Category: Economics
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Economists on Election Issues
Surveying economists on important topics in the current election.
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Real (Inflation-Adjusted) Personal Income Excluding Transfers, Pre- and post-Covid
Comparing real (inflation-adjusted) personal income excluding current transfer receipts before and after the Covid pandemic, attempting to remove the effect of the pandemic.
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Trump’s Inflation Data
Donald Trump presents price data that is accurate, as far as it goes.
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Loan and Credit Card Balances
Household loan and credit card balances, adjusted for inflation.
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Inflation and Consumer Price Index, July 2024
Looking at inflation calculations in a different way.
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Oil Reserves in the World
Where does the United States rank in oil reserves, according to Donald Trump?
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Wichita Employment Situation, June 2024
For the Wichita metropolitan area in June, most employment indicators worsened from the prior month. Wichita continues to perform poorly compared to its peers.
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Inflation in the World
Inflation has been a problem throughout the world, but the rate is coming down.
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Inflation and Consumer Price Index, June 2024
Looking at inflation calculations in a different way.
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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.
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Real Private Nonresidential Fixed Investment
Comparing business investment before and after the pandemic.
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Unemployment Rates
All the unemployment rates published by Bureau of Labor Statistics in an interactive visualization.