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2016 in Graphics

A Tumultuous Year Explained in 129 Graphics

This was the year of Brexit, Trump, economic slowdown in China and unrest around the world. And while a long election season in the U.S. often dominated news cycles, there were also big changes in business, economics and technology. Here were the year’s most important stories, explained in charts, maps, diagrams, illustrations, animations and data stories.

Business & Finance

The Year in Money

The Year in Money

December 22, 2016
The World’s Best Value CEOs

The World’s Best Value CEOs

December 13, 2016
Best International Business Schools

Best International Business Schools

December 5, 2016
The Cheapest Trip to Mars Leaves From a Tiny Island

The Cheapest Trip to Mars Leaves From a Tiny Island

November 29, 2016
Best Graduate Business Schools of 2016

Best Graduate Business Schools of 2016

November 16, 2016
50 Companies to Watch

50 Companies to Watch

November 15, 2016
The Lucrative Road From Congress to Corporate Boards

The Lucrative Road From Congress to Corporate Boards

October 18, 2016
China, Korea Eye the Latest Multi-Billion Blockbuster Drug Market

China, Korea Eye the Latest Multi-Billion Blockbuster Drug Market

October 13, 2016
How EpiPen’s Price Rose and Rose

How EpiPen’s Price Rose and Rose

September 1, 2016
Citigroup, HSBC Jettison Customers as Era of Global Empires Ends

Citigroup, HSBC Jettison Customers as Era of Global Empires Ends

July 26, 2016
How Malaysia’s 1MDB Fund Scandal Reaches Around the World

How Malaysia’s 1MDB Fund Scandal Reaches Around the World

July 21, 2016
After Orlando, Gun Sales Surged

After Orlando, Gun Sales Surged

July 6, 2016
Decoding Big Pharma’s Secret Drug Pricing Practices

Decoding Big Pharma’s Secret Drug Pricing Practices

June 29, 2016
How Jennifer Doudna’s Gene Editing Technique Will Change the World

How Jennifer Doudna’s Gene Editing Technique Will Change the World

June 29, 2016
Tracking Takata’s Massive Air Bag Recalls

Tracking Takata’s Massive Air Bag Recalls

June 14, 2016
How the Feds Pulled Off the Biggest Insider-Trading Investigation in U.S. History

How the Feds Pulled Off the Biggest Insider-Trading Investigation in U.S. History

June 1, 2016
Billions at Stake in University Patent Fights

Billions at Stake in University Patent Fights

May 25, 2016
Inside the Global Empire Run by Hong Kong’s Richest Man

Inside the Global Empire Run by Hong Kong’s Richest Man

May 11, 2016
Cigarettes, Poultry, Gas and Marijuana: Berkshire by the Numbers

Cigarettes, Poultry, Gas and Marijuana: Berkshire by the Numbers

April 29, 2016
Yahoo’s $8 Billion Black Hole

Yahoo’s $8 Billion Black Hole

April 28, 2016
Amazon Doesn’t Consider the Race of Its Customers. Should It?

Amazon Doesn’t Consider the Race of Its Customers. Should It?

April 21, 2016
Best Undergraduate Business Schools

Best Undergraduate Business Schools

April 19, 2016
The Design Issue

The Design Issue

April 11, 2016
How ETFs Work

How ETFs Work

March 7, 2016
The Bloomberg Job Skills Report 2016: What Recruiters Want

The Bloomberg Job Skills Report 2016: What Recruiters Want

February 9, 2016
Cashing In on Crossovers

Cashing In on Crossovers

January 20, 2016
Private Equity’s Buyout Boom 10 years Later

Private Equity’s Buyout Boom 10 years Later

January 19, 2016
This Football Helmet Crumples—and That’s Good

This Football Helmet Crumples—and That’s Good

January 11, 2016

Economy

Family Farms Navigate Risk in the New Economy

Family Farms Navigate Risk in the New Economy

November 21, 2016
The Most and Least Affordable Places to Buy Your First Home

The Most and Least Affordable Places to Buy Your First Home

July 28, 2016
The Best—and Worst—States to Avoid Income Taxes

The Best—and Worst—States to Avoid Income Taxes

April 13, 2016
Never a Convenient Time For Childbirth, Death, or...

