Problems that could be tackled using time series data: ● How the value of a country’s stock index has varied with that country’s macroeconomic fundamentals ● How the value of a company’s stock price has varied when it announced the value of its dividend payment ● The effect on a country’s exchange rate of an increase in its trade deficit. In all of the above cases, it is clearly the time dimension which is the most important, and the analysis will be conducted using the values of the variables over time.
Chart Of The Day: Monthly Home Payment Soars 40% To 2008 Levels Submitted by Tyler Durden on 07/29/2013 09:08 -0400 Credit Suisse recovery The following chart from Credit Suisse fully explains why the US housing "recovery" has just ground to a halt: in a few short weeks, US housing affordability (a topic we first covered a month ago ) has collapsed as a result of the monthly payment on the median home sold soaring by nearly 40% from under $800 to just shy of $1100, a level not seen since 2008. Now if only US personal incomes would keep pace, instead of doing this ... Average: 4.72222 Your rating: None Average: 4.7 ( 18 votes) !-- -- Tweet !-- - advertisements - .AR_2 .ob_empty {display: none;} .AR_2 .rec-link {color: #565656;text-decoration: none;font-size: 12px;} .AR_2 .rec-link:hover {color: #565656;text-decoration: underline;font-size: 12px;} .AR_2 {float: left;width:50%} .AR_2 li {list-style: none outside none !important;font-size: 10px;padding-bottom: 10px;line-height: 13px;margin:0;} .AR_2 .ob_org_header {color: #000000;text-decoration:bold; margin-left: 0px; font-size:14px;line-height:35px;} .AR_3 .rec-link {color: #565656;text-decoration: none;font-size: 12px;} .AR_3 .rec-link:hover {color: #565656;text-decoration: underline;font-size: 12px;} .AR_3 .rec-src-link {font-size: 12px;} .AR_3 li {padding-bottom: 10px;list-style: none outside none !important;font-size: 10px;line-height: 13px;margin:0;} .AR_3 .ob_dual_left, .AR_3 .ob_dual_right {float: left;padding-bottom: 0;padding-left: 2%;padding-top: 0;} .AR_3 .ob_org_header {color: #000000; text-decoration:bold; margin-left: 0px; font-size:14px;line-height:35px;} .AR_3 .ob_ads_header {color: #000000; text-decoration:bold; margin-left: 0px; font-size:14px;line-height:35px;} -- - advertisemen Login or register to post comments 22157 reads Printer-friendly version Send to friend Similar Articles You Might Enjoy: Chart Of The Day: Plunging Gasoline Demand vs The "Soaring" Recovery And Record Dow Jones Chart Of The Day: Build America Bond Yields Hit 11 Month High Chart Of The Day: Fed Interventions Since 2008 Chart Of The Day: Americans At Or Below 125% Of The Poverty Level Chart Of The Day: Savings Rate Drops To December 2007 Levels