a separate series, so one country's path and a comparison of two can be seen in the same chart. Annual.
Average annual hours worked per worker and average annual wages in full-time equivalent terms (real, PPP) on one timeline. Each country is a separate series, so one country's path and a comparison of two can be seen in the same chart. Annual: hours from 1950 in some countries, wages from 1990.
Industrial production and inventories on one timeline. Phases of the business cycle have long been read from which way the two are moving. Series are not linked across base-year revisions, so each base year is shown separately.
Unemployment, employment and participation rates on one timeline, switchable by sex and age. Monthly since 1968-01.
The unemployment rate and the year-on-year change in consumer prices on one timeline. The relationship known as the Phillips curve, drawn as it is, without judgement. Monthly, from 1971-01.