Archive for the 'Unemployment' Category

Length of unemployment (1980-2009)

Published by Catherine on November 11, 2009 in Bureau of Labor Statistics, Unemployment and United States. 3 Comments

From BLS found via Economix

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Unemployment: Great Depression vs Great Recession

Published by Catherine on July 27, 2009 in Bar Chart, Bureau of Labor Statistics, NBER, Unemployment and United States. 10 Comments

I created this infographic to compare the unemployment rate over the last 18 months to the Great Depression.

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Data from Bureau of Labor Statistics: Current Population Survey (CPS)

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Unemployment: Housing Bubble vs Manufacturing (Jan 2009)

Published by Catherine on June 28, 2009 in Choropleth Map, Unemployment and United States. Closed

Screenshots taken from NYTimes Interactive graphic. While not the most recent unemployment data, I liked these maps because you see the the location of the house bubble and the manufacturing in the U.S. and the severity of the unemployment in many of those areas.

Housing Bubble

Unemployment rate in counties where home prices rose to at least 175% of 2000 levels.

Unemployment rate in counties where home prices rose to at least 175% of 2000 levels.

Manufacturing

Map shows counties Unemployment rate in counties where at least 25 percent of earnings came from manufacturing, 1998-2000.

Unemployment rate in counties where at least 25 percent of earnings came from manufacturing, 1998-2000.

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U.S. Unemployment verses Europe: March 2009

Published by Catherine on May 28, 2009 in Bar Chart, Europe, Line Graph, Unemployment and United States. 1 Comment

From CEPR, for the first time (since 1993) the U.S. unemployment equals the total unemployment of the first 15 countries in the European Union:
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U.S. unemployment rate ranks 4th to last among the major OECD countries: unemployment

Found via ChartPorn

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Job Growth: Finance vs Government Sectors

Published by Catherine on March 29, 2009 in Bar Chart, Choropleth Map, Interactive Graphic, Unemployment and United States. Closed

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:

{Click on the image to take a closer look}

The Best: Government
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The Worst: Financial activities
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Job Growth: Last 4 years vs Next 4 years

Published by Catherine on March 26, 2009 in Bar Chart, Choropleth Map, Interactive Graphic, Unemployment and United States. Closed

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

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