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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.

Unemployment (1948-2011)

Dustin — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:10:22 +0000

I haven’t posted this version in a while, but the WSJ does keep it up to date with the latest data. I think it’s a lovely use of a heatmap.

The US Economy in Two Visualizations

Dustin — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 17:30:00 +0000

If you want to know the state of the US economy at any time, check out the below visualizations from Russell Investments and the AP. They are both updated monthly with the latest data, allow all kinds of drilling down, and both take the time to document sources and explain why you should give a shit about these particular numbers (for example, click on any of the “historical details” links on Russell’s dashboard).

Retail Sales by Business

Dustin — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:09:45 +0000

A beautiful data visualization of retail sales by type of business. I usually hate stacked bar charts because you really can’t compare what’s happening to any stack except the bottom and the total. The WSJ solves that problem by letting you click on any individual sector, which smoothly animates into a chart of just those bars. Well done! It would be interesting to see this done for the components of GDP.

Update: Philip Izzo pointed out to me that the WSJ’s interactive area chart of the Fed’s balance sheet (below) also allows the same kind of drill-down. In addition, both of these are updated regularly as new data is released.

Update: Economic Indicators Dashboard

Dustin — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:31:00 +0000

One 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. Updated 9/22/10.

Global Competitiveness Report 2010-11

Dustin — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:34:54 +0000

The World Economic Forum has a number of interactive tools for examining the results of it’s Global Competitiveness Report. You can view the aggregate index or any of the many (very interesting) sub-components as maps, bar charts, scatter plots, rankings, or individual profiles. FYI – The United States has slipped from 2nd to 4th overall.

Updated: European Economic Weather Map

Dustin — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:11:23 +0000

Finviz Financial Visualizations

Dustin — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:31:57 +0000

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:

EPI’s Economy Track

Dustin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:42:28 +0000

The Economic Policy Institute has a collection of interactive charts covering employment, GDP, and capacity utilization. There are also filters to facilitate quick comparisons across recession periods.

Tracking Indexes for the Global Economic Recovery (TIGER)

Dustin — Thu, 27 May 2010 00:49:48 +0000

Joint effort of the Brookings Institute and the Financial Times. Click on a country to open a PDF with detailed information. Or, you can look at the summary for all countries. Related Brookings post.

Superb 2010 US Election Map

Dustin — Thu, 06 May 2010 13:46:50 +0000

The Washington Post’s new “Post Politics” online section has an excellent map of elections (Senate, House, and Governor), all updated regularly. Click around for a while – there are a large number of filters, drill downs, and highlights to play with.

Global Interest Rate Tracker

Dustin — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:44:54 +0000

Central bank rates from 2004-present (updated 4/20). See how countries are exiting from their stimulus policies.

Unemployment Heatmap (Mar ‘10 ver)

Dustin — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:50:23 +0000

USA Today Economic Outlook Index (Mar ‘10 ver)

Dustin — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:56:25 +0000

The best part is the lower chart showing the latest data for each of the 11 “leading indicators”.

Unemployment Dashboard

Dustin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:24:42 +0000

Nice collection of employment charts, updated monthly.