Anatomy of US inequality(nber.org)

62 points by hhs 10 months ago | 22 comments

U.S. debt-to-GDP ratio reaches 123%(fred.stlouisfed.org)

71 points by johnbarron 2 months ago | 69 comments

May inflation (PCE) falls to 1.2% (3.6% Core) / 3.8% YoY (4.6% Core YoY)(bea.gov)

25 points by JumpCrisscross 3 years ago | 29 comments

CPI-U rises 7.2% annualized in September (3.7% YoY)(bls.gov)

44 points by JumpCrisscross 12 days ago | 39 comments

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics news release summarizing the September 2026 Consumer Price Index, which rose 0.6% for the month and 3.7% year over year.

US Consumer Price Index up 4.2%(bls.gov)

210 points by ortusdux 4 months ago | 187 comments

Business Booms and Depressions Since 1775 (1943)(fraser.stlouisfed.org)

242 points by throw0101d 2 years ago | 220 comments

The labor share of income in the US is at its lowest post-war level(libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org)

423 points by loughnane 3 months ago | 438 comments

A New York Fed Liberty Street Economics blog post analyzing the post-COVID decline in the US labor share of income.

Sticky wage norms and the real wage cost of unexpected inflation(bfi.uchicago.edu)

355 points by jplusequalt 2 months ago | 214 comments

A Becker Friedman Institute working paper by Hurst, Patterson, Richardson, and Wang on sticky wage norms and how unexpected inflation erodes real wages.

US federal budget deficit jumps 12% in one year to nearly $2 Trillion(finance.yahoo.com)

74 points by ck2 9 days ago | 59 comments

Yahoo Finance article reporting that the US federal budget deficit for fiscal 2026 came in at about $1.992 trillion.

Employers use your personal data to figure out the lowest salary you'll accept(marketwatch.com)

380 points by thisislife2 6 months ago | 233 comments

MarketWatch article about employers using personal data to determine the lowest salary a candidate will accept; the page loaded a captcha verification screen.

First people sickened by Covid-19 were scientists at WIV: US government sources(public.substack.com)

603 points by larsiusprime 3 years ago | 569 comments

A Public (Substack) article claiming US government sources identified Wuhan Institute of Virology scientists doing gain-of-function research as the first COVID-19 cases.

AI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of Debt(futurism.com)

628 points by technewssss 3 months ago | 317 comments

Futurism article reporting that AI companies are using off-balance-sheet arrangements to hide large amounts of debt.