Indian Economy
14 May 2009A good example of combining data, graphics, and an economic story.
Economic Flag
In: Innovative US Economy
14 May 2009The title is a little odd considering they include March 09 data, but it’s still a clever presentation. Hmmm. actually now that I look at it the lines aren’t moving proportionally, which means this is mostly gimmickry. Too bad.
Housing Listings (April)
13 May 2009Housing inventory sortable by city, current (April) and over last 18 months (ZipReality data). As usual, the data is clouded by foreclosures. Related WSJ article.
(more) OECD Composite Leading Indicators
12 May 2009I just noticed that the front page FT graphics I posted earlier today were actually just chopped versions of figures from the OECD’s press release. You also might notice that this analysis covers six non-OECD countries (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russian Federation and South Africa). Here’s the Raw data if you want to dig.
OECD Business Cycle Clock
12 May 2009The OECD has a nifty toy, the Business Cycle Clock, where you can construct animations of business cycles for different countries. The example below shows USA Industrial Production, Business Confidence, Consumer Confidence, and a Composite Leading Indicator – the arrow heads show March 09 and the tails the previous periods. The four quadrants show downturn/slowdown/expansion/recovery. You can even throw up two different countries to compare performance. I wish there was a way to export the animations.
OECD Composite Leading Indicators
12 May 2009“OECD composite leading indicators (CLIs) for March 2009 continue to point to a strong slowdown in the OECD. However France, Italy and the United Kingdom are showing tentative signs of, at least, a pause in the economic slowdown. Weak though these signals are, they are present in the majority of the CLI component series for these countries. In other major OECD economies the CLIs continue to point to deterioration in the business cycle, but at a decreasing rate. However, with the exception of China, where signs of a pause have also emerged, major non-OECD economies still face deteriorating conditions.”
Related FT article.
OECD press release and data website (will be updated regularly)
Google News Treemap
11 May 2009I could have sworn I posted this before, but it took Kelso’s post to remind me that I hadn’t. It’s a very nice interactive google-news aggregator:
Data Visualization Sites
11 May 2009Nathan over at FlowingData recently posted a very nice comprehensive list of data visualization sites, blogs, and resources. Obviously a lot of content log-rolling goes on between these sites, but each has it’s own niche and spin on things.
US Job Forecast (4/24/09 update)
In: Employment Interactive Maps Source: USA Today US Economy
11 May 2009Highly interactive display (by sector, region, time) of Moody’s forecast for US employment through 2012.
The Aging World
11 May 2009If recent economic data isn’t depressing enough, here’s some from the future to remind you that everyone has some nice Malthusian demographic mountains to climb in the next 20+ years.
Green Shoots Nonsense?
11 May 2009More statistical games with April’s employment numbers. The mainstream media have focused on the numbers being “good” because they aren’t falling as fast as previous months (a bit of a reach, IMHO). But several bloggers have pointed out that the 539,000 job losses only look good because of government hiring for the census. otherwise the losses are 611,000. Here is EconomPic’s graph:
Red tape and guidelines vary widely across the US. Related article.
Follow the Sub-Prime Money
11 May 2009Interactive summary of $370 million in US campaign contributions made by originators of sub-prime mortgages, 1994-2008. Related article.
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