Archive for the 'Recessions' Category

Housing Starts Jan 1968 – Jan 2009 [Calculated Risk]

Published on March 8, 2009 in Housing, Line Graph, Recessions and United States. Closed

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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Popularity: 2% [?]

Nominal vs Real 3-Month Interest Rate: 1934-2008

Published on September 28, 2008 in Area Graph, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates, Line Graph, Recessions and United States. Closed

I have plotted the 3-Month T-bills: Secondary Market rate (green line) vs the inflation adjusted (i.e. Real) 3-Month T-bills rate (orange) from Jan 1934-Sept 2008. The inflation number I used is CPI-U 3-month % change multiplied by 4.

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Data from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

[tags]United States, Interest Rate[/tags]

Popularity: 4% [?]

Average Income in the United States (1913-2006)

Published on May 4, 2008 in Area Graph, Income - Average, Median, Income - Growth, NBER, Pitketty & Saez, Recessions and United States. 22 Comments

I have updated my most popular graph Average Income in the United States. It now includes data through 2006 (in 2006$). I also added recessions from National Bureau of Economic Research

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Data from Emmanuel Saez’s web site

[tags]Average Income, United States, Recessions[/tags]

Popularity: 72% [?]