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European GDP

In: Global Economy Source: NYT Source: WSJ

16 Aug 2009

Interactive bar chart of EU country GDP. Unfortunately, they resize the scale on every chart, making it tough to do cross-country comparisons (though they do put the euro-zone average on each chart).

From the NYT:

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World Exports

In: Global Economy Source: NYT US Economy

14 Aug 2009

A mixed story on trade – I think people are still reaching pretty hard for green shoot, especially in this data. Related article.

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Music Sales?

In: Culture Source: NYT

3 Aug 2009

This chart doesn’t quite look right to me. But it’s from the RIAA, so no surprise there. They try to make it look like it’s volume, but it’s not.

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An American Day

In: Innovative Interactive Source: NYT Source: Ritholtz

3 Aug 2009

Wow! This is an amazing interactive infographic by the NYT. It maps out how people spend their day. You can filter it for men/women, employed/unemployed, by age, by education, by kids – and drill down by activity. Very interesting to play with. Spotted over at Ritholtz.

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Unemployment Benefits Running Out

In: Employment Source: NYT Source: Ritholtz US Economy

3 Aug 2009

Related article. Via Ritholtz (again. read The Big Picture!)

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The End is Near?

In: Source: NYT Source: Ritholtz US Economy

27 Jul 2009

The index of leading indicators, which signals turning points in the economy, is rising at a rate that has accurately indicated the end of every recession since the index began to be compiled in 1959.

Spotted by The Big Picture. Original article.

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How Much is College Worth?

In: Culture Source: NYT US Economy

23 Jul 2009

NYT’s Economix blog noticed payscale.com’s dataset of college grad salaries. Some interesting charts there, and since they make the raw data available, we’ll probably see more.

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Retail Sales

In: Source: NYT US Economy

12 Jul 2009

Sales by retailer compared to Goldman Sachs index. Not sure that this data is worth the trouble, but well done.

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(another) US Unemployment Map

In: Employment Maps Source: NYT Updated regularly US Economy

9 Jul 2009

Quite similar to the AP map I mentioned last month, the NYT has created a map of national unemployment (with data through May09). Some of the filters are interesting in this version:

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Recovery Trends

In: Source: NYT US Economy

6 Jul 2009

The NYT has made a slide presentation of several interesting animations on the recovery. It’s basically a variation of the OECD Business Cycle Clock that I posted about in May, but with a step-through explanation attached. FlowingData points to several similar efforts as well.

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Casualties of War

In: Culture Graphic Design (general) Innovative Interactive Maps Politics Source: NYT

2 Jul 2009

The breakdown by age, race, branch, and type of duty is fascinations, and the adjustable time scale is a nice touch.

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Housing is in Poor Shape

In: Housing Source: NYT US Economy

28 Jun 2009

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.

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Where Are We From?

In: Culture Interactive Maps Source: NYT US Economy

28 Jun 2009

I missed this back in march but just spotted a reference at Infographics. The NYT took 120 years of immigration data and threw it perfectly at a map – you can filter by country of origin, then move through time with the slider.