Why Study Economics?

Why Study Economics? Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer Howard University, Washington, D.C. September 27, 2016       I am very...

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World’s Largest Companies: 2016 vs 2006

Source: The Economist

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Penta-Millionaires: A Rising Class

From Boston Consulting Group: Two million families became millionaires in recent years, as penta millionaires and above surpassed a...

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Median Incomes Are Finally Improving (Charts)

Some fascinating data out on the long awaited improvement in middle incomes in America. The past year have seen the biggest recent gains...

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Technology’s Takeover: Top 5 Firms Are All tech

From Bloomberg: Amazon.com Inc. and Facebook Inc. allowed U.S. technology stocks to claim every place on a list of the world’s five...

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America’s Entrepreneurs

Crazy datapoint of the day: Nearly 1 in 10 businesses with employees are new firms, according to a new survey from the US Census....

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Measuring the effect of the zero lower bound on monetary policy

Fed (San Francisco): Fed (San Francisco): Measuring the effect of the zero lower bound on monetary policy

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Labor Force Participation Rate is a Tale of Two Genders

Labor Force Participation Rate: Men (Percent, Seasonally Adjusted) Source: Fred     A Job-Market Tale in Two Charts Maybe...

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Turnover Liquidity and the Transmission of Monetary Policy

Fed (Minneapolis): Turnover Liquidity and the Transmission of Monetary Policy by ritholtz1 on Scribd

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76% of $67 Trillion in Family Wealth Belongs to Top 10%

Source: Bloomberg

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