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March 2009

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.

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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:

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Should the government own banks? [NYTimes]

by Catherine on March 14, 2009

in Other

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

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Health Care Spending 1965-2008 [Nytimes]

by Catherine on March 11, 2009

in Other

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?

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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

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Unemployment magnifying glass

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The Crisis of Credit Visualized

by Catherine on March 5, 2009

in Other

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.

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