Monthly Archive for March, 2009

Job Growth: Finance vs Government Sectors

Following up my last post Job Growth: Last 4 years vs Next 4 years, I took a couple of screenshots of USATODAY.com interactive graphic comparing the best and worst sectors:

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The Best: Government
Unemployment magnifying glass

The Worst: Financial activities
Unemployment magnifying glass

Popularity: 2% [?]

Job Growth: Last 4 years vs Next 4 years

Simple way to keep track job growth forecasts. USATODAY.com has created a interactive graphic updated each month with revised data from Moody’s Economy.com. Found via Interactive Narratives

Popularity: 2% [?]

Financial Sector Wages 1909-2006 [NYTimes]

Found via NYTimes.com. Data is from Wages and Human Capital in the U.S. Financial Industry: 1909-2006. The graph shows the extra wages paid to people in the financial sector compared to other industries.

Financial Sector Wages Relative to Other Industries

Popularity: 3% [?]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act [WashingtonPost]

Breakdown of the bill, data visualization created by the Washington Post found via DataVisualization, FlowingData, Simple Complexity and Cool InfoGraphics.
Taking Apart the $819 billion Stimulus Package

Popularity: 2% [?]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act [creditloan.org]

Breakdown of the bill, data visualization posted to a financal web site found via DataVisualization and via FlowingData
obama_stimulus_infographic23

Popularity: 2% [?]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act [Recovery.org]

Breakdown of the bill, data visualization posted to a US government web site:
Where is your money going- This chart gives you the breakdown of allocations by categories.

Popularity: 2% [?]