Archive for April, 2009
Shiller vs Lawler on housing stats
In: Housing| Interactive| Source: WSJ| US Economy
28 Apr 2009A WSJ article on Lawler’s criticism of Shiller’s data, and the difficulties coming up with good numbers. The chart below contrasts the two methods.
USA Today Economic Survey
27 Apr 2009Not as detailed as say, the Wall Street Journals, but the simpler presentation allows a quick broswing.
Coincident and Leading Indicators
27 Apr 2009From the Conference Board via NYT. “Unlike the more widely followed Index of Leading Indicators, which is supposed to help forecast changes in the economy, the coincident index is aimed at simply recording how the economy is doing now.”
Fed Balance Sheet
In: Bailout| Interactive| Source: WSJ| US Economy
24 Apr 2009A (slightly) interactive chart of the balance sheet, updated 4/23/09.
European Economic Map
23 Apr 2009The data’s slightly old, but its a really nice presentation. Click on the different data series in the upper right box to switch between them on the map and graph.
Global Malaria Map
In: Global Economy| Maps| Source: FT
23 Apr 2009Another nice interactive map from the FT, with drill downs.
To Rent or Buy
In: Housing| Reference| Source: NYT
23 Apr 2009For those who want to do the math on this questions, here is a nice calculator from the New York Times. Of course, most economists think prices are going to keep dropping until late 2010.
Still falling…
23 Apr 2009
Synchronized Global Cliff Diving
In: Global Economy| Humor
22 Apr 2009Not really anything new statistic-wise if you’ve been paying attention, but I love Calculated Risk’s description of these charts as “synchronized global cliff diving” (originally from the IMF’s World Economic Outlook)
Green Shoots
22 Apr 2009Using news as an economic indicator:
$4 Trillion in losses
In: Bailout| Finance| Global Economy
21 Apr 2009From the IMF’s latest Global Financial Stability Report, released today:
Data Density
In: Culture| Employment| Food| Global Economy| Housing| Infographic (clever)| Maps| Science
20 Apr 2009Visual Think Map recently turned me onto Design Density’s Infographics – they include so much information it is almost hard to read them on a computer screen. truly “super-graphics” in Tufte’s meaning of the phrase.
Here’s a few examples on poverty related to housing, leisure, health care & food.
US Unemployment 2007-09
In: Employment| Interactive| Maps| Source: FlowingData| US Economy
20 Apr 2009A nice interactive map showing the changes by month and the nationwide distribution.
(from Slate, via FlowingData)
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