Which President Presided Over The Largest Inflation and Wage Gains?
We downloaded the FRED’s Annualized Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees and the FRED’s Annualized U.S. Inflation data in order...
Economics
Do The Top 400 Wealthiest Really Only Pay 8%?
The Biden administration recently claimed that the top 400 wealthiest families in the US paid just 8%. The analysis used publicly available...
Visualized: Is it Financially Smart to Drive an EV?
CNBC recently released a comparison of the cost savings between driving a gasoline powered vehicle vs a electric vehicle. They...
Visualized: Gas Prices (March 2022)
We forecasted U.S. gasoline prices for the 5 years preceding the pandemic to identify where prices should be. Gas prices...
Is Inflation in the U.S. Greater than Other Countries Around the World?
Some have suggested that the inflation we are experiencing is not just US centric inflation. We check the data. Background...
Which States Lead in Underperformance During the Pandemic and Why?
In our earlier analysis we compared unemployment, with Republican states doing better, and COVID deaths, with Democratic states doing better....
Are Republican States Performing Better Than Democrat States in the Pandemic Overall?
In our earlier analysis we compared unemployment, with Republican states doing better, and COVID deaths, with Democratic states doing better....
Are Republican States Handling the Pandemic Better Than Democrat States?
Background In today’s second part of our multi-part series, we examine claims in the media have been made that Republican...
Are Republican States Recovering Better From the Pandemic Than Democrat States?
Background Claims in the media have been made that Republican states are recovering better from the pandemic than Democrats states....
Some States Are Cutting Federal Unemployment Benefits. But Should They?
It has documented that 20 of the 50 U.S. states have announced they will cut the $300 additional federal unemployment...
