The Wall Street Journal provides an "interpretation" of most FED press releases, comparing them to previous statements.
Lots of good analyses here. click on the tabs for differ datasets and presentations. Related article.
In: Emerging Markets Finance Global Economy Interactive Source: FT
13 Mar 2009In: Interactive Reference
13 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’”:
An addictive collection of beautiful charts, graphs, maps, and interactive data visualization toys -- on topics from around the world.
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.