Positive Relationship: House Prices & Election Polls

This graph shows the relationship between house prices (left axis) and the Incumbent Poll lead (right axis). As you can see lower house prices go along with a lower probability that the current government will be re-elected. This of course doesn't mean that house prices necessarily cause the probability to change that the incumbent government will be stay in power. Remember correlation does not imply causation. Yet it is an interesting relation.

Independent Investor

Government Debt in the EU Countries (second quarter 2012)

This great graph from Reuters shows per EU country the government debt it had at the end of the second quarter, as a percentage of GDP.

Since the crisis Portugal, Ireland have been accumulating debt at a high rate, while seeing their economy shrink significantly. This is shows in the government-debt-to-GDP measure, for which they are in respectively  the third and the fourth place in having the highest government debt in the EU.

Estonia and Bulgaria have the lowest government debt in the EU.

Long Term Pension Age (OECD Countries)

OECD published this graph with the long term pension age in OECD countries. Denmark and Italy have their pension age linked to life expectancy, which means it will almost reach 69 in 2050. Iceland and Norway are already at 67, and increasingly more countries will reach that age in the next years. In some countries there are differences between woman and men.

OECD Pensions Outlook 2012

EU: More than a Million Jobs Available

This chart from the Guardian shows the number of jobs available in the countries of the European Union. Especially in Germany and the United Kingdom are a lot of jobs for applicable. This is more surprising for the United Kingdom, since its economy is not in particular good shape. In Italy and France, with comparable number of inhabitants as Germany and the UK are surprisingly low jobs available.

Click on the source for details per country.

The Guardian

Activity of Purchasers Managers Declines in most of EU (Nov 2011)

The PMI stands for Purchasers Managers Index. The research firm Markit surveys managers of private companies and asks questions about five different topics. These topics are New orders, Output, Employment, Suppliers' delivery times and Stocks of purchases. When the index is at 50 there is no change. Anything below 50 means a decline in activity; similarly above 50 means an increase. This picture shows the data for November 2011.

Elderly/Population in 2007 and 2040

This chart shows the population aging as the elderly (aged 60 and over), as a percentage of the population in a country for 2007 and 2040. Japan and the Western European countries have the biggest aging problems and in the United States, United Kingdom and the BRIC countries have relatively less problems.

This graph shows the growth in total public benefits to the elders from 2007 to 2040 as a percentage of the countries' GDP. Spain, Brazil and the Netherlands see the highest increase in the costs of public benefits to the elderly.

CSIS

Euro Zone Second Quarter Economic Growth

This graph shows the economic growth of European Countries in the second quarter of 2011. In France the economy didn't grow or contract compared to the first quarter. Poland had a high growth percentage of 1 percent. Average Euro Area economic growth was 0,2 percent. The growth figures for the PIIGS countries are not available yet.

'The Lost Generation', Youth Unemployment In Eurozone and US

This graph from The Economist compares current youth unemployment rates with the rates before the crisis.

Due to a request by the Economist this graph has been removed. 

View the graph here

Emerging Market Overheating Index

The Economist made a chart with the developing countries ranking them by the state of their economy. They used several indicators to identify whether the economy is overheating or not.

Due to a request by the Economist this graph has been removed. 

View the graph here

OECD: How Much Fiscal Adjustment To Achieve 60% debt-to-GDP

The OECD published this graph with per country how much fiscal adjustment needs to be done beyond 2015 to achieve 60% debt-to-GDP ratios.

Wim Drees Stichting

OECD Countries: Announced Consolidation Plans

The OECD published this slide about the announced consolidations of the government budgets as a percentage of gdp in 2010-2015.

Wim Drees Stichting (PDF)

EU Corporate Tax Rates

In this graph you can see the current corporate tax rates for the countries in the European Union.

Source: Adam Smith

EU Real GDP By Contributions By Member States

The European Commission published its European Economic Forecast - spring 2011, from which I will post several graphs today. For
ecast - spring 2011
Contribution by Member States of the European Union to Real GDP Growth of the EU.

European Commission

Which Countries Owe Money To The IMF?

The Guardian made a layer in Google Maps with all the countries that currently receive a loan from the IMF, with all the information about the loans as well.

Check this link for the interactive version:

Google Maps With Countries Receiving a Loan From The IMF

Source: The Guardian