by Catherine Mulbrandon on November 4, 2010
Log scale version of yesterday’s Real Growth of US GDP graph. If you look at the Long-term Stock Growth graph, the slope of the trendline looks similar to the US GDP trendline. However, when you calculate their annualized growth rate from 1871-2009 you get:
Annualized Real Stocks Price Growth 1.95%
Annualized Real GDP Growth 3.47%

by Catherine Mulbrandon on November 3, 2010
This time I am plotting United States GDP as a comparison to my first graph US Stock Market Growth since 1871 in this series. You will notice that the 2009 US GDP dropped to 2005-2006 levels as a result of the recent financial crises.
Log scale version coming tomorrow.

by Catherine Mulbrandon on February 27, 2010
by Catherine Mulbrandon on February 21, 2010
Day 21 of 28 Days of Tax Data
While I am not a fan of the picture I did think the data was interesting
“Tax Burden” = The total taxes and duties as a percentage of the gross domestic product (GDP)
2009 and 2010 are estimates