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Chart of the Day: This is how many periphery bonds the ECB has already bought
This chart from Der Spiegel shows you that the ECB has been buying a lot of periphery bonds. But, no matter how much they have bought, their purchases are dwarfed by the absolute magnitude of bonds coming due next year in Italy, over 300 billion euros worth
Chart of the day: Hours of Work Needed to Buy a Barrel of Oil
Another awesome piece of work from our friends over at The Chart Store. The chart below is a times series of the numbers of hours of work — based on the average hourly wage — needed to buy a barrel of crude oil. Given the current wage of $19.53 in October it now takes 4.7 hours of work to purchase a barrel of crude. Add another couple of hours when Iran heats up
Chart of the Day: U.S. Payroll Employment By Industry, October 2011
A breakdown of Friday’s numbers with net loss and gain by key industry
Chart of the day: Advanced Economies’ Gross Financing Needs
Japan and the US, as the two largest economies with high deficits, also have the largest gross financing need, ahead of all of the euro zone periphery, Belgium and France. But they are sovereign in their currencies and have therefore not been part of the sovereign debt crisis. The analysis by Pimco on British National
Chart of the Day: Operation BRIC Twist
Operation Twist didn’t work in Russia, India or Brazil and it’s not working in the
Stock Market Melt Up: November 1998 or December 2008?
It’s clear from the 1998 chart that the S&P500 was still in a major uptrend, which can’t be said of today’s market. Interestingly the 1998 20.7 percent 17-day spike started with a similar nasty bear trap. Remember, John Bull can stand many things, but he can’t stand two zero percent and will trump almost any rational discourse of the fundamentals once he takes control of the market. Always with a stop, comrades. Good luck!
Chart of the day: ratio of oil futures’ long to short positions
This chart by John Kemp of Reuters tells you that speculation played a huge role in the run up in oil prices earlier this year, hugely amplifying the underlying fundamental trend. Hat tip to the FT’s Izabella Kaminska. She is right to say “this chart is WOW!”
Chart of the Day: US Income Growth 1979-2007
Since everyone is talking about increased wealth and income disparities in the US, it is useful to have some numbers to point to. You saw yesterday’s chart of the day on income as measured by 2008 tax returns. Today’s chart of the day comes from the US Congressional Budget Office
Chart of the Day: Visualizing Economics on the Top 0.1% and the Top 0.01%
Here’s a nice little graphic from the site Visualizing Economics on the US income distribution as measured by income from 2008 tax returns
Chart of the day: China’s U.S. Debt Holdings
According to China Daily, China owns $1.13 trillion of US debt. China has $3.20 trillion in foreign exchange reserves
Chart of the day: Italian bonds back over 6%
This chart shows how the Italians have suffered in the sovereign debt crisis. It is as if the ECB never bought bonds
Chart of the day: Greatest Credit Deterioration Focus – Belgium, Spanish banking
Here are a few charts from the credit default swaps market based on 5-year CDS. Here’s what I see