In: Bailout| Finance| Interactive| Source: NYT| US Economy| Updated regularly
27 Feb 2009In: Bailout| Emerging Markets| Finance| Global Economy| Interactive| Maps| Source: FT
27 Feb 2009Exports down 46% in January. Yikes. They should start putting “parental discretion is advised” warnings on these things.
while we’re at it. an example of how emerging markets are doing:
In: Finance| Interactive| Maps| Source: Ritholtz| US Economy
26 Feb 2009In: Finance| Interactive| Reference| Source: NYT| Stock Market| US Economy| Updated regularly
25 Feb 2009Ok, someone obviously spent a lot of time designing this one, and it is very cool.
You select a sector (~30 are available) and the bubble chart shows how companies performed versus the short and long-term S&P 500. The bubble size shows market cap. You can easily change change the timeframe of the comparison (day, week, month, quarter, year) and scales, and drill down through company data.
example:
explanation:
In: Emerging Markets| Global Economy| Interactive| Maps| Source: WSJ
23 Feb 2009Interactive map of persian gulf investment in Africa. Related article.
Related Big Picture post.
In: Bailout| Finance| Global Economy| Source: Ritholtz| US Economy
23 Feb 2009In: Housing| Interactive| Source: NYT| US Economy| Updated regularly
20 Feb 2009In: Employment| Interactive| Maps| US Economy| Updated regularly
20 Feb 2009A collection of interesting charts, tables, maps, and interactive data toys -- with a focus on economics and graphic design. Enormous thanks to the bloggers who help find all this stuff, and the wonderful researchers, analysts, and graphic artists who create them.
Galbraith (James) on the Crisis
In: Bailout| Commentary| US Economy
27 Feb 2009A good read on why the current strategies might fail:
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/financialsvcs_dem/galbraith022609.pdf