Interactive: 33 charts showing how UK inflation compares to every inflation rate in every EU country

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Today was the day the UK hit the threshold: inflation fell to 0 per cent, its lowest since the current measure of inflation began in 1989.

More on this story: UK inflation falls to its lowest since records began

The fall was caused by dropping energy and food prices, fueled by the global oil-price slump and a supermarket price war. Analysts believe the UK will collapse into outright deflation in the next few months.

But in the Eurozone, where a lack of demand driven by high unemployment and low growth is threatening the bloc, deflation has already hit – although it is hoped the slide into deflation will be made shallower and briefer by the €1tn (£720bn) quantitative easing programme announced by the European Central bank. For now, here are the inflation rates of EU and Eurozone countries, with a couple of extras as well. Red lines indicate deflation and green inflation. 

 

var y = d3.scale.linear().range([height, -8]);

var area = d3.svg.area() .x(function(d) { return x(d.date); }) .y0(height) .y1(function(d) { return y(d.rate); })

var line = d3.svg.line() .x(function(d) { return x(d.date); }) .y(function(d) { return y(d.rate); });

var base = d3.svg.line() .x(function(d) { return x(d.date); }) .y(function(d) { return y(d.base); });

var xAxis = d3.svg.axis() .scale(x) .orient("bottom") .ticks(4) .outerTickSize([0]) .innerTickSize([0]);

var yAxis = d3.svg.axis() .scale(y) .orient("left") .ticks(3) .outerTickSize([0]) .innerTickSize([0]);

d3.csv("/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/euroinflat-551185e091eff.csv", type, function(error, data) {

// Nest data by region. var regions = d3.nest() .key(function(d) { return d.region; }) .entries(data);

// Compute the maximum rate per region, needed for the y-domain. regions.forEach(function(s) { s.maxrate = d3.max(s.values, function(d) { return d.rate; }); });

// Compute the minimum and maximum date across regions. // We assume values are sorted by date. x.domain([ d3.min(regions, function(s) { return s.values[0].date; }), d3.max(regions, function(s) { return s.values[s.values.length - 1].date; }) ]);

// Add an SVG element for each region, with the desired dimensions and margin. var svg = d3.select("#cam-d3-euroinflation").selectAll("svg") .data(regions) .enter().append("svg") .attr("width", width + margin.left + margin.right) .attr("height", height + margin.top + margin.bottom) .append("g") .attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");

// Add the area path elements. Note: the y-domain is set per element. svg.append("path") .attr("class", "area") .attr("d", function(d) { y.domain([-6.3, 23]); return area(d.values)}) .style("fill", function(d) { var current = d.values[d.values.length - 1].rate.toFixed(1); if (current < 0){ return ("rgba(196,75,129,0)") } else { return ("rgba(49,163,84,0)") } }); // Add the line path elements. Note: the y-domain is set per element. svg.append("path") .attr("class", "line") .attr("d", function(d) { y.domain([-6.3, 23]); return line(d.values) }) .style("stroke", function(d) { var current = d.values[d.values.length - 1].rate.toFixed(1); if (current < 0){ return ("rgba(196,75,129,0.8)") } else { return ("rgba(49,163,84,0.8)") } }); svg.append("path") .attr("class", "base") .attr("d", function(d) { y.domain([-6.3, 23]); return base(d.values)+4.3 }); // Add a small label for the region name. var country = svg.append("text") .attr("class", "bolder") .attr("x", width) .attr("y", height - 6) .style("text-anchor", "end") .text(function(d) { return d.key + " " + d.values[d.values.length - 1].rate.toFixed(1) + "%"; }) ; svg.append("g") .attr("class", "axis") .attr("transform", "translate(0," + (height) + ")") .call(xAxis); svg.append("g") .attr("class", "y axis") .call(yAxis) var focus = svg.append("g") .attr("class", "focus") .style("display", "none"); focus.append("circle") .attr("r", 3); focus.append("text") .attr("x", 9) .attr("dy", ".35em"); svg.append("rect") .attr("class", "overlay") .attr("width", width) .attr("height", height) .on("mouseover", function() { focus.style("display", null); }) .on("mouseout", function() { focus.style("display", "none"); country.text(function(d) { return d.key + " " + d.values[d.values.length - 1].rate.toFixed(1) + "%"; }) ; }) .on("mousemove", mousemove); function mousemove() { var x0 = x.invert(d3.mouse(this)[0]); // this is found once, as it's the same for // every multiple-graph var bisectIndex; // move the focus on every graph focus.attr("transform", function(d) { var d = getHighlightedPoint(d); return "translate(" + x(d.date) + "," + y(d.rate) + ")" }); country.text(function(d) { var d = getHighlightedPoint(d); return d.region + " " + d.rate.toFixed(1) + "%"; }) ; function getHighlightedPoint(d) { // we find the spot the user has moved the mouse too on one // graph, and can use that to find the correct point for every-graph if(bisectIndex == null) { bisectIndex = bisectDate(d.values, x0, 1); var d0 = data[bisectIndex - 1]; var d1 = data[bisectIndex]; bisectIndex = x0 - d0.date > d1.date - x0 ? bisectIndex : bisectIndex - 1; } return d.values[bisectIndex] } } });

function type(d) { d.rate = +d.rate; d.date = parseDate(d.date); return d; }

 

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