Quoted: I have plotted the annual inflation (CPI-U) for transportation sector (cars, trucks, airline fares, public transportation, gasoline, repairs, insurance etc...) and medical care sector (prescription drugs, medical supplies, doctor visits, dentists, hospital services, insurance etc...) from 1935 to 2007. {Click on the image to take a closer look}

Quoted: Department for Work and Pensions: Statistics for Households Below Average Income and Income Inequality in the United KingdomDownload FREE ePoster: Average Income in the United States

Quoted: I found this interactive graphic on a site called Many Eyes displaying data about subprime loans by state. You need to click on it to load the graph. Download FREE ePoster: Average Income in the United States

Quoted: I have plotted the market price of gold in the Untied States from 1791 to 2007, i.e. New York Market Price. Keep in mind that there was an official price of gold set by the United States' Government while the US was on the gold standard. {Click on the image to take a closer look} Data from MeasuringWorth.org Technorati Tags: United States, Gold

Quoted: Screenshots from a New York Times Interactive Graphic by Matthew Bloch, Shan Carter and Amanda Cox that shows the different parts of the average consumer's budget and the change in price (inflation) over the last year. I have highlighted gasoline: share of spending is 5.2% with a price increase of 26%. If you go to the Interactive Graphic you can zoom

Quoted: Here is the annual percent change of inflation (CPI) in the Untied States from 1774 to 2007, which I graphed in my previous post, but this time I added historical events to the graph: Wars, Banking Panics, Pegging Paper Money to the Gold and Silver Standard, Establishment of the Federal Reserve and the US Mint. {Click on the image to take a closer look}

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Quoted: I graphed the annual percent change of inflation (CPI) in the Untied States from 1774 to 2007 and then added a graph of the CPI index. This index takes $100 in 2007 and shows what the equivalent dollar amount is for each year (so in 1774 that would be $3.77). However, this does not represent the changes in the standard of living, given the invention

Quoted: From Coroflot's Design Salary Survey found via gongblog. Apparently, as an interaction designer, I am working in one of the better-paid design professions. {Click on the image to take a closer look} Technorati Tags: designer salaries, United States