US Economy Archive:
Fed Balance Sheet
24 Apr 2009A (slightly) interactive chart of the balance sheet, updated 4/23/09.
Still falling…
23 Apr 2009
Green Shoots
22 Apr 2009Using news as an economic indicator:
US Unemployment 2007-09
20 Apr 2009A nice interactive map showing the changes by month and the nationwide distribution.
(from Slate, via FlowingData)
Dow Jones Quarterly Earnings
17 Apr 2009Interactive chart showing earnings and market cap since crisis began.
Financial Infographics
15 Apr 2009Some nice presentations from creditloan.com:
Why everyone hates AIG:
US Stimulus Package breakdown:
Corporate bailouts since 1970:
the USA’s credit rating (below left) and How investment money is spent on wall street (below right. and I knew it!)
Tax Day
In: Innovative US Economy
15 Apr 2009Classic infographic, updated with Obama’s 2009 budget request. Item circles are proportional in size to their spending totals.
some random tax statistics (below left), and a motion bubble chart (below right) showing increase in tax burden since 1901 (note: you can change the axis to play with different stats; click on a bubble with “trails” on to draw the history)
Global Equity Performance Map
In: Emerging Markets Finance Global Economy Interactive Maps Source: FT Stock Market Updated regularly US Economy
14 Apr 2009Interactive map displays the performance of all the major global equity markets for today, or versus a selection of time periods (5days/10days/1month/etc up to a year). You can also click on any exchange to drill down to more information.
[Note: There is no direct link to the map (silly java), you have to click on the "Market Macromap" window on this page]
US Gasoline Consumption Falling?
14 Apr 2009Click along the header tabs to view different explanations/indicators of declining gas usage. Related article.
Global Property Prices
14 Apr 2009
WSJ Economic Forecasting Survey (April results)
In: Bailout Employment Finance Interactive Source: WSJ Stock Market Updated regularly US Economy
13 Apr 2009Interactive survey of 55 economists on a number of indicators and issues.
US Adversity Index
In: Employment Housing Interactive Maps Updated regularly US Economy
8 Apr 2009For major cities/states, based on employment, housing, and industrial production. Click on the slider to see monthly data back to 1994, click on a state to see cities on the right. (From MSNBC & Moody’s)
Economic State of the Union
In: Bailout Employment Finance Housing Source: Washington Post US Economy
8 Apr 2009A little dated now, but I didn’t come across the online version of this until today. it’d be nice if they kept it up to date.
Another Bailout Summary
8 Apr 2009
S&P Executive Pay 2008
In: Bailout Employment Source: Washington Post Stock Market US Economy
8 Apr 2009
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