short readsMar 6, 2024 A booming U.S. stock market doesn’t benefit all racial and ethnic groups equally Nearly two-thirds of White families (66%) owned stocks directly or indirectly, compared with 39% of Black families and 28% of Hispanic families.
short readsMar 25, 2020 More than half of U.S. households have some investment in the stock market A majority of U.S. households have some level of investment in the stock market, mostly in the form of retirement accounts such as 401(k)s.
short readsMay 14, 2020 The state of the U.S. Postal Service in 8 charts The last year the Postal Service recorded any profit was 2006, and its cumulative losses since then totaled $83.1 billion as of March 31.
short readsSep 19, 2017 5 facts about government debt around the world Public debt has increased sharply in many countries in recent years, particularly during and after the Great Recession.
short readsApr 18, 2014 Generational equity and the ‘Next America’ A few critics have portrayed our report as an effort to foment a “generational war” over Social Security and Medicare. Let me respond.