Economic Snapshots Switch Display

African Americans are especially at risk in the auto crisis

December 5, 2008 | By Robert E. Scott and Christian Dorsey
Trade and Globalization | Race and Ethnicity

Working hard or hardly working?

November 12, 2008 | By Monique Morrissey
Wages Incomes and Wealth

American consumers shopped but have now dropped

October 29, 2008 | By Josh Bivens
Economic Growth

A meaningful stimulus for Main Street

October 22, 2008 | By Ethan Pollack
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

Stimulus now! Underemployment at 14-year high

October 14, 2008 | By Nooshin Mahalia
Wages Incomes and Wealth | Economic Growth

Most states suffer large declines in employer-sponsored health coverage

October 8, 2008 | By Elise Gould
Health

Non-oil trade deficit costs jobs in every state

October 1, 2008 | By Robert E. Scott
Wages Incomes and Wealth | Inequality and Poverty

The unemployment trend by state

September 24, 2008 | By Emily Garr
Wages Incomes and Wealth | Inequality and Poverty

Got work?

September 16, 2008 | By Heidi Shierholz
Wages Incomes and Wealth

Not just gasoline: The sneakier squeeze on family budgets

September 10, 2008 | By Josh Bivens
Wages Incomes and Wealth

Our failing grade on maintaining school facilities

September 3, 2008 | By Ethan Pollack
Wages Incomes and Wealth

Official Poverty Measure Undercounts the Nation’s Poor

September 2, 2008 |
Wages Incomes and Wealth | Inequality and Poverty

Compared to 1990s, middle-class working families lose ground in the 2000s

August 27, 2008 | By Jared Bernstein
Wages Incomes and Wealth

Math gender gap is history

August 19, 2008 | By Joydeep Roy
Economic Growth

Wages for H-2B workers set lower than the prevailing wage

August 13, 2008 | By Denice Velez
Economic Growth

Dismal employment trends characterize 2000 business cycle

August 6, 2008 | By Heidi Shierholz
Wages Incomes and Wealth

China trade costs jobs in every state

July 29, 2008 | By Robert E. Scott
Trade and Globalization

Federal government trails 23 states on minimum wage

July 22, 2008 | By Mary Gable
Unions and Labor Standards

Growing disparities in life expectancy

July 16, 2008 | By Elise Gould
Wages Incomes and Wealth

As U.S. construction slows, remittances to families in Mexico decline

July 9, 2008 | By Emily Garr
Wages Incomes and Wealth

Official poverty measure undercounts the nation’s poor

July 2, 2008 | By Jared Bernstein
Retirement

How economic conditions affect retirement decisions

June 25, 2008 | By Monique Morrissey
Retirement

Income inequality continues staggering 25-year growth trend

June 18, 2008 | By Lawrence Mishel
Wages Incomes and Wealth

Subprime mortgages are nearly double for Hispanics and African Americans

June 10, 2008 | By Algernon Austin
Race and Ethnicity

Bush Budget Spends 100 Times More to Regulate Unions

June 4, 2008 | By Ross Eisenbrey
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

Income volatility: Another source of growing economic insecurity

May 27, 2008 | By Elisabeth Jacobs
Wages Incomes and Wealth | Inequality and Poverty

The 21st Century G.I. Bill and short-sighted ‘deficit hawks’

May 20, 2008 | By Josh Bivens
Budget Taxes and Public Investment

Inhospitable Job Market to Greet College Graduates

May 13, 2008 | By Lawrence Mishel
Wages Incomes and Wealth

Paid maternity leave still on the wishlist for many U.S. mothers

May 7, 2008 | By Emily Garr
Wages Incomes and Wealth