## Top 10 Charts of the Week for 2019

_IMF Blog, December 30, 2019_

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## Bibliographic details
- Authors: The Editors
- Published: December 30, 2019

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### Overview
- Credit (photo: marchmeena/iStock by Getty Images)
- Cross-sector
- The Editors
- December 30, 2019
- The decade is over and with it goes another year of insightful, thought-provoking, and dare we say clever, charts of the week brought to you by the IMF.
- Everyone likes a great chart, right? So to get the new year started on the right foot, take a minute and look back at what caught your eye (or what you might have missed) in 2019.
- Here are the top ten charts of the week for 2019, based on your readership.

### Top ten charts of the week for 2019
- 1. Mapping the World’s Financial Weak Spots
- 2. Corruption and Your Money
- 3. US$100 Bill on the Rise
- 4. Falling Costs Make Wind, Solar More Affordable
- 5. Mind the Gap in SDG Financing
- 6. Corporate Tax Rates: How Low Can You Go?
- 7. The Global Informal Economy: Large but on the Decline
- 8. Europe's Wage Price Puzzle
- 9. Fuel for Thought: Ditch the Subsidies
- 10. Canada's Housing Market Slowdown

*Source: Top 10 Charts of the Week for 2019 (IMF blog page, December 30, 2019).*

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## References

- [1. Mapping the World’s Financial Weak Spots](https://blogs.imf.org/2019/06/20/mapping-the-worlds-financial-weak-spots/)
- [https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/BLOG-Chart-1-financial-weak-spots.jpg](https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/BLOG-Chart-1-financial-weak-spots.jpg)
- [2. Corruption and Your Money](https://blogs.imf.org/2019/05/28/corruption-and-your-money/)
- [https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/BLOG-Chart-2-Corruption.png](https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/BLOG-Chart-2-Corruption.png)
- [3. US$100 Bill on the Rise](https://blogs.imf.org/2019/07/25/us100-bill-on-the-rise/)
- [https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/BLOG-Chart-3-100-bill.png](https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/BLOG-Chart-3-100-bill.png)
- [4. Falling Costs Make Wind, Solar More Affordable](https://blogs.imf.org/2019/04/26/falling-costs-make-wind-solar-more-affordable/)
- [https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/BLOG-Chart-4-cheaper-power.png](https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/BLOG-Chart-4-cheaper-power.png)
- [5. Mind the Gap in SDG Financing](https://blogs.imf.org/2019/01/31/mind-the-gap-in-sdg-financing/)
- [https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/BLOG-Chart-5-SDG-Financing.png](https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/BLOG-Chart-5-SDG-Financing.png)
- [6. Corporate Tax Rates: How Low Can You Go](https://blogs.imf.org/2019/07/15/corporate-tax-rates-how-low-can-you-go/)
- [https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/BLOG-Chart-6-taxation.png](https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/BLOG-Chart-6-taxation.png)
- [7. The Global Informal Economy: Large but on the Decline](https://blogs.imf.org/2019/10/30/the-global-informal-economy-large-but-on-the-decline/)
- [https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/BLOG-Chart-7-Global-informal-economy.jpg](https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/BLOG-Chart-7-Global-informal-economy.jpg)
- [8. Europe's Wage Price Puzzle](https://blogs.imf.org/2019/11/11/europes-wage-price-puzzle/)
- [https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/BLOG-Chart-8-wage-price-puzzle.png](https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/BLOG-Chart-8-wage-price-puzzle.png)
- [9. Fuel for Thought: Ditch the Subsidies](https://blogs.imf.org/2019/08/14/fuel-for-thought-ditch-the-subsidies/)
- [https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/BLOG-Chart-9-Fuel-for-thought.jpg](https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/BLOG-Chart-9-Fuel-for-thought.jpg)
- [10. Canada's Housing Market Slowdown](https://blogs.imf.org/2019/08/07/canadas-housing-market-slowdown/)
- [https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/BLOG-Chart-10-Canada-Housing.png](https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/BLOG-Chart-10-Canada-Housing.png)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2019/12/30/top-10-charts-of-the-week-for-2019_