Never a Convenient Time For Childbirth, Death, or...

April 7, 2016
There’s a $2 Trillion GDP Boost in Shrinking the U.S. Gender Gap

There’s a $2 Trillion GDP Boost in Shrinking the U.S. Gender Gap

April 7, 2016
Peas on the Prairie Destined for New Delhi

Peas on the Prairie Destined for New Delhi

March 31, 2016
Once Upon a Time, There Came a Negative Rate...

Once Upon a Time, There Came a Negative Rate...

February 18, 2016
Are We Headed for Recession?

Are We Headed for Recession?

January 29, 2016
The Best and Worst States for Powerball Winners

The Best and Worst States for Powerball Winners

January 20, 2016

Technology

Americans Are Paying Apple Millions to Shelter Overseas Profits

Americans Are Paying Apple Millions to Shelter Overseas Profits

December 7, 2016
Snap’s IPO Will Test How Much Unicorn CEOs Are Actually Worth

Snap’s IPO Will Test How Much Unicorn CEOs Are Actually Worth

November 17, 2016
Bloomberg U.S. Startups Barometer

Bloomberg U.S. Startups Barometer

November 11, 2016
Global Technology Tracker

Global Technology Tracker

October 4, 2016
Five Pokémon Go Hacks For Every Lazy Player

Five Pokémon Go Hacks For Every Lazy Player

August 3, 2016
The Merging Worlds of Technology and Cars

The Merging Worlds of Technology and Cars

June 28, 2016
Tesla’s Betting You’ll Pay $9,000 for a Software Upgrade

Tesla’s Betting You’ll Pay $9,000 for a Software Upgrade

June 10, 2016
Who Gets Venture Capital Funding?

Who Gets Venture Capital Funding?

May 25, 2016
Rethinking Tesla’s Model 3

Rethinking Tesla’s Model 3

April 18, 2016

United States

Can the U.S. Become an Energy Superpower in 2017?

Can the U.S. Become an Energy Superpower in 2017?

November 30, 2016
The Areas America Could Abandon First

The Areas America Could Abandon First

November 29, 2016
Major Southeast Gasoline Pipeline Shut

Major Southeast Gasoline Pipeline Shut

November 1, 2016
Fight Pipeline, Drill for Oil: Either Way, Tribes Want Control of Their Lands

Fight Pipeline, Drill for Oil: Either Way, Tribes Want Control of Their Lands

October 13, 2016
The United States of CO2

The United States of CO2

October 3, 2016
Money for Medals: Inside the Performance- Driven Funding of U.S. Olympic Teams

Money for Medals: Inside the Performance- Driven Funding of U.S. Olympic Teams

August 5, 2016
Waging America’s Wars Using Renewable Energy

Waging America’s Wars Using Renewable Energy

July 5, 2016
Virtual Gridlock: Relive the Agony of D.C.’s Metro Shutdown

Virtual Gridlock: Relive the Agony of D.C.’s Metro Shutdown

March 20, 2016
Watch Five Years of Oil Drilling Collapse in Seconds

Watch Five Years of Oil Drilling Collapse in Seconds

February 29, 2016
This Chart Shows Who Marries CEOs, Doctors, Chefs and Janitors

This Chart Shows Who Marries CEOs, Doctors, Chefs and Janitors

February 11, 2016
Adding Up the White Oscar Winners

Adding Up the White Oscar Winners

February 1, 2016
What Are Your Odds of Becoming a Millionaire?

What Are Your Odds of Becoming a Millionaire?

January 21, 2016

U.S. Politics

More Pot, Fewer Guns, Higher Pay: How Americans Voted This Year

More Pot, Fewer Guns, Higher Pay: How Americans Voted This Year

November 9, 2016
Millennials Can’t Crack Congress

Millennials Can’t Crack Congress

November 9, 2016
The Other Big Issues on the Ballot This Year

The Other Big Issues on the Ballot This Year

November 2, 2016
How the Next President Could Save Social Security

How the Next President Could Save Social Security

October 27, 2016
Why 27 Million Are Still Uninsured Under Obamacare

Why 27 Million Are Still Uninsured Under Obamacare

October 19, 2016
To Launch a Nuclear Strike, Clinton or Trump Would Follow These Steps

To Launch a Nuclear Strike, Clinton or Trump Would Follow These Steps

September 7, 2016
The Definitely, Messy, Probably Solvable Reasons Americans Don’t Vote

The Definitely, Messy, Probably Solvable Reasons Americans Don’t Vote

April 4, 2016
Paid Family Leave Laws in the U.S.

