Data That Matters February 2018

Average wages rose from 0.3% to 2.9% but the bottom 83% are seeing slower growth than the top 17%. Humans Continue reading →

Data That Matters May 2016

Up to 47% of jobs are considered at high risk of automation. From 2009 to 2014 cities attracted 3.6% more Continue reading →

Middle Class Leaving Stock Market

From a high of 65%, the number of Americans investing in the stock market has fallen to 52%. The greatest Continue reading →

Americans Saving Again

The Great Recession (The Second Great Depression) switched American attitudes from spending to saving. In the early years of the Continue reading →

US Follows Chinas Fall

The US stock market mimicked the Chinese market’s fall, though without having to close. “Standard & Poor’s 500 and Dow Continue reading →

China Pops And Drops

Since the yuan devaluation in 2015, the Chinese stock market has slumped. Many believe the slump reflects a slump in Continue reading →

Mergers Set A Record

“Last year, companies spent just over $5 trillion buying or merging with other enterprises. That’s up by over a third Continue reading →

Paycheck To Paycheck

It isn’t a surprise to hear that the poor are having to live paycheck-to-paycheck, where income and expenses are necessarily Continue reading →