## Chart of the Week: Top 5 Charts

_IMF Blog, July 25, 2018_

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## Bibliographic details
- Authors: The Editors
- Published: July 25, 2018

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### Overview
- Title: Chart of the Week: Top 5 Charts
- Author line: The Editors
- Date: July 25, 2018
- Lead caption: People wait while their electric cars charge, in Xiamen, China (photo: Zhang Guojun/Newscom)
- Summary: Editors select five favorite charts from the Chart of the Week series covering topics in transportation, savings behavior, tourism, wealth and inequality, and millennial housing.

### Selected charts (editors' picks)
- Chart of the Week: Sharing the Wealth: Inequality and Who Owns What
- Chart of the Week: Electric Takeover in Transportation
- Chart of the Week: China’s Thrift, and What to Do About It
- Chart of the Week: Iceland’s Tourism Eruption
- Chart of the Week: House of Cards (millennial home ownership)

### Context and purpose
- This page curates highlights from the IMF’s Chart of the Week series, presenting topical visual analyses chosen by the editors.
- The chosen charts emphasize cross-cutting policy-relevant themes: inequality and wealth distribution; technological change in transportation (electric vehicles); national saving behavior and policy implications (China’s thrift); tourism dynamics and impacts (Iceland); and housing trends affecting millennials.

### About the blog
- IMFBlog is a forum for the views of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and officials on pressing economic and policy issues of the day.
- The IMF, based in Washington D.C., is an organization of 191 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation and financial stability around the world.
- Note on views: The views expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF and its Executive Board.

*Source: Chart of the Week: Top 5 Charts (July 25, 2018)*

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## References

- [https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/BLOG-1024x600-cars-China-Zhang-Guojun-Newscom-xnaphotos892476.jpg](https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/BLOG-1024x600-cars-China-Zhang-Guojun-Newscom-xnaphotos892476.jpg)
- [Chart of the Week: Sharing the Wealth: Inequality and Who Owns What](https://blogs.imf.org/2017/12/07/chart-of-the-week-sharing-the-wealth-inequality-and-who-owns-what/)
- [https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Chart4_SharingTheWealth.gif](https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Chart4_SharingTheWealth.gif)
- [Chart of the Week: Electric Takeover in Transportation](https://blogs.imf.org/2017/07/31/chart-of-the-week-electric-takeover-in-transportation/)
- [https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ENG_Jul_18_COTW_horses_vs_cars-3.jpg](https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ENG_Jul_18_COTW_horses_vs_cars-3.jpg)
- [Chart of the Week: China’s Thrift, and What to Do About It](https://blogs.imf.org/2018/02/26/chart-of-the-week-chinas-thrift-and-what-to-do-about-it/)
- [https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/eng_china-feb-21.jpg](https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/eng_china-feb-21.jpg)
- [Chart of the Week: Iceland’s Tourism Eruption](https://blogs.imf.org/2017/08/14/chart-of-the-week-icelands-tourism-eruption/)
- [https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ENG_Aug_8_Iceland.jpg](https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ENG_Aug_8_Iceland.jpg)
- [Chart of the Week: House of Cards](https://blogs.imf.org/2017/08/21/chart-of-the-week-house-of-cards/)
- [https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ENG_Aug_16_millennial_housing_COTW.jpg](https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ENG_Aug_16_millennial_housing_COTW.jpg)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2018/07/25/chart-of-the-week-top-5-charts_