Interactive chart on the development of the US labour market (via http://www.ritholtz.com/)

http://graphics.wsj.com/market-shifts/#i=labor

And another nice interactive budget visualisation tool!

http://solomonkahn.com/us_budget/

Very interesting chart showing the 10 year retrospective growth rate of the US labor force. No wonder growth is ‘below trend’….
http://www.interfluidity.com/v2/4561.html

What has QE done for the labour market, lately?

http://blogs.ft.com/gavyndavies/2013/09/08/events-disrupt-the-feds-timetable/

Good question!

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/09/your-money/trying-to-outguess-the-unpredictable.html

5 years ago this week, Lehman collapsed. The US Treasury department made a couple of charts to look back…
http://www.treasury.gov/connect/blog/Documents/FinancialCrisis5Yr_vFINAL.pdf

All you ever wanted to know about… Sugar! (in this very glossy report from Credit Suisse)
http://www.thefinancialist.com/sugar-leaving-a-bad-taste-in-the-mouth-stefano-natella-credit-suisse/
https://doc.research-and-analytics.csfb.com/docView?language=ENG&source=ulg&format=PDF&document_id=1022457401&serialid=atRE31ByPkIjEXa%2fp3AyptOvIGdxTK833tLZ1E7AwlQ%3d

The gap between financing needs and the bank loans in the Eurozone for Small and Medium Enterprises

http://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/mobu/mb201308en.pdf

Ok, it looks a bit boring, but I find this a very insightful table: what limitations exist for pension funds?

http://www.oecd.org/finance/private-pensions/2401405.pdf

I am not sure whether this data is correct, but I think the general idea is: the pension gap in the US…

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/09/unrealistic-expectations/

I like this one as well, as an illustration: why predicting the economy is so difficult

Nice one: about those cheating building….

http://qz.com/122356/44-out-of-72-of-the-worlds-tallest-buildings-are-cheating/

Human suffrages continues….

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2013/09/daily-chart-6

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