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Where are the Jobs?

Dustin — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:00:53 +0000

A nice interactive from USA Today. Select your job sector and see where in the country the most growth has been, and is projected to happen in the next year. They update this monthly.

Post-Recession Jobs

Dustin — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:10:51 +0000

Basically, what’s going on is, any dot above the diagonal line represents an industry where job growth is faster now than it was pre-recession. Any dot below the line indicates slower job growth.

Update: Economic Indicators Dashboard

Dustin — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:45:01 +0000

One of my favorite economic dashboards. It highlights major macro indicators, what direction they are trending, what the typical ranges are, and lets you drill down to explanations of why you should care about these numbers.

Generational Income Gaps (kids are screwed)

Dustin — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:24:55 +0000

The FT takes an insightful look at British household disposable income by generation – examining the long held belief that each generation is better off than the previous one. That notion has been true – until the most recent one. I think putting age on the x-axis was brilliant. Anyone want to generate this for the USA?

note: some FT features require a subscription to view.

Memo To Political Bloggers: Please Stop Writing About Economics; You Really Suck At It

Dustin — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:04:18 +0000

A wonderful post over at The Big Picture that takes both liberals and conservatives to the wood shed over their abuse of economic indicators and charts that show correlation but not causation.

Note: The comments over there are worth a read as well.

Chinese Spending

Dustin — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:05:00 +0000

A sankey diagram illustrating where one particular Shanghai office worker spends his money.

Global Wealth

Dustin — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:23:00 +0000

There are a number of interesting and well designed charts in the 2011 Global Wealth Report from Credit Suisse. The private sector actually does a lot of good analysis and visualization work that just doesn’t get publicized much.

This one took me a minute to figure out – it’s showing distribution of wealth by decile:

There are a series of charts on wealth and age:

Thanks to Sean R for sending in the link!

2012 Global Risk Map

Dustin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:43:58 +0000

The World Economic Forum always has some interesting visualizations and info-videos.

Global Risk Map:

Interactive Risk Explorer (be sure to play with the menu tabs on the right):

Update: Economic Indicators Dashboard

Dustin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:01:00 +0000

Updated for January: one of my favorite economic dashboards. It highlights major macro indicators, what direction they are trending, what the typical ranges are, and lets you drill down to explanations of why you should care. In other words, it’s a very sleek example of how to graph snapshot data while still providing valuable context.

100 Best Companies to Work For (2012)

Dustin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:02:50 +0000

The Fortune Magazine website for this study has lots of related articles and indicators. My favorite it the interactive “Perkfinder” – you select the benefits most important to you, and it tells you which of the top 100 companies provide them:

What Jobs are the 1% Doing?

Dustin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:57:39 +0000

A treemap of the jobs that the 1% are doing – showing a lot of variety. I wish there was more detail about the dataset source. The related article provides some anecdotal examples.

What Percent Are You?

Dustin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:44:28 +0000

Enter your household income and see where you rank in 344 areas around the country:

There’s some interesting behind the scenes information on the news paper version here:

(via FlowingData)

Education Pays

Dustin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:52:23 +0000

A clear message from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Thanks to E. Kanal for passing it on!

Economic Indicators Dashboard

Dustin — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:06:00 +0000

Updated for November: one of my favorite economic dashboards. It highlights major macro indicators, what direction they are trending, and what the typical ranges are. It also lets you drill down to explanations of why you should care, and historical values.

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.