Economy.
Data stories on economy, built on the library's statistics. Every figure is one click from your own version.
Rent by state: where it climbed fastest since 2015
Arizona's median rent rose 72 percent from 2015 to 2023, the fastest in the country; Utah, Nevada, Florida, Idaho, and Washington follow. No state got cheaper, and the median state rose 37 percent.
Median household income by state: the gap grew in dollars, not in proportion
The spread between the highest and lowest jurisdiction widened 53 percent from 2015 to 2023, yet the top has stayed about twice the bottom throughout. The typical state's 36.4 percent gain shrinks to roughly 6 percent after inflation.
The US economy in one table: growth, inflation, and unemployment since 2015
Eleven years, three columns, three regimes: the quiet 2015 to 2019 stretch, the 2020 to 2022 shock (minus 2.1 percent growth, then 6.2, then 8.0 percent inflation), and the settling since. The reference table behind the charts.
Income vs life expectancy: health converged far faster than wealth
GDP per capita against life expectancy for ten countries since 1960, bubbles sized by population. China closed a 36-year life expectancy gap with the United States to under one year.
4 minJul 31, 2026Housing affordability: the price didn't change, the payment did
The median home cost 5.49 years of median household income in 2023, the same as 2021. The mortgage payment on it went from 22 percent of that income to 34.
4 minJul 31, 2026The Phillips curve since 1948: a trade-off that keeps disappearing
Each dot is a year of US unemployment against inflation since 1948, connected in time order. The inverse trade-off appears in some decades and vanishes in others.
4 minJul 13, 2026US inflation is back at 4 percent while China's sits near zero
The CPI rose 4.2 percent in the year through May while China posted a third straight year of nearly flat prices. The two largest economies are pulling apart.
4 minJul 3, 2026US vs China GDP: the gap widened to a record $11.3 trillion in 2025
American output reached $30.8 trillion while China's dollar GDP grew 7 percent over four years. The gap is the widest in the 65-year World Bank series.
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