Finance Archive:
How Much is That Again?
28 Jul 2011
Dodd-Frank Implementation
22 Jul 2011An interesting chart on different benchmarks that are required by the Bill. At closer inspection though, you realize all it does is describe the sections and count the requirements. It would have been nice if you could drill down and see the details of each of the colored lines, for example. The main impression remains, however: the Bill’s implementation is very complicated – which I suppose is in contrast to the wide agreement that it doesn’t actually solve any of our financial systems’ problems.
European Bank Stress Tests
21 Jul 2011An interactive map and table of the test results, showing debt levels by bank.
note: access to some FT features require a subscription.
Too Big to Fail
30 Jun 2011
Update: Economic Indicators Dashboard
23 Jun 2011My favorite economic status tool. Point and/or click on anything and everything to learn something new about the economy, and why you should care.
Update: Economic Indicators Dashboard
25 Apr 2011
An 85 foot long annotated timeline of early American financial and industrial history. Similar to the 1775-1943 Booms and Busts timeline I posted last year, this one isn’t quite as technical, but the historical notes are fascinating: 1877: “Guaranteed Mtges coming into use”, 1899: “100 taxis in New York”, 1910: “Movie censorship being demanded”. (via)
Update: Economic Indicators Dashboard
23 Mar 2011One 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.
The Wonderful Work of Karl Hartig
In: Culture Employment Finance Graphic Design (general) History Innovative Politics Science US Economy
22 Mar 2011Karl Hartig was creating beautiful complex data visualizations back when most of us “graphics experts” were still trying to figure out how to change colors in excel. Here is a selection of his work on population, electronics, energy, stocks, immigration, politics, and music. Soak it up!
Bailout Scorecard
18 Mar 2011Despite media spin, the United States is a long way from getting all of the bailout money back. (via Ritholtz)
Dow Jones 2010, in Music
7 Mar 2011No it’s not a musical. Artist Bard Edlund’s “Dow Piano” translates the performance of the Dow each day onto a three octave scale, and adjusts the volume of each note according to trading volume. I guess instead of data visualization we could call this data audioization – or we could just call it cool.
Budget Forecasts vs Reality
2 Mar 2011This is from 2010, but I wanted to post it because it’s an excellent way to visualize the quality of economic projections. The New York Times refers to it as a “porcupine” chart.
Google and Eyebeam have created a $10,000 dataviz challenge for designers to visualize how individual federal income taxes are spent. The site includes details, data, and a few cool examples, like the one below that lets you input your income and see how the government shelled out your shekels. Submissions are due by March 27, 2011. (Thanks to Melissa Mac for the link!)
An inspirational British version:
and a excellent interactive chart one that let’s you examine the changing income inequality in the united states (and probably the only good use I’ve seen of a pie chart in a long time):
It’s the Inequality Stupid
22 Feb 2011“Eight charts that explain everything that’s wrong with America”, from Mother Jones. (Thanks to Matt Brown for the link!)
Consumer debt is down, though nobody knows whether that’s a sign of changing consumer habits or changing banker habits. (related article)
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