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Chart of the day: tax burden in the US and globally
Despite the widespread view in the US that taxes are high, taxes in the US are relatively low both in the global and historical context. These two charts from the Globe & Mail make that plain
Chart of the Day: China’s Yield Curve flattening
The Chinese 2-5 year swap spread has flattening to 1 basis point. The last time it was so flat was
Chart of the Day: US – European Gap in Employment Ratio Virtually Gone
The employment-to-population ratio had been much higher in the US than Europe. This gap narrowed dramatically in the last decade and had almost disappeared by the end of 2009. Draw your conclusions about what this says about the different American and European economic models
Chart of the day: Debt Ceilings – A historical perspective
This comes from the Washington post: Since 1980, the debt ceiling has been raised 39 times. It was raised 17 times under Ronald Reagan, four times under Bill Clinton and seven times under George W. Bush. Congress is currently in a contentious debate with the White House on whether to raise the ceiling by the
Chart of the Day: Enormous US Jobs Deficit
If you go back to the last jobs peak of 132.5 million in February 2001, at a pace of 150,000 jobs per month to account for population growth, you are looking at a shortfall of 18.8 million jobs. Given those numbers, there is really no amount of tweaking or massaging the data that can diminish how astonishing the jobs shortfall now is
Chart of the Day: UK National Debt 1922 to Present
As a result of the two great wars in the 20th century, the UK’s national debt soared such that by the end of World War II, public net debt was well over 200% of
Chart of the Day: Depth and duration of jobs crisis
Last week I showed you one way to look at the jobs crisis in graphical form. Here’s another from Calculated Risk.
Chart of the day: Job level relative to prior peak
Since the recession in 1990-91, the recovery of employment in the US has had a U-shape that is nothing like the previous post-World War II employment recoveries. This one will be the worst
Chart of the Day: European bank exposure to Greece
The Europeans are clearly trying to get comfort on the exposure to Greece in their domestic financial institutions. And if they do get that comfort, we are going to see a soft restructuring. I expect this before year’s end
Chart of the Day: China’s Money Market Lending Rate
The Chinese Seven Day Repo Rate has skyrocketed to a 3-year high, suggesting a cash shortage as credit tightens
Chart of the Day: How Deep Was Your Recession?
I mean to ask how deep the downturn in your country was. On Tuesday, Martin Wolf had a good graphic on this. The upshot of his analysis is that while US GDP growth compares favourably to Japan and Western Europe, its unemployment compares unfavourably to Germany in particular
Chart of the Day: UK Take Home Pay
Inflation is sapping spending power. Legitimately, one cannot expect pay to rise by 4 and 5% per annum in a still weak economic environment. Therefore, the only way to see more purchasing power for consumers over the medium-term is via reduced future inflation