Paid Family Leave Laws in the U.S.

March 9, 2016
What the 2016 Voters Are Streaming on Spotify

What the 2016 Voters Are Streaming on Spotify

February 26, 2016

2016 Election

The Bloomberg Poll Decoder

The Bloomberg Poll Decoder

November 11, 2016
58 Ways the Race Was Called

58 Ways the Race Was Called

November 9, 2016
Election 2016 Results

Election 2016 Results

November 8, 2016
Presidential Campaign TV Ad Spending

Presidential Campaign TV Ad Spending

November 2, 2016
Identity and the Election: How Groups of Voters Have Changed Their Minds

Identity and the Election: How Groups of Voters Have Changed Their Minds

November 2, 2016
A Bright Robot Future Awaits, Once This Downer Election Is Over

A Bright Robot Future Awaits, Once This Downer Election Is Over

October 24, 2016
Tracking the 2016 Presidential Money Race

Tracking the 2016 Presidential Money Race

October 20, 2016
Clinton and Trump Have Very Different Strategies for the Final Stretch

Clinton and Trump Have Very Different Strategies for the Final Stretch

October 5, 2016
One Nation Divisible

One Nation Divisible

September 15, 2016
Millions From Maxed-Out Clinton Donors Flowed Through Loophole

Millions From Maxed-Out Clinton Donors Flowed Through Loophole

August 26, 2016
Bus to November

Bus to November

August 15, 2016
The United States of Campaign Contributions

The United States of Campaign Contributions

March 2, 2016
Where Will Bush’s Donors Go?

Where Will Bush’s Donors Go?

February 26, 2016
Who’s Winning the Presidential Delegate Count?

Who’s Winning the Presidential Delegate Count?

February 22, 2016
The Failure of Money to Buy the Presidential Nomination

The Failure of Money to Buy the Presidential Nomination

February 17, 2016

Donald Trump

Trump’s $6 Billion Cabinet: Mostly Men, Mostly White and Not Much Government Experience

Trump’s $6 Billion Cabinet: Mostly Men, Mostly White and Not Much Government Experience

December 15, 2016
The Millions Trump’s Businesses Made From His Campaign

The Millions Trump’s Businesses Made From His Campaign

December 9, 2016
Tracking Trump’s Web of Conflicts

Tracking Trump’s Web of Conflicts

December 1, 2016
The Voters Who Gave Trump the White House

The Voters Who Gave Trump the White House

November 8, 2016
Trump World

Trump World

August 18, 2016
Inside Trump’s Most Valuable Tower: Felons, Dictators and Girl Scouts

Inside Trump’s Most Valuable Tower: Felons, Dictators and Girl Scouts

June 22, 2016
Donald Trump Will See You in Court

Donald Trump Will See You in Court

April 25, 2016

China

China’s Secretive Space Program Threatens NASA’s Dominance

China’s Secretive Space Program Threatens NASA’s Dominance

November 28, 2016
Will China’s Financial Bust Ever Come?

Will China’s Financial Bust Ever Come?

