A few months ago Vijay Boyapati asked me to " steel-man " the bubble theory of money. The bubble theory of money, which can o...

Thanks to a floating exchange rate and one of the longest undefended frontiers in the world, the U.S.-Canada border is the thoroughfare ...

The Swedes really don't like cash. First, consider that Sweden is the only country in the world that I'm aware of where reliance ...

Jeremiah, the prophet of impending disaster. By Rembrandt, 1690. See full version . The 1929 analog model has resurfaced. The 1929 an...

Before 2008, visualizations of central bank activity largely focused on interest rates. These visualizations were easy to make, just a line ...

1,682 is the number of days that the Dow Jones Industrial Average has spent rising since hitting rock bottom back in March 6, 2009. It ...

I've been teaching myself a Javascript visualization library called D3 . It gives the chart creator an incredible degree of control in m...

For the full version, go here . The chart below only includes Eurosystem assets, not liabilities. It goes back just a few years. The full ve...

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Ok, readers. Here's a chance for you to flex your muscles. The following chart shows various short-term interest rates: Why are t...

Here's a fun tool you can play around with. You may have to download the Flash player : I made this chart back in 2009 but never q...

Other central bank balance sheets I've illustrated include that of the Bank of Canada , Federal Reserve , and People's Bank of ...

I listened to a good Econtalk podcast last night with guest Steve Hanke . Few people in the world know as much as Steve does about hyperinf...

The US is currently importing significantly less crude oil and crude oil products than it did in 2005. Now if you were listening to the Pres...

David Glasner and Scott Sumner have posts on Chinese monetary policy. They both inquire about the People's Bank of China (PBoC) balanc...

I'm currently updating my History of the Fed chart . As a side project, here's what's happened to the various Federal Reserve c...

Barry Ritholtz at The Big Picture spotlighted my most recent chart, "The size of major bull markets." You can purchase it on pa...

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