Economic Snapshots Switch Display

Health spending concentrated among only a few unlucky ones: Medicaid provides meaningful safety net

May 9, 2013 | By Elise Gould and Natalie Sabadish
Health

The impact of geography on Asian American poverty

May 2, 2013 | By Algernon Austin

Gang of 8 bill could give nearly half of new IT jobs requiring a college degree to guestworkers

April 25, 2013 | By Ross Eisenbrey
Immigration

Taxes are rising – but let’s remember which ones

April 18, 2013 | By Andrew Fieldhouse
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

Deficit reduction lost and found in the President’s 2014 budget

April 11, 2013 | By Josh Bivens
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

Wages of young college graduates have failed to grow over the last decade

April 4, 2013 | By Heidi Shierholz

Economy built for profits not prosperity

March 28, 2013 | By Lawrence Mishel

Back to Work—sooner rather than later

March 21, 2013 | By Josh Bivens
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

Even at $10.10, minimum wage would be lower than it could be, given economy’s growth

March 14, 2013 | By David Cooper

Rising trade deficits with Japan illustrate problem with proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership

March 7, 2013 | By Robert E. Scott

Sequester would push domestic discretionary budget to record lows

February 28, 2013 | By Ethan Pollack
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

Policymakers shouldn’t assume that a full recovery is four years away (and always will be)

February 21, 2013 | By Josh Bivens and Andrew Fieldhouse

Health care costs slow down

February 8, 2013 | By Ethan Pollack and Rebecca Thiess

No occupation spared: Unemployment elevated across the board

January 31, 2013 | By Heidi Shierholz
Jobs and Unemployment

Unemployed far outnumber job openings in every sector

January 23, 2013 | By Heidi Shierholz
Jobs and Unemployment

Workers don’t lack skills, they lack work

January 16, 2013 | By Heidi Shierholz
Jobs and Unemployment

Increases of middle-class tax rates equal or exceed increases on households earning between $200K and $1M

January 11, 2013 | By Ethan Pollack
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

Workplace injuries and illnesses cost U.S. $250 billion annually

January 3, 2013 | By Ross Eisenbrey
Unions and Labor Standards

A projected 13.1 percent of workers will be unemployed at some point in 2013

December 19, 2012 | By Heidi Shierholz
Jobs and Unemployment

Average worker in ‘right-to-work’ state earns $1,500 less each year

December 13, 2012 | By Heidi Shierholz and Elise Gould
Unions and Labor Standards

Health reform helps young adults

December 6, 2012 | By Elise Gould
Health

Who are the 23 million ‘underemployed’ workers?

November 28, 2012 | By Heidi Shierholz
Jobs and Unemployment

Two in five female-headed families with children live in poverty

November 14, 2012 | By Elise Gould
Inequality and Poverty

The U.S. jobs deficit is 9 million

November 8, 2012 | By Heidi Shierholz
Jobs and Unemployment

The rise of the top 1 percent—not the same everywhere

October 24, 2012 | By Josh Bivens
Wages Incomes and Wealth | Inequality and Poverty

For workers, the consequences of job loss are staggering

October 17, 2012 | By Heidi Shierholz
Jobs and Unemployment

U.S. lags behind peer countries in mobility

October 10, 2012 | By Elise Gould

The 10-year decline in wages for most college graduates

October 3, 2012 | By Lawrence Mishel
Wages Incomes and Wealth

The ‘democratization of the stock market’ that never happened

September 26, 2012 | By Heidi Shierholz