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    Chart Formatting

    Hi,

    I am trying to come close to replicate this WSJ graphic - attached

    The problem is that I dont know how to get the "trillion" in at the top number on the y-axis. Also, there is the date on the bottom, which I cannot get to appear in the same format and with the 2009 displayed under January.

    Thanks for the help!
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    Re: Wall Street Journal Graphic

    Here is an effort that looks like it but you need some slight of hand for the x-axis label, and the "trillion" bit. I used 2003; with 2007 you can get better colors, etc., but I think the same limitations are still there.

    The formatting for all axis labels has to be the same; you can't just put a "$" on one of them. I did it with text boxes.

    I don't know where you're going to get the raw data; I just ballparked the first and last points and did straight-line interpolation.
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