Economic Snapshots Switch Display

Katrina evacuees face extreme levels of joblessness

November 17, 2005 | By Jared Bernstein
Wages Incomes and Wealth

Rethinking the tax benefits for homeowners

November 17, 2005 | By Max B. Sawicky
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

Washington Consensus leads to productivity stagnation in South America

November 2, 2005 | By Josh Bivens
Trade and Globalization

GDP Picture: October 28, 2005

October 28, 2005 | By Josh Bivens
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

Economy pays price for Bush’s tax cuts

October 26, 2005 | By Lee Price
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

Children’s health insurance at risk

October 19, 2005 | By Elise Gould
Health

Low income hinders college attendance for even the highest achieving students

October 12, 2005 | By Joydeep Roy
Wages Incomes and Wealth

Social Security provides the primary life insurance protection for most children

October 5, 2005 | By David Ratner
Retirement

Gulf families’ recovery at risk

September 28, 2005 | By Ross Eisenbrey
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

Red ink rising

September 21, 2005 | By Max B. Sawicky
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

The gender wage gap is real

September 14, 2005 | By Heidi Hartmann
Wages Incomes and Wealth

Death and taxes (part II): Wealthiest estates account for most of revenue generated by estate tax

September 13, 2005 | By Max B. Sawicky
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

Death and taxes (part I): who pays the estate tax and how much

September 8, 2005 | By Max B. Sawicky
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

Basic family budgets better reveal the hardships in America

August 31, 2005 | By Sylvia A. Allegretto
Wages Incomes and Wealth

U.S. workers enjoy far fewer vacation days than Europeans

August 24, 2005 | By Sylvia A. Allegretto
Wages Incomes and Wealth

Inflation trumps wage gains again in July

August 17, 2005 | By Jared Bernstein
Wages Incomes and Wealth

Can CAFTA save textile and apparel producers?

August 10, 2005 | By David Ratner
Wages Incomes and Wealth

Without defense-related spending, private sector would still be in a jobs hole

August 3, 2005 | By Lee Price
Wages Incomes and Wealth

Single mothers continue to face tough job market

July 27, 2005 | By Jared Bernstein
Wages Incomes and Wealth

Last twelve months of job growth trail similar periods of previous expansions

July 20, 2005 | By Lee Price
Wages Incomes and Wealth

Looking in the wrong places:  Why benefit cuts will not solve Social Security’s financing problem

July 13, 2005 | By David Ratner
Retirement

The DeMint plan to raid the Social Security trust fund

July 6, 2005 | By Lee Price
Retirement

Foreign liabilities are rapidly increasing, especially to foreign central banks

June 30, 2005 | By Robert E. Scott
Wages Incomes and Wealth

Job quality begins to recover

June 29, 2005 | By Elise Gould
Wages Incomes and Wealth

U.S. current account deficit continues to grow to record high

June 17, 2005 | By Robert E. Scott
Retirement

Many already lack a steady job before the Social Security retirement age

June 15, 2005 | By Elise Gould
Retirement

CAFTA outlook clouded by NAFTA’s failure for farmers

June 7, 2005 | By Robert E. Scott
Trade and Globalization

Growth in Social Security wealth outpaces all other sources

May 25, 2005 | By Amy Chasanov
Retirement

Unemployment rate and long-term unemployment continue to diverge

May 18, 2005 | By Sylvia A. Allegretto
Wages Incomes and Wealth