Federal government shutdown: The data casualties
Which federal data sources are, aren’t and may be affected by the government shutdown.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Which federal data sources are, aren’t and may be affected by the government shutdown.
About eight-in-ten Americans think rising prices are a “very” or “moderately” big problem.
U.S. families are relying less on their own resources and more on outside sources (scholarships, loans and the like) to pay for college.
If you’ve ever woken up wondering “Is Bill Gates or Carlos Slim the world’s richest person today?”, Bloomberg’s new visualization of data on the 100 richest billionaires is for you.
As President Obama prepares to make a “major” speech on the economy today, our past reports describe the challenges the middle class has faced in the past decades.
College is a pretty pricey proposition, even after grants and scholarships are factored in. And the millions of students graduating this spring will soon learn just how expensive their degrees were when they start getting student-loan bills. As a Pew Research Center analysis noted last year, nearly one in five U.S. households (19%) owed money […]
Popularity is no protection against budget cuts: The parts of government that Americans like the most — state, cities and counties, and the U.S. Postal Service — are also the ones shedding workers the fastest. The most recent nonfarm payroll figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the public sector continues to be a drag on […]
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