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Each line rebased to 100 where the shared window begins — growth from a common base, not levels.
Each series rebased to 100 at Nov 1994. credit_card_apr_assessed, productivity · read from cache, latest-revised.
- Credit-Card Rate (Balances)
Average rate on the card accounts that actually carry a balance.
Average rate on credit-card accounts that are assessed interest (i.e. carry a balance).
- Labor Productivity
Output produced per hour worked, as an index.
Nonfarm business sector real output per hour of all persons, indexed to 2017=100.
Each measured on its own terms — compare the lenses, not just the lines. Full lessons → Learn
Correlation is not causation. Two lines moving together is not one moving the other — a shared trend often traces to a third force, or to chance. Read across a few measures before drawing a conclusion.