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.

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[tags]United States, Unemployment, Election[/tags]

Updated Sept 2008 map with election winner.

Tagged as: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Choropleth Map, Unemployment, United States

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Annual Inflation: Transportation vs Medical Care (1935-2007)

by Catherine on June 22, 2008

in History of the United States, VE Infographics

I have plotted the annual inflation (CPI-U) for transportation sector (cars, trucks, airline fares, public transportation, gasoline, repairs, insurance etc…) and medical care sector (prescription drugs, medical supplies, doctor visits, dentists, hospital services, insurance etc…) from 1935 to 2007.

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Data from Bureau of Labor Statistics

[tags]United States, Inflation, Medical Care, Transportation[/tags]

Tagged as: Area Graph, Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI, Gasoline, Inflation, IRS, United States

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Gold Price (1791-2007)

by Catherine on June 8, 2008

in History of the United States, VE Infographics

I have plotted the market price of gold in the Untied States from 1791 to 2007, i.e. New York Market Price. Keep in mind that there was an official price of gold set by the United States’ Government while the US was on the gold standard.

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Data from MeasuringWorth.org

[tags]United States, Gold Price[/tags]

Tagged as: CIA, Gold, Inflation, Line Graph, United States

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US Inflation: Annual Percent Change (1774-2007)

by Catherine on May 27, 2008

in History of the United States, VE Infographics

Here is the annual percent change of inflation (CPI) in the Untied States from 1774 to 2007, which I graphed in my previous post, but this time I added historical events to the graph: Wars, Banking Panics, Pegging Paper Money to the Gold and Silver Standard, Establishment of the Federal Reserve and the US Mint.

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