US Economy Archive:
Race and Recession
9 Nov 2009The Applied Research Center has a report on race and the recession that includes a number of charts examining the breakdown of unemployment, earnings, and foreclosures, by race. (via)
Personalized Unemployment
9 Nov 2009How bad would it be for you if you lost your job? This NYT graphic lets you filter the unemployment statistics on several variables.
Unemployment
8 Nov 2009A nice dashboard digging deep into unemployment stats. Updated monthly.
Wall Street Stock Options
8 Nov 2009
Unemployment
6 Nov 2009All new and depressing ways of looking at unemployment statistics, from Ritzholtz/The Big Picture.
Where to Work
In: Employment US Economy
5 Nov 2009U.S. salaries for several professions across the U.S.
Unemployment
In: Employment Maps US Economy
5 Nov 2009Flowingdata takes a look at unemployment 2004-09
Recovery Mapping
5 Nov 2009Recovery.org has an interactive map that lets you track where the spending is going (down to the street level).
The Fed’s Changing Assets
3 Nov 2009How the composition of the Fed’s balance sheet has changed over time. I would like to have seen the past two years blown up in detail. (via Ritzholtz).
Recession Infographic
In: Finance US Economy
3 Nov 2009Some “different” ways to show economic indicators (to put it mildly).
The Breaks
2 Nov 2009Bush’s tax breaks (which expire next year). It’s in dollar terms, so a little misleading, but still interesting. Related article. (via Sociological Images)
AP Economic Stress Map (November update)
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.
USA Today Economic Outlook Index (October edition)
In: Employment Finance Housing Interactive Stock Market US Economy
2 Nov 2009Updated October 28th. The best part is the lower chart showing the latest data for each of the 11 “leading indicators”.
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