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In: Bailout Employment Finance Housing Interactive Source: WSJ Updated regularly US Economy
12 Jul 2009Interactive results of a survey of 54 economists, on a number of indicators and issues. Updated Monthly. Related article.
In this case, the map view seems not very useful, but the chart view is well done, allowing a view of quarterly data from 2000 as well as annual from 1970. The links to the raw and meta data at the bottom is a nice touch I hope to see more often from everyone. Related article.
In: Finance Housing Interactive Reference Source: USA Today Updated regularly US Economy
29 Jun 2009Updated June 24th. The best part is the lower chart showing the latest data for each of the 11 “leading indicators”.
From the NY Fed. Data available by county.
Produced by the NY Fed, this is an interactive map of non-prime mortgages. You can zoom down by zip code, view either the current or 6 month change, and pick from an assortment of loan-type indicators.
Despite what the NARs talking heads spout to the MSM at every data release, housing has not turned a corner. The related article includes a good explanation of what the charts show. For discussion check out Ritholtz’s post on the same article.
In: Bailout Employment Finance Housing Updated regularly US Economy
22 Jun 2009This one from Kiplinger. Pretty standard stuff – a color-coded summary and charts for each of six components. Uses a pretty weak (but easy to understand) recovery threshold: “When at least three of the six indicators go fully positive — with a check mark from us — it’s more than likely that the recession has ended.” The "watch for" section of each indicator are interesting.
In: Bailout Finance Housing Reference Source: WSJ Stock Market US Economy
18 Jun 2009A good chart of US bubbles. The print version (p.A8, 6/18/09) had much better aesthetics. but the data are the same. Related article.
In: Housing US Economy
18 Jun 2009Not too bad. of course, these numbers are affected by all kinds of factors (people not listing because they’re underwater, etc). Source: Infectious Greed.
In: Employment Finance Housing Interactive Maps Updated regularly US Economy
16 Jun 2009AP added to an already good interactive chart this month – you can now click through different periods with the slider at the bottom. 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. Double click on a region to zoom in; click&hold to move around.
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