Economic Snapshots Switch Display


The history and future of the minimum wage

The link between productivity growth and living standards

Unemployment and job-creation rates in current expansion

GDP growth particularly slow in current recovery

The impact of failing to raise the minimum wage

Income distribution and Wall Street

Progress slows in shrinking of the gender wage gap

Nonstandard work vs. regular full-time jobs

Nonstandard workers, health insurance, and pensions

The decline in wage offers and recent information technology graduates

America’s changing financial landscape

The foundation for future growth

Entry-level wages for college graduates

U.S. workers pay the price for NAFTA

Fossil fuel restrictions won’t hurt economy

Public investment spending proposals

The scarcity of U.S. trade surpluses

The pace of public investment

Domestic spending falls under Clinton plan

Composition of federal investment in 1999

The dollar and the trade deficit

The U.S. trade position and foreign-owned assets

Americans’ personal savings rate continues to plummet

Tracking growth in government

Closing the gap between men’s and women’s wages

Urban sprawl and population growth

The Trade Deficit

Have income taxes increased?

The importance of Social Security to seniors