Over 80% of the jobs created since January 2007 have come from companies with fewer than 500 employees.... Read More
A home may be the biggest purchase most people make in their lives, but households' home equity is actually comparable to households' direct stock ownership.... Read More
Personal consumption continues to make up a larger portion of U.S. GDP as time progresses.... Read More
Over 40% of FDIC deposits in the U.S. are uninsured.... Read More
Companies continue sending foreign profits back to the U.S. in the wake of the tax overhaul in late 2017.... Read More
Worldwide PMI indices paint a worrisome picture about manufacturing.... Read More
Household debt in the U.S. grew to $13.86 trillion in the first quarter.... Read More
Credit limits in the U.S. have surpassed pre-crisis levels, but utilization rates remain low.... Read More
Since 2005, student loan debt has grown at an astronomical rate.... Read More
People under 30 hold a relatively small amount of debt compared to other age groups. Student loans make up the largest portion of their debt.... Read More
The percentage of consumers with debt at a collection agency has fallen over the past couple years, although the average collection amount has risen over the same period.... Read More
Household debt broken down by delinquency status... Read More
Since the housing crash, mortgage originators have lent far less money to people with the riskiest credit scores.... Read More
Why are U.S. yield plunging, the yield curve inverting and negative-yielding bonds increasing parabolically? World growth is not good.... Read More
American importers could soon be paying $100 billion in tariffs per year to the Treasury as the Chinese trade war heats up. This is a drop in the bucket of the Treasury's total income.... Read More
The range of Q2 GDP estimates is among the largest since 1997.... Read More
GDP is running above potential, which has been somewhat rare since 1980.... Read More
GDP trackers, or nowcasts, are largely on the same page regarding Q2 GDP growth for the first time in a long while.... Read More
A look at global GDP, broken down by country and region... Read More