Economic Snapshots Switch Display


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

CAFTA outlook clouded by NAFTA’s failure for farmers

Growth in Social Security wealth outpaces all other sources

Unemployment rate and long-term unemployment continue to diverge

President’s proposal for deep cuts in middle-income Social Security benefits

Price growth outpaces wages for the 11th consecutive month

Productivity growth and profits far outpace compensation in current expansion

Government loses when taxes go unpaid

African Americans in the current recovery

Top earners get Social Security windfall, others get the bill

Implications of the Bush budget for people over 55

Big deficit, little deficit: The Bush budget and Social Security

Comparing the minimum wage proposals

Walkmans to iPods: Social Security is better equipped to provide family income protection

Removing the Social Security earnings cap virtually eliminates funding gap

Proposed Social Security price indexing would slash benefits

Social Security privatization’s motherhood penalty

Privatization fix for Social Security is worse than doing nothing

2004: Jobless recovery begets wageless recovery

Proposal by the president’s Social Security commission whittles away at income support

Slowdown in male earnings leads to smaller gender wage gap

Private accounts:  The ‘spicy sauce’ to sell deep benefit cuts

No Wage Progress Despite Three Years of Recovery

Current account deficit likely to get worse before it improves

President’s policies won’t deliver promised deficit cuts

State minimum wages on the move

Social Security and income

Unemployment rate masks high share of long-term unemployed

Consumption grows at the expense of saving