Financial English: describe numbers and data

When you are describing data, you need to be clear and detailed. You need to know how to describe change and how to describe the speed of change. Is the information changing dramatically? gradually? slowly? Is it stable or fluctuating?

Let's look at some business language you can use when you are describing or reporting on changes in information and data.

Now, let's look at an example of how you can use this language to describe change on a graph or chart.

This language is often used in Financial English or when you are reporting or delivering a presentation with a lot of numbers and figures.