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There are some things to be said for staring at scatterplots and times series plots Calculated Risk, in case you hadn't heard, is one of the best economics and finance blogs on the Net. Bill at CR is a demon for generating plots:This one is Business Outlook Survey - question is, of course, what is the instantaneous second derivative. Or look at Government Employment - Fed, State and Local, and now, with Education sector excluded! There is the Infamous Employment vs Recession chart and why you should go to university... (click to embiggen) - modulo opportunity costs of course CR commenters…