In: Finance Global Economy Interactive Reference Stock Market Updated regularly US Economy
7 Jun 2010Some 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:
In: Employment Interactive Maps Updated regularly US Economy
3 Jun 2010The 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.
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.
In: Interactive Maps News Media Politics Source: Washington Post Updated regularly
6 May 2010The 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.
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.
In: Employment Finance Housing Source: USA Today Updated regularly US Economy
1 Dec 2009Updated November 24th. The best part is the lower chart showing the latest data for each of the 11 “leading indicators”.
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.
Timeline of recession and recovery (the Adversity Index) from Moodys/MSNBC (1995-2009). You can drill down to individual metro areas by clicking on a state. The Adversity Index page has a number of related articles.
There’s also a map of “recession resistant areas” (has had no more than 9 months of recession over the past 15 years).
An addictive collection of beautiful charts, graphs, maps, and interactive data visualization toys -- on topics from around the world.