US Economy Archive:
How America Spends its Money
In: Culture Food Housing US Economy
24 Mar 2010From Bundle.com based on data from Citi.
US Booms and Busts (1775-1943)
24 Mar 2010Fascinating time-line of US economic cycles. Someone should make a wall chart out of this – I would buy a copy. (via St Louis Fed and The Big Picture)
A nice companion piece perhaps is Irving Fisher’s 1932 “Booms and Depressions: Some First Principles“:
US Job Growth: Where will it Come From?
In: Employment US Economy
23 Mar 2010From Time magazine.
Banks at Risk
23 Mar 2010The site has a good methodological explanation of how they came up with the list.
Economic Indicators Dashboard (Mar 2010 ver)
22 Mar 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.
Best Cities for Working Mothers
22 Mar 2010Eleven indicator rankings, based on Forbes research.
Tracking a Toxic Mortgage Security
19 Mar 2010A fantastic look at what owning one of these assets looks like. NPR’s Planet Money bought a $1000 mortgage bond and is tracking it’s performance. You can view how many payments they’ve received versus how many properties in their portion of the bond have been sold at a loss. Related article. (via Vizworld)
There’s also a cute simple explanation video:
2009 Wage Taxes (Filing Jointly)
In: Politics US Economy
19 Mar 2010A followup to tuesday’s post, which was for single filers.
Global Central Bank Rates (2004-10)
In: Finance Global Economy Interactive Maps Politics Source: WSJ US Economy
18 Mar 2010
FED Balance Sheet (updated)
18 Mar 2010
Bank Competition Map
16 Mar 2010Big banks vs small. (via)
2009 Wage Taxes
In: Politics US Economy
16 Mar 2010Nicely done, and timely for tax season.
Outsourcing is Good For Us(?)
16 Mar 2010I don’t think I buy this argument – it glosses over some significant income distribution and labor mobility issues, which are only partly discussed at the bottom.
Employment Change by Industry
In: Employment US Economy
15 Mar 2010We’ve seen this data before, but this presentation is clearer in some ways.
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