US Economy Archive:
Green Stimulus
In: Bailout Environment/weather Global Economy Interactive Source: FT US Economy
4 Mar 2009
How Big A Bounce?
In: US Economy
3 Mar 2009It’s a little early to get too hopeful, but history shows that recessions are followed by a big recovery. Econompic post
US Trade Deficit 1998-2008
In: Emerging Markets Global Economy Interactive Maps US Economy
2 Mar 2009A colorful animated presentation of US bilateral trade flows.
2008 Foreclosures
2 Mar 2009A nice interactive map from USA today.
(note tabs for volume and historical data)
US Housing: 2000 vs 2007
2 Mar 2009A nice “scrubber” map to compare the use of dangerous loans.
From USA Today.
US Recession Comparison
In: Finance Interactive Source: WSJ Stock Market Updated regularly US Economy
2 Mar 2009This is a slightly complicated interactive way of viewing 5 different indicators across different recessions periods. It takes a minute to figure out how to work it, but it’s nifty once you do.
The Total Bailout Tab (through Feb 19)
In: Bailout Finance Interactive Source: NYT Updated regularly US Economy
27 Feb 2009
S&P Performance by Sector (updated daily)
In: Finance Interactive Reference Source: NYT Stock Market Updated regularly US Economy
25 Feb 2009Ok, someone obviously spent a lot of time designing this one, and it is very cool.
You select a sector (~30 are available) and the bubble chart shows how companies performed versus the short and long-term S&P 500. The bubble size shows market cap. You can easily change change the timeframe of the comparison (day, week, month, quarter, year) and scales, and drill down through company data.
example:
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Galbraith (James) on the Crisis
In: Bailout Commentary US Economy
27 Feb 2009A good read on why the current strategies might fail:
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/financialsvcs_dem/galbraith022609.pdf