US Economy Archive:
Required Vacation
In: Employment US Economy
31 Jan 2010USA compared to other OECD countries. (Yes, we’re screwed).
USA Today Economic Outlook Index (Jan ‘10 version)
In: Employment Finance Housing Interactive Source: USA Today Stock Market US Economy
29 Jan 2010The best part is the lower chart showing the latest data for each of the 11 “leading indicators”. Updated 1/27/09.
High Speed Rail in the USA
29 Jan 2010Interactive map of major projects (new funding was announce 1/28/10), with popup details. Related article.
Crisis Winners and Losers
In: Finance US Economy
27 Jan 2010Top and bottom 10 profits/losses.
World Bailouts and Stimulus
In: Bailout Finance Global Economy Maps Source: Ritholtz US Economy
27 Jan 2010Powerful summary from the Harvard Business Review (hardcopy apparently) via The Big Picture.
How Far Have We Fallen?
26 Jan 2010GDP, peak to trough.
Unemployment Insurance Tracker
25 Jan 2010
Unemployment
25 Jan 2010By state, through December 09. Click on a state to compare it to the national average.
Economic Recovery Dashboard (Jan 10 ver)
25 Jan 2010One of my favorite summaries of economic indicators. If you normally find this stuff confusing you should check it out – click on any of the “historical details” to see what each indicator means and why it’s important.
Wall Street Compensation 2006-09
In: Bailout Finance Interactive Source: WSJ Stock Market US Economy
17 Jan 2010A very nice treemap presentation — you can drill down by year and company level. Clicking on a company box will bring up their own comments on compensation policies. Well done WSJ!
BRICs 2007-14
In: Emerging Markets Global Economy Interactive Maps Source: FT US Economy
17 Jan 2010Forecasts for economic growth.
House Prices to Income
In: Housing US Economy
13 Jan 2010The following chart shows the ratio of U.S. housing prices to income for various major cities from 1989-2009. If we say bubbles exists in cities where that ratio is more than two standard deviations outside its long-run average, we still have residential real estate bubbles in Seattle, Portland, New York and Miami. On the other hand, bubble condition no longer exist in Dallas, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix and San Francisco (!).
The New Job Market
12 Jan 2010From the WSJ, a treemap of the changing US job market (2007-09), with anecdotal popups. Related article.
Recession Unemployment
9 Jan 2010Something different is going on.
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