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European Debt

Dustin — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:23:37 +0000

A billion here, a billion there – soon you’re talking about real money.

News reports often focus on debt to gdp ratios, but it’s powerful to actually show the magnitudes of each, and compare the amounts already committed to what remains to be financed, as is done here by Spiegel:

A rawer way of looking at the debt of all of the PIIGS, in piles of euros:

This version shows who loaned Greece the money:

European Response to Crisis

Dustin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:59:00 +0000

Almost makes it look like they’ve done a lot:

Charting the Euro Zone Crisis

Dustin — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:04:17 +0000

A series of excellent annotated charts on the main indicators of the European crisis.

Eurozone Debt Crisis Dashboard

Dustin — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:06:20 +0000

Some very well organized statistics on the Eurozone debt crisis, aggregated from the IMF, OECD, Eurostat, and the World Bank. It includes data on EFSF commitments, debt, SGP criteria, employment, trade, pensions, and mortgages. There are multiple dashboards, each with multiple tabs – so take the time to explore a bit. I particularly like the little sparklines – which I think do a great job of quickly illustrating trends, and don’t get used often enough.

What Wall Street Protesters are Angry About – in Charts

Dustin — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:23:21 +0000

A series of 30+ charts on unemployment, wages, corporate profits, income inequality, debt, taxes, and bailouts from the Business Insider. It’s actually quite an accurate compendium, and the narrative annotation spices up what are otherwise pretty dry charts from the St. Louis Fed (note: if you’ve never used the FRED data/graphing system, you should really go play with it – they even have an APP now). I particularly like the sequence where they illustrate that banks are borrowing money from the FED at basically zero interest rates, and using it to buy treasuries. Hilarious.

How Healthy is Your Bank?

Dustin — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:45:00 +0000

From MSNBC and the American University: Identify your bank (or credit union) by name or location, then see how many non-performing loans and other troubled assets it has:

of related interest is this 2010 chart that Barry Ritholtz recently noted:

Fed Crisis Lending to Wall Street

Dustin — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:57:00 +0000

Bloomberg compiled some stunning new data on Fed loans to Wall Street banks during the crisis based across multiple programs (Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility, Commercial Paper Funding Facility, discount window, PDCF, TAF, Term Securities Lending Facility and single-tranche open market operations). (related article; via The Big Picture)

I wish I could borrow from the Fed at <2% using junk bonds as collateral.

You get the below charts by selecting multiple banks to compare them:

Too Big to Fail

Dustin — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:42:45 +0000

A pretty comprehensive explanation of the financial crisis. (via The Big Picture)

Bailout Scorecard

Dustin — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:54:03 +0000

Despite media spin, the United States is a long way from getting all of the bailout money back. (via Ritholtz)

Rolling up TARP

Dustin — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 01:02:00 +0000

A summary of the infamous Troubled Asset Relief Program. (via)

Golden Parachutes

Dustin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:31:00 +0000

An interesting table of the all-time biggest CEO payouts.

Double Dip Danger Signs

Dustin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:55:14 +0000

The WSJ looks at indicators in seven areas to gauge whether we are sliding back into recession. Related article.

The Greek Tangle

Dustin — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 23:03:38 +0000

Another look at the debt crisis:

The Trail of Debt

Dustin — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:23:39 +0000

FTSE 350: Executive Pay

Dustin — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:41:11 +0000

Some interesting filters and graphic options in this interactive summary. (via)