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Budget 2023: Our love-hate relationship with pie charts and how the Finance Ministry chose the colours
Should pies, like doughnuts, stay on the dining table and off the charts? One should look at the bigger picture, says the Finance Ministry.
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This year's Budget had lots of goodies, but its data visualisations were also a treat for the eyes.
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SINGAPORE - Eagle-eyed observers of the Budget this year would have noticed that the Ministry of Finance’s (MOF) analysis report on government revenue and expenditure has had a makeover.
The pie charts of government operating revenue and expenditure for fiscal year 2022, for example, have a cleaner look compared with 2021’s.
