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Posts with the depression tag
Economic Conditions Open Thread
Happy Memorial Day everyone. Since most readers are probably on holiday today, here’s a semi-open thread to discuss the economy. To kick things off, here are a few charts from Calculated Risk: So what do you think? Are we on the path to a full recovery, stalling just above the bottom, or headed for a […]
Poll: Most of the major underlying problems with the economy have been fixed.
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Job Loss Crash Comparison Update / Stimulus Rant
A reader wrote in requesting an update to this February post, in which I criticized Nancy Pelosi’s misleading chart of job losses. Here’s an update to the post-WWII job loss chart, courtesy of Calculated Risk, in which I’ve added a mark so you can see where the “stimulus” was passed. Wow, good thing we changed […]
Poll: Most probable outcome of massive government spending & bailouts?
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The Crisis of Credit Visualized
Great visualization of the mess we’re in. The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.
Crash Comparisons: Job Losses & Dow Jones
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 […]