By The Tim on August 19, 2009
I did a phone interview a few weeks ago with Austin Jenkins, an NPR correspondent down in Olympia, about where the local housing market and economy are heading. Here is the resulting story: The New Normal: What Will The NW Housing Market Look Like? The Northwest economy is on the verge of recovery and with [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Economy, NPR, optimism, radio, recession, recovery
By The Tim on June 14, 2009
Please vote in this poll using the sidebar. This poll will be active and displayed on the sidebar through 06.20.2009.
Posted in Polls | Tagged Economy, NBER, Polls, predictions, recession
By The Tim on February 28, 2009
Great visualization of the mess we’re in. The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.
Posted in Audio & Video | Tagged credit, depression, recession, video
By The Tim on February 11, 2009
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently posted an alarming chart of job losses that has been making the rounds. What jumps out to me when I look at her chart is the fact that the y-axis shows raw number of jobs rather than a percentage loss, and therefore fails to account for the increased size of [...]
Posted in Statistics | Tagged depression, Dow Jones, Jobs, recession, Stock Market, unemployment
By The Tim on February 4, 2009
I read a great post today over at Behavior Gap (thanks to an email from J.D. @ Get Rich Slowly) that is definitely worth sharing: The Great Reset A recent New York Times headline read: “Consumers Increase Savings While Spending Less” That sounds like a GOOD thing doesn’t it? It used to be that savings [...]
Posted in Economy | Tagged depression, Economy, recession
By The Tim on January 16, 2009
I thought it would be interesting to post an update on the stock market crash graph that I first posted back in October. In the chart below I have graphed the crashes of 1929, 1973, 1987, and 2001 alongside the current fall, with the peak points aligned near the left. Each crash is scaled on [...]
Posted in Polls, Statistics | Tagged depression, Dow Jones, Polls, recession, Stock Market
