Finance Archive:
The Greek Crisis in Three Acts
3 Jun 2010Ok, apparently this is only the first three acts – so stay tuned!!!
Tracking Indexes for the Global Economic Recovery (TIGER)
In: Finance Global Economy Interactive Maps Source: FT Updated regularly
26 May 2010Joint 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.
Household Debt 1980-2009
18 May 2010Nice chart using data from the Federal Reserve and Tableau.
Underfunded State Pensions
18 May 2010Yay! Another few trillion dollars to worry about. Related article.
Europe: How Bad is it?
13 May 2010
S&P Executive Compensation 2009
10 May 2010Interactive table and details.
Sovereign Credit Ratings?
6 May 2010Where do they come from and what do they mean. Note: a complete list of ratings is at the bottom of the same page.
Chinese Investment Tracker
5 May 2010
The Planet Money blog at NPR bought their very own mortgage based toxic asset a few months ago (and named it “Toxie”). Not surprisingly, it’s not performing very well. The related articles are worth a read if you want a solid, simple explanation of how this stuff works.
Deficit Busters
4 May 2010Select a UK political party, then choose what programs cuts you would make to lower the deficit – then see the effects of those cuts. Why have we never seen one of these in the United States?
Hmmmm. turns out there have been some attempts in the US.
From the LA Times on the California budget: 
From the Congressional Budget Office: 
Massachusetts budget calculator (from 2008, I think)
Anyone know of better ones?
Web of European Debt
3 May 2010Why economists are worried about Europe.
Global Interest Rate Tracker
In: Finance Global Economy Interactive Maps Politics Source: WSJ Updated regularly US Economy
26 Apr 2010Central bank rates from 2004-present (updated 4/20). See how countries are exiting from their stimulus policies.
Economic Indicators Dashboard (Apr ‘10 ver)
In: Employment Finance Housing Interactive Stock Market US Economy
23 Apr 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.
Psychological Cycles of Recessions
In: Finance Global Economy Reference Source: Ritholtz Stock Market
15 Apr 2010Barry 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.
Global Debt Map
11 Apr 2010Countries re-sized in proportion to government debt. (via)
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