Visualizing Economics
Making the "Invisible Hand" Visible
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Video looking at cost of Iraq war
While not a traditional data visualization, this is a slick video looking at the cost to the US for the War in Iraq from Three Trillion Dollar War. Found via infosthetics.com Download FREE ePoster: Average Income in the United States Share and Enjoy:
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North America Income, Education, Employment: 2006
Screenshot from an interactive mapping tool from OECD Regional Statistics. While you can look at any region I choose North America. The color indicates the GDP per capita: blue is low income while red is high income. The graph on the right is comparing % of population with high school education vs u …
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US Economy: 1920-2008 (Good Magazine)
Good Magazine in collaboration with Nigel Holmes created this historical survey of the US economy. The graph shows the GDP (grey) and the National Debt: real dollars (solid red line) and actual dollars (dotted red line) {Click on the image to take a closer look} Technorati Tags: United States, …
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Falling into a recession: Unemployment Feb-Sep 2008
Here is a series of maps showing the unemployment rate by state from February to September of this year. This was created using screenshots from a Bureau of Labor Statistics Interactive Map {Click on the image to take a closer look} Technorati Tags: United States, Unemployment, RecessionDow …
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Income Distribution Animation
Another video tackling Income Distribution in the US: Download FREE ePoster: Average Income in the United States Share and Enjoy:
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Unemployment and Presidential Elections: 1980 - 2008
Screenshots from a Bureau of Labor Statistics Interactive Map showing the unemployment rate by state 2 months before the presidential election since 1980. The party in power and the party that eventual won the White House is listed below each map. {Click on the image to take a closer look} Tec …
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Compare 12 Bear Markets (S&P 500) Aug 1929 - Oct 2008
Screenshot from a New York Times Interactive Graphic How This Bear Market Compares by Amanda Cox, Xaquín G.V. and David Leonhardt that shows the percentage drop in the S&P 500 during the last 12 bear markets. The current market drop is highlighted in red, while the drop after 1929 is highlighted …
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Money Supply Ratio: Jan 1958 - Sep 2008
A graph suggested by a reader, Chuck Beach, pointing out the historical high of the ratio of two measurements of the Money Supply M2/M1 M1 = is the narrowest measurement of the amount of money in circulation and money held in current (checking) accounts. M2 = M1 plus money held in savings account or …
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Credit Swaps Insurance Market: 2000-2007
From a NY Times article on Credit Swaps from February 2008. It is worth reading for its primer on credit swaps and how it predicts the events of the current credit crisis. Technorati Tags: Credit SwapsDownload FREE ePoster: Average Income in the United States
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Flashback-Economy
Here is a site that gives you an snapshot of the economy for the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. For example when I was born: 1971 Federal spending: $210,170,000,000 Federal debt: $408,200,000,000 Inflation: 5.7% Unemployment: 4.9% Median Household Income: $9,028 Cost of a new ho …
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Six month change in foreclosures: August 2008
Screenshot from Dynamic Maps of Nonprime Mortgage Conditions in the United States New York Federal Reserve showing six month change in foreclosures: from March - August 2008. Red - Conditions have worsened Green - Conditions have improved Yellow - No change (within 0.05%) Technorati Tags: United St …
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Difference between US 3-Month T-bills vs Fed Funds: 1956-2008
I plotted the historical spread between Effective Fed Funds rate and US 3-Month T-bills back to 1956 using the weekly average. This a companion graph to Anatomy of a Financial Crisis: September 2008 {Click on the image to take a closer look} Data from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Technora …
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Anatomy of a Financial Crisis: September 2008
I have plotted the US 3-Month T-bills: Secondary Market rate (green line) vs the Effective Fed Funds rate (orange) for Sept 2008. The major events of the recent financial crisis have been included. {Click on the image to take a closer look} Data from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Technorat …
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New Dollar Bill
I cant find the original source (found via my inbox) but it is very smart illustration: Download FREE ePoster: Average Income in the United States
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Nominal vs Real 3-Month Interest Rate: 1934-2008
I have plotted the 3-Month T-bills: Secondary Market rate (green line) vs the inflation adjusted (i.e. Real) 3-Month T-bills rate (orange) from Jan 1934-Sept 2008. The inflation number I used is CPI-U 3-month % change multiplied by 4. {Click on the image to take a closer look} Data from Federa …
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Gasoline Price by County - June 2008
Screenshot from a New York Times Interactive Graphic by Kevin Quealy that shows the different gasoline prices across the U.S. earlier this year. The more blue the county color, the lower the price of gas. {Click on the image to take a closer look} Technorati Tags: United States, GasolineDownl …
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World Population: 2000
One of several maps showing territories re-sized according different variables. More maps can be found at WorldMapper run by SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan). The map below displays the population in 2000. {Click on the image to take a closer look} …
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Gallery of Info Design Patterns
Information Design Patterns Select from the categories on the site and see examples of different methods to display data. Found via Well-formed data Download FREE ePoster: Average Income in the United States
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US Ancestry: 2000
The Census Bureau defines ancestry as a person’s ethnic origin, heritage, descent, or “roots,” which may reflect their place of birth, place of birth of parents or ancestors, and ethnic identities that have evolved within the United States. from a Census brief on US ancestry. The map below displays …
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Federal Deficit Video
A clip from a movie called I.O.U.S.A. Not often you see a data visualization in movie. Download FREE ePoster: Average Income in the United States
Visualizing Economics
