From New York Times Economix blog. Five indicators tracking the change in the supply/demand for Credit: High-Yield Bonds, 30-day Commercial Paper, 3-month LIBOR, 3-month t-bills, and TED Spread
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[tags]United States, Credit Crisis[/tags]
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ADDED NEW VERSION 2/10/2009
Recently the CBO published a supplement to their Historical Effective Federal Tax Rates: 1979 to 2005 report to include a breakdown of top 1% into smaller percentiles. I took the data for income and created this visualization. It is comparing the minimum income for each percentile to the average income in that percentile.
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ORIGINAL VERSION {Click on the image to take a closer look}

Data from Congressional Budget Office
[tags]United States, High Income[/tags]
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While not quite on topic, these graphics from the 1940s are both rich in detail and beautiful. Via History of Visual Communication

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From the Economist
US millionaires have lost a third of their net worth since the financial crisis began (Sept 2008- Dec 2008).

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The piece consists of two layers: the lower half is a mapping of the
world’s GDP and the top half is a mapping of the derivatives volume,
alloted to the coordinates of the countries on a map.
Sculpture found via infomation aesthetics
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