Charts for EM cotton story

author: Mike Zavarello

by Mike Zavarello

HTML

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<script src="https://www.frbatlanta.org/~/media/javascript/highcharts/highcharts-global-settings-min.js"></script>

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<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/exporting.js"></script>

<div class="economyMattersChart" id="container_CottonChart"></div>

CSS

.economyMattersChart { height: 400px; width: 100%; margin: 0 auto; }

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function(){

    var iframeWidth_economyMattersChart = $('.economyMattersChart').width();
    var iframeHeight_economyMattersChart = $('.economyMattersChart').height();

	/* chart 1: cotton prices */
	var sourceLine_CottonChart = 'Source: National Bureau of Economic Research, Macrohistory Database';
	setChartDefaults(iframeWidth_economyMattersChart,iframeHeight_economyMattersChart,sourceLine_CottonChart,50);
	var chartOptions_CottonChart = {
		chart: { marginBottom: 95, marginRight: 20, renderTo: 'container_CottonChart', type: 'line' },
		exporting: {
			chartOptions: {
				legend: { enabled: true }
			},
			filename: 'atlanta-fed_energy-important-but-less-so-in-louisiana-economy'
		},
		legend: { enabled: false },
		subtitle: { text: 'Plunge in 1920 threatened many southern banks', width: iframeWidth_economyMattersChart * 0.8 },
		title: { text: 'Monthly Wholesale New York Cotton Prices, 1870-1929', width: iframeWidth_economyMattersChart * 0.8 },
		tooltip: {
			formatter: function () {
				var s = '<span style="font-size: 14px;">' + Highcharts.dateFormat('%B %Y', this.x) + '</span>';
				$.each(this.points, function (i, point) {
					s += '<br /><span style="color: ' + point.series.color + '; font-weight: bold;">' + point.series.name + '</span>: ' + Highcharts.numberFormat(point.y, 1) + ' cents per pound';
				});
				return s;
			},
			shared: true
		},
		xAxis: {
			type: 'datetime', labels: { y: 20 }
		},
		yAxis: { 
			title: { text: 'Cents per pound' }, min: 0, tickInterval: 5, labels: { format: '{value:,.0f}' }
		},		
		series: [
			{ name: 'New York cotton prices', data:...