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> However, the chart is flawed because it changes its calculation method mid-chart once it turns negative. The smaller positive numbers show how much the Fed wa
by BoardsOfCanada 4y ago
> However, the chart is flawed because it changes its calculation method mid-chart once it turns negative. The smaller positive numbers show how much the Fed was sending every week (around $2 billion on average) but when it turns negative, it switches to a cumulative calculation and thus falls off like a cliff.
Why on earth would anyone make a chart like that?
- bun_at_work 4y agoThe chart is created from the reported data, it's just a side-effect.
- ashika 4y agoi agree its crazy but i thought tfa did a good job explaining why the original chart ended up looking the way it did. regime change in a dataset can expose bad assumptions about relationships between balance sheet items you thought could be summed, etc.