US Economy Archive:
Fed Balance Sheet
12 Jul 2009Updated 7/9/9:
Retail Sales
12 Jul 2009Sales by retailer compared to Goldman Sachs index. Not sure that this data is worth the trouble, but well done.
Six Things That Could Make It Worse
11 Jul 2009I would have added a deadlier swine flu or terrorist attack.
Health Care Map
In: Maps US Economy
9 Jul 2009FlowingData spotted this map of medicare expenditures. Roll overs show details for “hospital referral regions”.
(another) US Unemployment Map
In: Employment Maps Source: NYT Updated regularly US Economy
9 Jul 2009Quite similar to the AP map I mentioned last month, the NYT has created a map of national unemployment (with data through May09). Some of the filters are interesting in this version:
Consumer Spending
In: US Economy
8 Jul 2009Interesting what is “average”. (and I am apparently very much not average).
Getting Old
8 Jul 2009Animated charts with talk-over commentary on why most countries’ pension systems are in trouble.
In 1935, when America first introduced state pensions to relieve poverty in old age, the average life expectancy was 62. The official pension age was 65. That meant the cost of the pension system was very modest.
These days people live a lot longer. America’s official pension age is now 66, but people on average retire at 64 and can then expect to draw their pension for 16 years.
Fancy Debt Clock
In: Finance Innovative Reference Updated regularly US Economy
8 Jul 2009Always depressing, this version of the debt clock includes running values of many different kinds of debt, GDP, trade deficits, unfunded liabilities, and other ways we are shooting ourselves in the foot every day. The “about” section is pretty bleak on source details (to put it mildly). Thanks to my friend Jenny Butler for the link.
Recovery Trends
6 Jul 2009The NYT has made a slide presentation of several interesting animations on the recovery. It’s basically a variation of the OECD Business Cycle Clock that I posted about in May, but with a step-through explanation attached. FlowingData points to several similar efforts as well.
Tackling Inflation
In: Finance Global Economy Source: FT Updated regularly US Economy
2 Jul 2009Interactive display of central bank interest rates. It would be useful if you could scroll in and enlarge the last couple years, obviously. It looks like they might update this regularly.
To be fair, 2009 values are analyst “estimates”. Related article.
US Job Forecast (June09 edition)
In: Employment Interactive Maps Source: USA Today Updated regularly US Economy
29 Jun 2009Moody’s US job forecast by region, sector, etc.
USA Today Economic Outlook Index (June edition)
In: Finance Housing Interactive Reference Source: USA Today Updated regularly US Economy
29 Jun 2009Updated June 24th. The best part is the lower chart showing the latest data for each of the 11 “leading indicators”.
Detailed Timelines of the Financial Crisis
In: Bailout Finance Global Economy Interactive Reference Updated regularly US Economy
29 Jun 2009Ok, obviously it’s NY Fed day at ChartPorn. Interactive PDF files (click on events to jump to more details) provide a detailed list of policy actions and events. It is supposedly updated the 1st of every month.
There is both a domestic version, organized by Fed Policy Actions/Market Events/Other Policy Actions:
And an international (G7) version, organized by Bank Liability Guarantees/Liquidity and Rescue Interventions/Other Market Interventions:
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