Still falling…
23 Apr 2009
Synchronized Global Cliff Diving
In: Global Economy Humor
22 Apr 2009Not really anything new statistic-wise if you’ve been paying attention, but I love Calculated Risk’s description of these charts as “synchronized global cliff diving” (originally from the IMF’s World Economic Outlook)
Green Shoots
22 Apr 2009Using news as an economic indicator:
$4 Trillion in losses
21 Apr 2009From the IMF’s latest Global Financial Stability Report, released today:
Data Density
In: Culture Employment Food Global Economy Housing Innovative Maps Science
20 Apr 2009Visual Think Map recently turned me onto Design Density‘s Infographics – they include so much information it is almost hard to read them on a computer screen. truly “super-graphics” in Tufte’s meaning of the phrase.
Here’s a few examples on poverty related to housing, leisure, health care & food.
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)
Village of 100
14 Apr 2009the design of these infographics bother my statistical aesthetic a bit, but overall they are quite effective. (From Tony Ng via FlowingData)
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.
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