Category: Economics
Inflation and Consumer Price Index, June 2024
Looking at inflation calculations in a different way.
GDP in the States, First Quarter 2024
In the first quarter of 2024, the Kansas economy contracted at the annual rate of 3.9 percent. Real Gross Domestic Product increased in 39 states and the District of Columbia, ranging from 5.0 percent at an annual rate in Idaho to –4.2 percent in South Dakota. Kansas ranked forty-eighth.
Real Private Nonresidential Fixed Investment
Comparing business investment before and after the pandemic.
Unemployment Rates
All the unemployment rates published by Bureau of Labor Statistics in an interactive visualization.
Consumer Price Index, May 2024
Looking at inflation calculations in a different way.
Biggest Producer of Crude oil #FACT #PERIOD
A popular meme on social media is true, but doesn’t convey its intended message.
Employment, pre- and post-Covid
Comparing job growth before and after the Covid pandemic, attempting to remove the effect of the pandemic.
Student Loan Arithmetic
We see some student loan borrowers complaining that after paying for many years, they still owe a large portion of the loan. Here’s how the math works.
Large County Employment, Fourth Quarter 2023
Employment in large counties, including Sedgwick County and others of interest.
