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State by state change in economic activity

Dan Crawford | May 14, 2010 8:50 am

(hat tip ilene at Phil’s World) Lounsbury at Seekingalpha points us to another aspect of the nature of this recovery.

The Philadephia Fed provides statistics on Concident Indexes for March.

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  • Morbo says:
    May 14, 2010 at 9:11 am

    Since I’m sure I won’t be the only one who wondered what the x-axis represents:
    “The chart is organized from left to right by the change in economic activity in the last three months (February 2010 vs. November 2009). We don’t show the exact percentages on the horizontal axis to keep the chart from getting too messy. 28 out of 50 states were still falling in Feb 2010 vs. Nov 2009, but that is the secondary point of the chart.” (Vincent Fernando @ Business Insider)

  • Steve Roth says:
    May 14, 2010 at 9:53 am

    Thanks Morbo. These chart of the day graphs constantly drive me crazy — don’t label axes, detail what data they’re graphing, etc. Feh.

  • Carolannie says:
    May 14, 2010 at 9:57 am

    Time to honor ND’s state bank again (http://motherjones.com/mojo/2009/03/how-nation%E2%80%99s-only-state-owned-bank-became-envy-wall-street)

  • Rdan says:
    May 14, 2010 at 10:52 am

    Welcome Vincent.  Guilty as noted.  It was just a dinner conversation and drawn on a napkin?  No investigation needed.

  • Cedric Regula says:
    May 14, 2010 at 11:40 am

    1) When is the IMF going to bailout California?

    2) I was going to ask about the x-axis too, but I see that’s answered.

    3) Red means negative, green means positive… right?

  • Jimi says:
    May 14, 2010 at 12:46 pm

    Cedric,

    When is the IMF going to bailout California? 

    Since we have the majority contribution to the IMF, I’m not sure we would want that to happend. That’s like loaning money to yourself after going broke at the casino!

  • Cedric Regula says:
    May 14, 2010 at 1:09 pm

    Um…Ok, so you give your money (borrowed) to someone else and they blow it on a different reservation? I guess the US Treasury is still the world’s best at borrowing short and cheap, and lending high and long. But still….

    How ’bout…When is the IMF going to bail out Mexico, and finally send in NATO to secure the Mexican government?

  • Jimi says:
    May 14, 2010 at 2:40 pm

    Cedric,

    How ’bout…When is the IMF going to bail out Mexico, and finally send in NATO to secure the Mexican government?

    The day Rosie O’Donnel grows wings and gains altitude? 

  • Downpuppy says:
    May 14, 2010 at 3:08 pm

    WV is downright scary.

    I had been looking at land there, but, ouch.

  • Cedric Regula says:
    May 14, 2010 at 3:36 pm

    I get it. When PIIGS fly.

    But wouldn’t the IMF be broke by then? (exhausted it’s ability to borrow)

  • run75441 says:
    May 14, 2010 at 9:27 pm

    Carolannie:

    I forgot ND has their own bank which releases them from the clurches of their southern neighbor. An easier way out of this is to give states the ability to have usury laws again. Of course, Congress would have to act in defiance of Wall Street and TBTF. It has shown no guts to do so as of yet.

  • run75441 says:
    May 14, 2010 at 9:30 pm

    Anyone read the subtitle? If you do, it becomes obvious what the chart is about.

  • Morbo says:
    May 15, 2010 at 1:01 am

    Er, I’m not Vincent; I was merely indicating that he wrote everything within quotes.  Sorry for the confusion.

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