US Economy Archive:

Taxes rates for six different filing status.

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The map displays unemployment, foreclosures, bankruptcy, or a composite “stress index”, by county. Easy to miss: in the upper right you can change the scale of the mapping (rates, m-t-m, y-t-y). To look at data over time, click on the “monthly rates” option and a historical slider will appear at the bottom. Double click on a region to zoom in; click & hold to move around, point at a county for popup detail.

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Would have preferred to see this info in chart form. (via)

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This time from the NYT, covering 200 CEOs. Related article.

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Number of unemployed people for each new job opening, by sector.

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Dshort always has interesting medium/long-term analyses. I really like the representation of historic tax brackets in the bottom half of this one (based on data from taxfoundation.org)

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Although this NY FED article is primarily focused on explaining Upstate NY’s immunity from the boom/bust cycle, it includes some interesting analysis of nation wide trends. (via The Big Picture).

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They are planning to stop buying them (or maybe not). Updated 3/25.

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The St. Louis Fed is maintaining a nice compendium of economic indicators on the G7 & OECD, including comparisons with previous recessions and expansions.

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The best part is the lower chart showing the latest data for each of the 11 “leading indicators”.

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