US Economy Archive:

Homeowners who choose to default on their mortgage even though they could still pay for it.

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Who are the winners and losers? (via The Big Picture)

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Click on a category to blow it up. From Flowingdata.

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Updated November 24th. The best part is the lower chart showing the latest data for each of the 11 “leading indicators”.

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November update of one 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.

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Vanguard has several interesting interactive tools for visualizing investment decisions. The first concerns investment composition. Use the sliders at the bottom to choose between stocks, bonds, and cash – and to show how your investments would have performed over any date range since 1928. Click on the little graph icons in the upper right corner to view it as data or a line chart. Thanks to Diane Fitzer for pointing them out.

 

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The Economic Policy Institute defines a “good” job as “one that pays at least 60% of the median household income and also provides health care and retirement benefits.” – Sociological Images

Would have been more interesting to see 2007 data as well – I imagine 2008 is a bad comparator.

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You always see these stats chopped apart to make one side or other happy – it’s nice to see it just laid out clearly.

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Comparison of some economic and financial indicators

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Infographic on potential tax receipts and savings. (via)

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Yet another depressing graphic:

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