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U.S. regions with more unauthorized immigrant workers experienced declines in new housing construction (opens in a new tab)
Visualizations Aug 31, 2026
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A large-scale deportation would shrink the U.S. economy, with particular harm to some states (opens in a new tab)
Visualizations Aug 31, 2026
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Transfer income has fallen faster than other components of U.S. income over the past 3 months (opens in a new tab)
Visualizations Jun 25, 2026
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Income declines over the past 3 months and the past 6 months are higher for low-income U.S. households (opens in a new tab)
Visualizations Jun 25, 2026
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Personal Income is now declining year-over-year, a possible warning sign for the economy (opens in a new tab)
Visualizations Jun 25, 2026
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U.S. income shares changed little due to the pandemic, with top decile and bottom half households making gains (opens in a new tab)
Visualizations Jun 24, 2026
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In a reversal of 21st century trends, wages grew faster for lower-income U.S. households in the pandemic era (opens in a new tab)
Visualizations Jun 24, 2026
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Realized capital gains are highly volatile, leading to large swings in the top 0.1% U.S. income thresholds (opens in a new tab)
Visualizations May 26, 2026
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Real U.S. income gains have been falling for successive generations (opens in a new tab)
Visualizations May 13, 2026
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U.S. income growth for the middle class slowed substantially in the past four decades (opens in a new tab)
Visualizations May 13, 2026
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Income growth rates used to be similar along the income distribution, but that changed in the 1980s (opens in a new tab)
Visualizations May 13, 2026
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The middle is further from the top than it used to be—and the gap is growing (opens in a new tab)
Visualizations May 13, 2026
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U.S. income at the middle is growing and is higher today than it used to be (opens in a new tab)
Visualizations May 13, 2026
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Population weights reveal that the distribution of cost and benefits of policies are skewed differently (opens in a new tab)
Visualizations Nov 13, 2025
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Workers in the Midwest and South tend to work in more tariff-exposed industries (opens in a new tab)
Visualizations Nov 3, 2025
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Workers with less than a college education are overrepresented in the most tariff-exposed industries (opens in a new tab)
Visualizations Nov 3, 2025
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White, Hispanic, and noncitizen men are overrepresented in the most tariff-exposed industries (opens in a new tab)
Visualizations Nov 3, 2025
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U.S. manufacturing is particularly vulnerable to tariff costs (opens in a new tab)
Visualizations Nov 3, 2025
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AI exposure is greatest among higher-paid workers regardless of age, race and education status (opens in a new tab)
Visualizations Oct 22, 2025
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Asian American and highly educated workers are most exposed to AI (opens in a new tab)
Visualizations Oct 22, 2025
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The overall U.S. tax system today is only mildly progressive (opens in a new tab)
Visualizations Sep 10, 2025
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Racially resentful White Americans are more opposed to progressive taxation (opens in a new tab)
Visualizations Sep 9, 2025
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Almost half of rural U.S. counties are at risk or distressed (opens in a new tab)
Visualizations Sep 8, 2025
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Unemployment risk significantly affects the probability of voting for the far right (opens in a new tab)
Visualizations Sep 5, 2025
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Europe’s far-left and far-right parties have room to grow in the future (opens in a new tab)
Visualizations Sep 4, 2025
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Eastern European nations are far more vulnerable to right-wing populist appeals (opens in a new tab)
Visualizations Sep 4, 2025
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Nostalgic deprivation is widespread among citizens of European nations (opens in a new tab)
Visualizations Sep 4, 2025
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Cutting government transfer programs has broad effects on the U.S. economy (opens in a new tab)
Visualizations Aug 12, 2025
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Cutting government transfer programs has broad effects on the U.S. economy (opens in a new tab)
Visualizations Aug 12, 2025
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The economic effects of austerity policies under a nonreactive Federal Reserve – Final (opens in a new tab)
Visualizations Aug 12, 2025
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