September 2008

New Dollar Bill

by Catherine Mulbrandon on September 30, 2008

I can’t find the original source (found via my inbox) but it is very smart illustration:

New Dollar Bill

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Nominal vs Real 3-Month Interest Rate: 1934-2008

by Catherine Mulbrandon on September 28, 2008

View Nominal vs Real 3-Month Interest Rate updated to 2010

I have plotted the 3-Month T-bills: Secondary Market rate (green line) vs the inflation adjusted (i.e. Real) 3-Month T-bills rate (orange) from Jan 1934-Sept 2008. The inflation number I used is CPI-U 3-month % change multiplied by 4.

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Real Interest Rates magnifying glass

Data from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

[tags]United States, Interest Rate[/tags]

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Gasoline Price by County – June 2008

by Catherine Mulbrandon on September 24, 2008

Screenshot from a New York Times Interactive Graphic by Kevin Quealy that shows the different gasoline prices across the U.S. earlier this year. The more blue the county color, the lower the price of gas.

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Gasline prices map magnifying glass

[tags]United States, Gasoline[/tags]

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World Population: 2000

by Catherine Mulbrandon on September 21, 2008

One of several maps showing territories re-sized according different variables. More maps can be found at WorldMapper run by SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan). The map below displays the population in 2000.

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US Population Ancestry magnifying glass

[tags]World, Population[/tags]

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