CRFB’s FINAL ANALYSIS OF 2023
…one full percent per year. So, like George W Bush’s Social Security Commission, everything is on the table except what works. Second, they produce a chart* which shows that the…
…one full percent per year. So, like George W Bush’s Social Security Commission, everything is on the table except what works. Second, they produce a chart* which shows that the…
…to Genoa. Chart: Freight Waves SONAR The container boom peaked in the first quarter; it’s downhill from here. Spot rates are falling. Goods demand is falling. “There have been signs…
…34 percent don’t. As part of the budget compromise and at the urging of the GOP, the benefits were not extended. Chart ‘o the decade Hat Tip Digsby Digsby: I’ll…
…graph #2, FRED chart) Graph #1… Monetary policy enters the area of financial repression when line is positive. 2% seems to be a common limit on the positive side. Graph…
…have?”, IOW what are your assets, or your net worth, do they include their real-estate equity in their answer? Heck yes. Especially for low-income/wealth households, their home equity often constitutes…
…two groups on the number of people seen at the hospital without insurance, and the volume of charity care per hospital. Here is his chart, a selection from that available…
…for most Americans, that would weaken the Democrats’ case as well. The way to see if either of those problems is occurring is to look at how much personal income…
Noah Smith put up a post Sunday purporting to show that things aren’t so bad for the middle class. Then he immediately shows us a chart of median household income….
…are particularly “grotesque,” as Krugman says, when you consider that Greece has already endured 25+% unemployment for three years (see chart). This is an unemployment rate that the United States…
…It can still be saved. Chart taken from: “Health spending as a share of GDP remains at lowest level in a decade,” The Health Foundation You don’t need a weatherman…