My life revolves about SlopeCharts (both as a user and as a developer), and I don’t think I’ve ever been so excited to announce something new in this product. I call it SWELL (Slopecharts Worldwide Economic Library Lists), and it provides access to an ungodly amount of economic data (literally hundreds of thousands of items) that in some cases goes back hundreds of years. Simply stated, the size of the SlopeCharts database just went up about a hundred-fold.
Slope of Hope Blog Posts
Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
Right Said FRED
As I’ve hinted, there is a mountain of fantastically-interesting data coming for SlopeCharts. Hopefully later on Sunday I’ll be able to do a big post about it, but in the meantime, here’s a sneak peek at some of the interesting information I’ve gathered for you.
FRED Is Coming to SlopeCharts
It’s been relatively quiet in SlopeCharts-land lately, but that’s because the elves and I are hard at work on the latest new data release: the entire FRED database.
This is a mountain of data, dwarfing anything I’ve ever worked with before. We are going to have literally hundreds of thousands of new charts that open up an entirely new dimension to the product. If you haven’t tried SlopeCharts yet, please do so (it’s free……) and stay tuned for the launch!
Those Scheming Kids!
Oh, no. Not another SlopeCharts improvement! YES! My improvements will not be stymied! So what’s the latest feature to my beloved chart platform? Color Schemes!
To change the color scheme, just go to Preferences and select from the dropdown (the one you are already using is called, of course, Classic).
Here, for instance, is Dark. Nice, eh?
One final note: the scheme you use is included in Styles, so whenever you save a style, the scheme will be part and parcel of it.
