Archive for February, 2009

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A good read on why the current strategies might fail:

http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/financialsvcs_dem/galbraith022609.pdf

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A nice interactive map from the FT:

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Exports down 46% in January. Yikes. They should start putting “parental discretion is advised” warnings on these things.

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while we’re at it. an example of how emerging markets are doing:

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Ok, 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:

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explanation:

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Interactive map of persian gulf investment in Africa. Related article.

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Related Big Picture post.

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US FED:

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BOE and ECB:

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again, from http://www.ritholtz.com/blog

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An interactive chart showing the case-schiller index for 20 cities vs average.

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Interactive Map of 2010-2012 job forecast by sector.
Source: Moody’s via USA today.

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Q408:

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About this blog

A 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.

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