economy

Gas prices and confidence

Statistical Visualization / approval, economy, gas, New York Times, spending, Washington Post

Everywhere you go, gas prices show up on big boards, like a proxy…
Estimating the condition of the economy

Statistical Visualization / economy, New York Times

Measuring the condition of the economy is tricky, because there are many parts…
Boost economy with immigration

Statistical Visualization / economy, immigration

Want to increase the GDP? Easy. Let more immigrants in. Lena Groeger for…
Shift Your Point of View to When America Was “Better”

Data Underload / baseline, demographics, economy

How good or bad something is depends on what you compare against.
International impact of China’s economic slowdown

Infographics / China, economy, Guardian

China’s economic slowdown means a major decline in imports from other countries, which…
Rising beef prices and cattle theft

Statistical Visualization / economy, FiveThirtyEight, food

Eric Benson for FiveThirtyEight delves into cattle theft, which can cost an owner…
Wealth inequality explained in charts

Statistical Visualization / economy, income, wealth

Wealth inequality is a real thing that is complex and a result of…
Household incomes rise

Statistical Visualization / economy, income, Washington Post

Since the recession, it’s taken a while for household incomes to come back…
Jobs recovery and loss, by industry →

Infographics / economy, New York Times, Upshot

Jeremy Ashkenas and Alicia Parlapiano for The Upshot just plopped this interactive sucker…
GDP rises in the UK after spending on illegal activities counted

Statistics / economy, GDP, Tim Harford

The gross domestic product for the United Kingdom rose by 5% seemingly overnight,…
Surviving on minimum wage →

Infographics / economy, minimum wage, New York Times

As most of us know, it’s not easy getting by on minimum wage,…
Facial hair trends over time

Statistical Visualization / beards, economy

In 1976, Dwight E. Robinson, an economist at the University of Washington, studied…
Super ZIP codes →

Maps / economy, Washington Post

The Washington Post looked at Super ZIP codes, a classification based on household…
Global migration and debt

Network Visualization / 9elements, economy

Global Economic Dynamics, by the Bertelsmann Foundation in collaboration with 9elements, Raureif, and…
Housing price changes →

Infographics / economy, housing, New York Times

Shan Carter and Kevin Quealy for The New York Times updated their housing…
Past century of government and economy

Statistical Visualization / economy, government

John Palmer has a look at the past 100 years of government and…