Economic Snapshots Switch Display

Weekly benefit amounts for the unemployed

December 5, 2001 | By Jeffrey Wenger
Wages Incomes and Wealth | Inequality and Poverty

Help (not) wanted—service sector no respite for unemployed

November 28, 2001 | By Jeffrey Wenger
Wages Incomes and Wealth

What happens to family income in a recession?

November 14, 2001 | By Jared Bernstein
Wages Incomes and Wealth

Nation sneezes, states catch cold

November 7, 2001 | By Max B. Sawicky
Wages Incomes and Wealth

Comparing recessionary trends

October 31, 2001 | By Christian E. Weller
Wages Incomes and Wealth

Employment trend will go from bad to worse

October 24, 2001 | By Lawrence Mishel
Wages Incomes and Wealth

Will welfare reform weather the storm?

October 17, 2001 | By Jared Bernstein
Wages Incomes and Wealth | Inequality and Poverty

Unemployment benefits fall short

October 10, 2001 | By Jeffrey Wenger
Wages Incomes and Wealth | Inequality and Poverty

Imbalances in income growth

October 3, 2001 | By Lawrence Mishel
Wages Incomes and Wealth | Inequality and Poverty

Job growth in manufacturing

September 26, 2001 | By Edith Rasell
Wages Incomes and Wealth | Inequality and Poverty

The budget surplus: now you don’t see it… then you do

September 19, 2001 | By Max B. Sawicky
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

On net, the economy is in recession

September 12, 2001 | By Dean Baker
Wages Incomes and Wealth | Inequality and Poverty

Increasing Alaskan oil just a drop in bucket

September 5, 2001 | By James P. Barrett
Wages Incomes and Wealth | Inequality and Poverty

Recent productivity growth no cause for relief

August 30, 2001 | By Jared Bernstein
Wages Incomes and Wealth | Inequality and Poverty

Unemployment insurance during a downturn

August 22, 2001 | By Jeffrey Wenger
Wages Incomes and Wealth | Inequality and Poverty

Hungry in America

August 15, 2001 | By Heather Boushey
Wages Incomes and Wealth

Not making ends meet

August 8, 2001 | By Heather Boushey
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

Family budgets and the poverty line

August 1, 2001 | By Heather Boushey
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

Family hardships suffered by recent welfare recipients

July 25, 2001 | By Bethney Gundersen
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

The college-attendance gap

July 18, 2001 |
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

The economy and greenhouse gas reduction

July 11, 2001 | By James P. Barrett
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

Decline in labor force may mask higher unemployment rate

July 5, 2001 | By Jared Bernstein
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

Hardships suffered by welfare families

June 27, 2001 | By Heather Boushey
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

Interest rates—the long and the short of it

June 20, 2001 | By Christian E. Weller
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

Slow growth leads to higher unemployment

June 14, 2001 | By Jared Bernstein
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

Corporate welfare for the oil industry

May 30, 2001 | By Max B. Sawicky
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

The changing face of temp work

May 30, 2001 | By Jeffrey Wenger
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

Making sense of Medicare projections

May 23, 2001 | By Edith Rasell
Trade and Globalization

Longer life for Medicare

May 18, 2001 | By Edith Rasell
Trade and Globalization