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Goal:Exaggerate the recovery of the Thai and Malaysian currencies, making the IMF look even better than it actually isIn early 1998, the IMF helped rescue the Asian tiger economies from the sudden collapse of their currencies against the US$Distorted value displayUsing non-linear scales unnecessarily
Goal:Exaggerate the recovery of the Thai and Malay-sian currencies, making the IMF look even better than it actually isTechnique 1:Break the value axisThe IMF could just have deleted the bottom third of the chart. But this would not have altered the relative size of the recovery.Distorted value displayUsing non-linear scales unnecessarily
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99.368836291999.366568915
99.881046788399.8350029464
99.683419074100.4069537732
99.683419074101.9578736209
99.408050513101.6398032236
99.2513790386101.9578736209
99.7623762376101.8761274805
98.7843137255101.7130278167
99.0562327959101.5220517737
98.7455899647100.4943055995
98.5909980431100.6057007126
98.3216237315100.6654783125
97.2586872587102.2162336095
97.2962533797102.4511187261
97.0338983051102.5958821155
96.4764458062101.3358322035
101.1646586345101.0457256461
102.7324632953100.7053695265
78.229813664696.2795984088
72.908827785886.8226853434
70.069541029275.4654788419
64.17834394978.5807050093
61.14077669971.1848739496
52.153209109763.851758794
46.56192236655.6083150985
56.990950226270.2016574586
63.611111111168.6837837838
65.259067357569.1510204082
Thailndischer Baht
Monat
Jahr
1998
1997
1996
Bilateraler US-Dollarkurse: Thailand & MalaysiaUS-$ je Baht & Ringgit, (5. Januar 1996: Index = 100)
MalaysischerRinggit
Ch Baht Normalskala
Monat
Jahr
1998
1997
1996
Bilateraler US-Dollarkurse: Thailand & MalaysiaUS-$ je Baht & Ringgit, (5. Januar 1996: Index = 100)
Ch Baht Normalskala
4.19180654864.1918065486
4.18604324184.1860224719
4.19072314534.1903034403
4.18892033384.1955032845
4.18892033384.2094556669
4.18640238134.2066116228
4.18496667254.2094556669
4.189641034.2087255772
4.18067308334.2072671524
4.18317521514.2055564838
4.18031619674.1962948283
4.1788900484.1973032441
4.17639965184.1978439267
4.16650564984.2117592844
4.16685716144.2138485452
4.16439942624.215133805
4.15915509124.2038853197
4.20234646974.2012757286
4.21634475884.1982045603
3.96832519424.1572959714
3.9042069444.0631877009
3.86805084563.9355788775
3.78811148853.9723988444
3.74397689013.8824254883
3.59925494783.7834677171
3.49603142993.6576440876
3.67999933093.8697654897
3.78003068143.8498687581
3.80331172613.8560398952
Monat
Jahr
1998
1997
1996
Bilateraler US-Dollarkurse: Thailand & MalaysiaUS-$ je Baht & Ringgit, (5. Januar 1996: Index = 100)
110
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JahrMonatdollar/baht index (Januar 1996 = 100)baht/dollarbaht/ dollar index (Januar 1996 = 1)dollar/bahtringgit/ dollardollar/ ringgitdollar/ringgit index (Januar 1996 = 100)
1996J1004.19251900100.02.0000.00396982932.54130.39349939011004.197.4
1996F99.44.19253500100.62.0030.00394477322.55750.391006842699.44.198.5
1996M99.94.19252200100.12.0010.00396510712.54550.392850127799.84.199.5
1996A99.74.19252700100.32.0010.00395726162.5310.3951007507100.44.2010.6
1996M99.74.19252700100.32.0010.00395726162.49250.4012036108102.04.2112
1996J99.44.19253400100.62.0030.00394632992.50030.3999520058101.64.2114
1996J99.34.18253800100.82.0030.00394011032.49250.4012036108102.04.2118
1996A99.84.19252500100.22.0010.0039603962.49450.4008819403101.94.21
1996S98.84.18255000101.22.0050.00392156862.49850.4002401441101.74.21
1996O99.14.18254300101.02.0040.00393236342.50320.3994886545101.54.21
1996N98.74.18255100101.32.0050.00392003142.52880.3954444796100.54.20
1996D98.64.18255500101.42.0060.00391389432.5260.3958828187100.64.20
1997J98.34.18256200101.72.0070.00390320062.52450.3961180432100.74.20
1997F97.34.17259000102.82.0120.00386100392.48620.4022202558102.24.21
1997M97.34.17258900102.82.0120.00386249522.48050.4031445273102.54.21
1997A97.04.16259600103.12.0130.00385208012.4770.4037141704102.64.22
1997M96.54.16261100103.72.0160.00382995022.50780.3987558816101.34.20
1997J101.24.2024900098.81.9950.00401606432.5150.3976143141101.04.20
1997J102.74.2224520097.31.9880.00407830342.52350.3962750149100.74.20
1997A78.23.97322000127.82.1070.00310559012.63950.378859632596.34.16
1997S72.93.90345500137.22.1370.0028943562.9270.341646737386.84.06
1997O70.13.87359500142.72.1540.00278164123.36750.29695619975.53.94
1997N64.23.79392500155.82.1930.00254777073.2340.309214594978.63.97
1997D61.13.74412000163.62.2140.00242718453.570.280112044871.23.88
1998J52.23.60483000191.72.2830.00207039343.980.251256281463.93.78
1998F46.63.50541000214.82.3320.00184842884.570.218818380755.63.66
1998M57.03.68442000175.52.2440.00226244343.620.276243093970.23.87
1998A63.63.78396000157.22.1960.00252525253.70.270270270368.73.85
1998M65.33.80386000153.22.1850.00259067363.6750.272108843569.23.86
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99.3688362919
99.366568915
99.8810467883
99.8350029464
99.683419074
100.4069537732
99.683419074
101.9578736209
99.408050513
101.6398032236
99.2513790386
101.9578736209
99.7623762376
101.8761274805
98.7843137255
101.7130278167
99.0562327959
101.5220517737
98.7455899647
100.4943055995
98.5909980431
100.6057007126
98.3216237315
100.6654783125
97.2586872587
102.2162336095
97.2962533797
102.4511187261
97.0338983051
102.5958821155
96.4764458062
101.3358322035
101.1646586345
101.0457256461
102.7324632953
100.7053695265
78.2298136646
96.2795984088
72.9088277858
86.8226853434
70.0695410292
75.4654788419
64.178343949
78.5807050093
61.140776699
71.1848739496
52.1532091097
63.851758794
46.561922366
55.6083150985
56.9909502262
70.2016574586
63.6111111111
68.6837837838
65.2590673575
69.1510204082
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Goal:Exaggerate the recovery of the Thai and Malaysian currencies, making the IMF look even better than it actually isTechnique 2:Use a truncated logarithmic scale to exaggerate the lower values, from which recovery took place, selectively. This is a staggering demonstration of graphical virtuosity. Use logarithmic scales only to show rates of changeDistorted value displayUsing non-linear scales unnecessarily
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