November 14, 2016
China Steps Up Yuan Rhetoric as Currency Falls

China Steps Up Yuan Rhetoric as Currency Falls

October 28, 2016
China Deal Watch

China Deal Watch

October 24, 2016
China’s Ambitious Plan to Make the Yuan the World’s Go-To Currency

China’s Ambitious Plan to Make the Yuan the World’s Go-To Currency

September 28, 2016
Why China’s $1 Trillion Merger Makeover Could Fail

Why China’s $1 Trillion Merger Makeover Could Fail

September 7, 2016
China’s Export Machine Is Grabbing More of the Global Market

China’s Export Machine Is Grabbing More of the Global Market

September 6, 2016
China’s Growing Debt Problem Isn’t Quite What It Seems

China’s Growing Debt Problem Isn’t Quite What It Seems

August 23, 2016
China’s Slowing Economy

China’s Slowing Economy

July 15, 2016
Why It’s Impossible to Talk About Just One Chinese ‘Economy’

Why It’s Impossible to Talk About Just One Chinese ‘Economy’

June 5, 2016
The Great Asian Arms Buildup

The Great Asian Arms Buildup

May 31, 2016
China and the United States: Tale of Two Giant Economies

China and the United States: Tale of Two Giant Economies

May 12, 2016
Inside China’s Plan for a Military That Can Counter U.S. Muscle

Inside China’s Plan for a Military That Can Counter U.S. Muscle

March 3, 2016
Why China’s Economy Will Be So Hard to Fix

Why China’s Economy Will Be So Hard to Fix

February 29, 2016

Brexit

Travels Through Brexit Britain

Travels Through Brexit Britain

November 22, 2016
This Brexit Town Is About to Get Billions in New Money

This Brexit Town Is About to Get Billions in New Money

October 19, 2016
Brexit: The Impact on Business

Brexit: The Impact on Business

July 27, 2016
EU Referendum: Final Results

EU Referendum: Final Results

June 23, 2016
Hope, Fear and Brexit

Hope, Fear and Brexit

May 11, 2016
Brexit Watch Indicators

Brexit Watch Indicators

April 26, 2016

World

With His Family’s Fortune at Stake, President Kabila Digs In

With His Family’s Fortune at Stake, President Kabila Digs In

December 15, 2016
The Pessimist’s Guide to 2017

The Pessimist’s Guide to 2017

December 5, 2016
Italy’s Constitutional Referendum Results

Italy’s Constitutional Referendum Results

December 4, 2016
The U.S. and China Are Fighting Over Mars, but Japan May Win the Space Race

The U.S. and China Are Fighting Over Mars, but Japan May Win the Space Race

November 29, 2016
The Russian Economy in a Bowl of Borscht

The Russian Economy in a Bowl of Borscht

October 28, 2016
Tasmania to Get First Direct Flight to China (but Only for Milk)

Tasmania to Get First Direct Flight to China (but Only for Milk)

October 26, 2016
Watch Out: Populists in the Piazza

Watch Out: Populists in the Piazza

October 24, 2016
Residents Who Fled Fukushima Meltdown Fear Return to Ghost Town

Residents Who Fled Fukushima Meltdown Fear Return to Ghost Town

October 20, 2016
Gasoline Prices Around the World: The Real Cost of Filling Up

Gasoline Prices Around the World: The Real Cost of Filling Up

October 12, 2016
China’s New Silk Road Hinges on a Small Pakistan Port

China’s New Silk Road Hinges on a Small Pakistan Port

September 29, 2016
Japan’s Aging Population

Japan’s Aging Population

September 25, 2016
Vladimir Putin Just Wants to be Friends

Vladimir Putin Just Wants to be Friends

September 8, 2016
Who Won in Rio: Bloomberg’s Olympic Medal Tracker

Who Won in Rio: Bloomberg’s Olympic Medal Tracker

August 6, 2016
Which Rio Will Olympic Visitors See? It depends on Your Tickets

Which Rio Will Olympic Visitors See? It depends on Your Tickets

August 5, 2016
What’s Wrong With Japan’s Economy?

What’s Wrong With Japan’s Economy?

July 25, 2016
Panama Canal Fever Sweeps Globe Again as New Era in Trade Nears

Panama Canal Fever Sweeps Globe Again as New Era in Trade Nears

May 24, 2016
The World Is Getting Fatter and No One Knows How to Stop It

The World Is Getting Fatter and No One Knows How to Stop It

April 6, 2016
Why Global Voters Will Stay Angry

Why Global Voters Will Stay Angry

March 22, 2016
Who is Fighting Whom in Syria?

Who is Fighting Whom in Syria?

February 19, 2016
2015 Was the Hottest Year on Record

2015 Was the Hottest Year on Record

January 29, 2016