Inflation

Nominal vs Real 3-Month Interest Rate: 1934-2010

by Catherine Mulbrandon on January 17, 2011

An update of my Nominal vs Real 3-Month Interest Rate graph through 2010.

Data for 3-Month Treasury Bill: Secondary Market Rate (TB3MS) and CPI-U (CPIAUCNS) from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Recessions dates can be found at NBER

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Tax rates and Government Spending

by Catherine Mulbrandon on February 6, 2010

Day 6 of 28 Days of Tax Data

From USA Today

There is a lot going on in this interactive graphic:

  • The main graph is plotting a single salary (in gray) but it is shown adjusted for inflation from 1940 to 2008.
  • The colored areas represent the amount of tax appropriated each year to different parts of the federal budget.
  • The smaller graph shows the percent of income paid in federal taxes from 1940 to 2008

I have taken screenshots for three different incomes for comparison: $10,000 $100,000 and $1,000,000. You will notice that the percentage of the tax collected for Social Security is greater for the $10,000 income than for the two higher incomes. This is because the % of taxes collected from the Social Security tax is highest on the $10,000 income.

$10,000

$100,000

$1,000,000

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Prices, Inflation and Deflation: Great Depression vs Great Recession

by Catherine Mulbrandon on August 2, 2009

Another infographic comparing the last 18 months to the Great Depression. This time I am focusing on Prices, Inflation and Deflation.

Inflation 1930s

Data from Bureau of Labor Statistics: Consumer Price Index History Table

If you want more see Inflation and Deflation created by WallStats

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Inflation in 1933 (explained by MGM Studio)

by Catherine Mulbrandon on July 30, 2009

A 10-minute short film produced by the MGM studio to be played in movie theaters across the country. Pete Smith explains (with graphs!) how FDR’s inflationary policies are going to help the economy. Found via FinanceProfessor.com and BusinessInsider.com. Here is the related IMDB article Inflation (1933)

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