Comments on: Drivers of Australian Inflation

By: Reduce, Re-use, Recycle | A Stubborn Mule's Perspective

Reduce, Re-use, Recycle | A Stubborn Mule's Perspective — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:32:37 +0000

[...] Drivers of Australian inflation [...]

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containers sales — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:48:29 +0000

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By: Graphical Tables - An Alternative to Treemaps | Dashboard Blogs - Examples & Tutorials

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:54:35 +0000

[...] blogged the other day about using a treemap to visualize the drivers of the Australian Inflation. He got inspired to create a treemap by an NYT article that used an interactive version of the [...]

By: Graphical Tables - An Alternative to Treemaps | More Information per Pixel

Graphical Tables - An Alternative to Treemaps | More Information per Pixel — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:33:35 +0000

[...] you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Sean blogged the other day about using a treemap to visualize the drivers of the Australian Inflation. He got inspired to create a treemap by an NYT article that used an interactive version of the [...]

By: stubbornmule

stubbornmule — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:12:41 +0000

Here's a good overview of treemaps.

By: Retail Sales in New South Wales « A Stubborn Mule’s Perspective

Retail Sales in New South Wales « A Stubborn Mule’s Perspective — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:59:56 +0000

[...] Retail Sales in New South Wales Yesterday the Sydney Morning Herald published an article on the latest retail sales numbers for New South Wales that contrasted the sales growth in take-away food and pubs and clubs with the decline in business for cafes, restaurants and fresh food retailers. This is put in the context of with rising mortgage rates and fuel prices, to suggest that consumer behaviour is starting to shift. The data is published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, so I decided to dig a little deeper. Prompted by a comment over on the Junk Charts blog, I’ve used a table enriched with spark-lines rather than the heatmap I used in the inflation post. [...]

By: Blogroll « A Stubborn Mule’s Perspective

Blogroll « A Stubborn Mule’s Perspective — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:53:24 +0000

[...] use and abuse of charts. It even featured a discussion of the inflation heatmap I produced for my augural post. You’ll have to read the post if you want to know whether the verdicy was “use” [...]

By: stubbornmule

stubbornmule — Sat, 31 May 2008 06:38:57 +0000

Wordpress lost the images and I’m not sure how long they were missing, but they are back up now.

By: stubbornmule

stubbornmule — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:14:14 +0000

Here's an impressive alternative visualization of the inflation data, courtesy of vozome. This approach, prompted by a discussion on treemaps over on the enjoyable Junk Charts blog, colours regions based on contribution to CPI (price change x weight) rather than based on price change alone.

By: stubbornmule

stubbornmule — Tue, 20 May 2008 05:21:56 +0000

Just got back from hearing Secretary to the Treasury, Dr Ken Henry give his post-Budget address. He described calls to abandon inflation targeting as "mis-guided". He argued both that it was a mistake to abandon a policy framework just because conditions were getting tough but also that for Australia the current drivers to inflation are susceptible to domestic monetary policy. His position was consistent with the RBA minutes, in that he reasoned that the most significant effect for Australia of rising commodity prices is the terms of trade boost that we are experiencing which is leading to a wealth effect, creating a domestic demand shock and that domestic demand is precisely what monetary policy is designed to manage.