Economy

A few of the numbers that shape everyday life — what a house costs, how fast prices are rising, and how the stock market has done — drawn as interactive charts you can hover or tap to read off any year. This is a personal corner, not a trading desk: the figures are rounded and gathered from public sources, so treat them as a clear map of the trend rather than the last word.

• United Kingdom

  Three long-run charts of the British economy: the average house price since 1975 (with a cash/inflation-adjusted toggle), consumer inflation since 1989, and the FTSE 100 since its 1984 launch — each interactive, with detailed tooltips and historical context.

• United States

  Three long-run charts of the American economy: the median house price since 1975 (with a cash/inflation-adjusted toggle), consumer inflation since 1960, and the big stock indices — the S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq — on one chart since 1960.