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US stockmarket returns since 1825 [Economist]

From the Economist

The total return of the S&P 500 index fell by nearly 40% last year, the second-worst performance by America’s stockmarket since 1825…


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Unemployment: Housing Bubble vs Manufacturing (Jan 2009)

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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Number of US Millionaires fell 27% in 2008

Red line = net worth of at least $1 million (not including primary residences)
Gray line = number of households with investible assets of at least $1 million

NUmber of Millionaires

via The Wealth Report

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Currency: The Sinking Dollar 2002-2008

Transparency: Currency: The Sinking Dollar, originally uploaded by GOOD Magazine.

Found via GOOD Magazine’s Infographics Now Archived on Flickr | FlowingData

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Bailout plan

From Associated Press. Displaying the  $700 billion bailout plan from the American government by comparing the amount of money asked for to the size of the company.

Circle size = % of bailout compared to market value of the company.

Bailout Plan

Found via Datavisualization.ch

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U.S. Unemployment verses Europe: March 2009

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:
Unemployment

U.S. unemployment rate ranks 4th to last among the major OECD countries: unemployment

Found via ChartPorn

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