…10.4% in 2010, and the underemployment rate was 19.8%. For young high school graduates, the statistics were even grimmer: unemployment was 32.7% in 2010, and the underemployment rate was 55.9%….

…the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) … All of our different methods yield similar results. We find that consumption inequality within the U.S. between 1980 and 2010 has increased by nearly…

…trust fund exhaustion date (intermediate assumption) has gotten eight years closer. It was 2041 in the 2008 report, 2037 in the 2009 report, 2037 in the 2010 report, and 2036…

…the year over year growth rate has slowed to about 5% as compared to a peak rate of almost 20%. in 2010. Real non-petroleum imports are showing a similar trend…

…my favorite “staple” drugs. Per the article, in 2005, the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research only noted 62 shortages through the year. 2009 saw 157 shortages, 2010, 178. 2011…

…have the SAAR data for 2010 and 2011. Annual average SAAR for 2010 is 11.77; for 2011, it’s 13.05. You probably don’t want to take the values suggested by Graph…

…countries on review for potential imbalances, has experienced an 0.5 ppt drop in world export share, 2.4% in 2002 to 1.9% in 2010. Seems like a big drop – but…

…invest, make acquisitions, speculate, and hold as cash. Here is a look at taxes through 2008 and dividends through 2010, as percentages of profits; data from BEA table 7.16, lines…

…the Spanish rate of temporary employment fell 8.4 ppt since 2005, where most of the drop occurred in 2009 and 2010. The crisis eradicated some of the inefficiencies of Spanish…

…and this is what Freddie retained. In 2010 and ’11, Freddie purchased $3.4 billion worth of inverse floater portions — their value based mostly on interest payments on $19.5 billion…