Monthly Archive for March, 2009

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Consumer Spending vs Wealth 1953-2008 [White House]

From Economic Report of the President found via Economix Blog – NYTimes.com. The graph compares the % change in consumer spending (dark line) to % change in household wealth.

Popularity: 3% [?]

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Housing Prices Heat Map 1975 – 2008 [Stephen Heise]

Created Stephen Heise based on OFHEO data. Found via Economix.

Red highlights those states with sale prices above their historical price trend
Blue highlights those states with sale prices below their historical price trend

Watch the automation at his site:

Popularity: 2% [?]

Should the government own banks? [NYTimes]

While not exactly economic data, I did like the visualization of 2 polls asking if the government should own banks. From the NY Times article Banks of America

Popularity: 1% [?]

Health Care Spending 1965-2008 [Nytimes]

From the NY Times article (the “Other” category includes Dept of Defense, Veterans Affairs and Children’s health care programs)
How High Could It Go?

Popularity: 4% [?]

Housing Starts Jan 1968 – Jan 2009 [Calculated Risk]

Housing starts over the last 40 years. Take a look at the rest at February Economic Summary in Graphs from Calculated Risk found via Marginal Revolution

{Click on the image to take a closer look}
Unemployment magnifying glass

Popularity: 2% [?]

The Crisis of Credit Visualized

The Crisis of Credit Visualized is a video from Interaction & Media Designer Jonathan Jarvis found via Cool Infographics.

The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

Popularity: 2% [?]