In: Bailout| Employment| Finance| Stock Market
8 Mar 2010In: Finance| Global Economy| Source: WSJ
8 Mar 2010Among the several measures it examined were fiscal deficits, debt loans, growth rates and inflation. The ’sovereign risk’ index includes those and others. The higher the number the riskier the country.
In: Bailout| Finance| US Economy
2 Mar 2010In: Finance| Source: NYT| US Economy
28 Feb 2010In: Bailout| Finance| Source: Economist| Stock Market| US Economy
25 Feb 2010In: Employment| Finance| Housing| Interactive| US Economy
23 Feb 2010One of my favorite summaries of economic indicators. Click on any of the “historical details” to see what each indicator means and why it’s important.
In: Bailout| Finance| Interactive| Source: FT
19 Feb 2010“Drag the slider to see how staff compensation at these major banks relates to revenue and net income over time and see which bank pays their employees the most on average.”
In: Bailout| Finance| Global Economy
12 Feb 2010From the Daily Telegraph via Igraphics explained.
In: Bailout| Finance| Politics| Source: FT| Stock Market| US Economy
9 Feb 2010The FT has an audio annotated slideshow explaining the proposal.
(note, to get around FT’s registration try this link)
In: Bailout| Culture| Employment| Finance| Interactive
2 Feb 2010In: Employment| Finance| Housing| Interactive| Source: USA Today| Stock Market| US Economy
29 Jan 2010The best part is the lower chart showing the latest data for each of the 11 “leading indicators”. Updated 1/27/09.
In: Finance| US Economy
27 Jan 2010In: Bailout| Finance| Global Economy| Maps| Source: Ritholtz| US Economy
27 Jan 2010Powerful summary from the Harvard Business Review (hardcopy apparently) via The Big Picture.
In: Employment| Finance| Housing| Interactive| US Economy
25 Jan 2010One of my favorite summaries of economic indicators. If you normally find this stuff confusing you should check it out – click on any of the “historical details” to see what each indicator means and why it’s important.
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Wall Street Grifters
In: Bailout| Commentary| Finance| Stock Market| US Economy
19 Feb 2010I don’t post many editorials, but I love Matt Taibbi’s gonzo journalism style and his insights about cracks in the financial system.