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Why are business statistics sometimes the wrong color and direction?

Asked by RedDeerGuy1 (24474points) May 31st, 2023
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On Bloomberg Business news some the colors and direction of investments are off.

For example:
Green is up.
Red is down.

Also:
Arrow up is positive.
Arrow down is negative.

Sometimes a green arrow is down?

Like for today US bonds are down and green.

Is it a, computer glitch?

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Forever_Free's avatar

There are no standards for this when it comes to showing data elements.

zenvelo's avatar

Some statistics reflect an inverse relationship. such as the price of a bond going up when interest rates decline. The Bloomberg Pound/Dollar shows the graph in green because the dollar is stronger than the Pound.

RocketGuy's avatar

Green usually signifies good. If interest rates go down, that ought to be good = green. If stock prices go up, that’s good = green. Same for red = bad.

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