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7 Jul 2010

The year in a circle. Not sure I agree with a lot of the color choices, but the layout it comprehensive, and includes the lunar calendar. Available as a poster. (via)

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Finviz Financial Visualizations

In: Finance Global Economy Interactive Reference Stock Market US Economy Updated regularly

7 Jun 2010

Some really great financial analysis tools here.

Treemaps (for S&P, world, filter by sector, period, drill down as far as you want)

Same info as bubbles, with roll over graphs:

Bar, Spectrum, and other performance charts by industry, country, or capitalization:

Tables of insider trading:

Futures:

Foreign Exchange:

And a crazy filter system for stock tables:

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World Bank “Open Data” Initiative

In: Global Economy Maps Reference

7 May 2010

The World Bank has recently expanded public access to their datasets on a huge scale (many previously only available by subscription). You can view data by country or topic, create a map out of any indicator, download the raw data, and there’s even an iphone app. They are also reaching out to developers to create additional tools and apps. Unlike many UN/WB/IMF online databases, this one is intuitive and easy to explore. (List of available datasets)

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Sovereign Credit Ratings?

In: Finance Global Economy Reference

6 May 2010

Where do they come from and what do they mean. Note: a complete list of ratings is at the bottom of the same page.

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Psychological Cycles of Recessions

In: Finance Global Economy Reference Source: Ritholtz Stock Market

15 Apr 2010

Barry Ritholtz has pulled together a great collection of charts mapping out how we tend to view economic cycles. Check out his post for an interesting related discussion.

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Many Bills: US Legislation Library

In: Interactive Politics Reference

8 Apr 2010

IBM has coupled with Many Eyes to create a visualization warehouse of US Congressional legislation. It’s a pretty complicated tool, so definitely watch the “quick tour”. Pick a search word and go exploring. You can explode just the relevant parts, view earlier versions, read the whole thing, and save them as favorites.

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Periodic Table of Periodic Tables

In: Humor Interactive Reference Science

24 Mar 2010

Roll-over popups include descriptions and links to other periodic tables.

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World Bank Data Visualizer

In: Emerging Markets Global Economy Interactive Reference

23 Mar 2010

49 Indicators for about 209 countries, accessible through a gapminder type interface.

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Map Projections

In: Maps Reference

10 Mar 2010

A lot of people are familiar with the distortions of the standard Mercator projection, but Radical Cartography has a pretty comprehensive annotated library for browsing if you’re into that sort of thing.

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Google Public Data Explorer

In: Employment Global Economy Graphic Design (general) Innovative Maps Reference Science

9 Mar 2010

Updated tools from Google to design your own gapminder type maps, graphs, and animations. Has been updated with recent World Bank, OECD, and other datasets. (via).