Archive for November, 2009
The Fed’s Changing Assets
3 Nov 2009How the composition of the Fed’s balance sheet has changed over time. I would like to have seen the past two years blown up in detail. (via Ritzholtz).
Recession Infographic
In: Finance US Economy
3 Nov 2009Some “different” ways to show economic indicators (to put it mildly).
The Breaks
2 Nov 2009Bush’s tax breaks (which expire next year). It’s in dollar terms, so a little misleading, but still interesting. Related article. (via Sociological Images)
Death Rates
In: Culture Innovative Science
2 Nov 2009I like the shading of 2007 vs 2008 data. Note: I think this is just UK data.
AP Economic Stress Map (November update)
In: Employment Finance Housing Interactive Maps Updated regularly US Economy
2 Nov 2009Updated November 2nd. The map displays unemployment, foreclosures, bankruptcy, or a composite “stress index”, by county. In the upper right you can change the period the %-change is calculated for. To look at data over time, click on the “Oct.2007 to present” option and a historical slider will appear at the bottomDouble click on a region to zoom in; click & hold to move around.
USA Today Economic Outlook Index (October edition)
In: Employment Finance Housing Interactive Stock Market US Economy
2 Nov 2009Updated October 28th. The best part is the lower chart showing the latest data for each of the 11 “leading indicators”.
Draw Your Accident
2 Nov 2009It’s a bit off-topic, but I like this niche little online tool for mapping out the scene of your own automobile accident.
Movie Charts
In: Culture Innovative
2 Nov 2009Tracks of plot, character, and events in several movies, with xkcd‘s usual wry humor on top. Thanks to Jonathon Marcus for pointing it out.
Since I hadn’t seen Primer, I looked it up on Wikipedia and they found the below timeline description of how time travel works in the movie:
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