“great-recession” Charts
Racial Wealth Gap Highest in Recorded History »
The disparity in median wealth ratios of whites compared to blacks and hispanics is the highest since the Census Bureau…
The Great (Racial) Recession »
With the implosion of the housing market and the subsequent foreclosure crisis, Hispanic and black Americans have seen over half…
The current state of the US economy in one chart »
America’s got record-high GDP output but with 227,000 fewer workers. The fact that we have been able to greatly expand…
Income Inequality Deepened by Great Recession »
In the years after the initial Wall Street crash, the top 1% of America's earners brought home 95% of the…
How Unemployment Insurance Increased Unemployment »
During the Great Recession unemployment benefit duration increased from its standard 26-week maximum to as long as 99 weeks. Although…
Recession Response - Multigenerational Households »
According to Pew, “during the Great Recession, the multi-generational household population shot up, increasing by 4.9 million, or 10.5 percent,…
The House DOESN'T Always Win: Housing & The Racial Divide »
Housing, a cornerstone of the "American Dream," is the largest form of privately wealth held by families across the United…
Who Made the Bad Loans? Big Banks or Small Ones »
What will it take for us to learn? The biggest banking institutions do not self-regulate. They caused a meltdown in…
Giant Banks Have Larger Share of Assets After Meltdown »
They were too big to fail before they destroyed our economy. But in 2007 US giant banks (>$100B in assets)…
Obamacare and part-time jobs? A dead issue? »
The employer mandate in Obamacare is nudging companies to create part-time rather than full-time jobs. The Great Recession caused a…
How much did the Great Financial Crisis cost US? Nearly $30T »
A report from the Dallas Fed: "We conservatively estimate the loss of national output as a result of the financial…
Big problems in small business »
From the San Francisco Federal Reserve: Small businesses have historically contributed more than their share to overall employment growth in…
Obama's Stimulus Salvation: State of Economy, With/Without »
Economic projections, including those from Moody's Analytics, US Bureau of Economic Analysis, and Bureau of Labor Statistics, have shown the…