Archive for March, 2009
Parsing the FED (updated Mar 18)
18 Mar 2009The Wall Street Journal provides an "interpretation" of most FED press releases, comparing them to previous statements.
US Debt
13 Mar 2009Ritholtz via option ARMageddon.
European Unemployment
13 Mar 2009Nice interactive map of european unemployment. Related article.
Household Net Worth down $11 trillion
13 Mar 2009Lots of good analyses here. click on the tabs for differ datasets and presentations. Related article.
England and Wales House Price Map (Feb 09 data)
13 Mar 2009interactive chart map.
FTSE Dividends Heat Map
13 Mar 2009
G20 Wishlist
In: Emerging Markets Finance Global Economy Interactive Source: FT
13 Mar 2009Interactive list of each member country’s situation and priorities.
Information Design Patterns
13 Mar 2009An interactive library of visualization design methods.
With roll-over examples of each figure type.
OECD 2008 Factbook in Gapminder
13 Mar 2009Speaking of Gapminder, the OECD has it’s 2008 factbook dataset available using it:
Trend Compass
In: Interactive Reference
13 Mar 2009Software for making your own motion charts (like Gapminder)
The Master Does it Again
9 Mar 2009Hans Rosling, creator of Gapminder, creates another wonderful presentation on long term global trends (broken up into three parts):
here’s his classic 2006 Ted conference video “Debunking Myths About the ‘Third World'”:
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Frozen Assets: Michael Lewis on Iceland
In: Bailout Commentary Finance Global Economy
9 Mar 2009I know this is a chart blog, but I love Michael Lewis’ writing. Here’s a great article on how Iceland got in trouble.
Link: Lewis’s Dec 2008 article on the demise of Wall Street.