Economic Visualizations

March 15, 2009

There are some nice visualizations at http://flowingdata.com/2009/03/13/27-visualizations-and-infographics-to-understand-the-financial-crisis/ that explain some of the economic news of the past year.  Be sure to click the image to get a bigger view!

Here is an example visualization:

Visualization of housing effects on economy

Visualization of housing effects on economy


Historical Housing prices

March 2, 2009

I found this clip to be very interesting for the historical perspective.  Also implies that we have not hit the bottom on a national average. 

I also just read that the median price of sold houses in Detroit in Dec 08 was $7500.  Here in Tulsa is was closer to $125K.