Bureau of Economic Analysis

Overpaid Public Workers: Actually, We're Moving Toward Consensus

Jason Richwine | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Public Sector Workers, Public Workers, Public Sector Compensation, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Dean Baker, Business News

Most Americans agree that public workers should be compensated for their skills at the same market rates as private employees. But right now, many public workers get an unjustified premium.

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States Where Incomes Are Rising The Fastest

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: North Dakota, Oil Industry, Wages, Oil, Personal Income Growth, Personal Income, North Dakota Oil Boom, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Business News

They don’t call them oil booms for nothing. An oil rush in North Dakota has helped the income of the state's residents grow at a rate significant...

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Consumer Spending Slows As Americans Dig Themselves Out Of Debt

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Savings Rate, Video, Unemployment Rate, Black Friday, Commerce Department, Consumer Spending, Personal Income, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Business News

As Americans pay down their household debt, their reluctance to spend is hurting the economic recovery. Though disposable personal income rose 0.3...

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10 Cities With The Biggest GDP Growth In 2010

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Great Recession, Double-Dip Recession, President Barack Obama, Manufacturing, Economic Recovery, American Jobs Act, Gdp Growth, Slidepollajax, Moody's, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Business News

For some of the country's largest cities, last year was a good one for growth. None less than the technology hub otherwise known as San Jose. Metr...

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Why US Growth Numbers Are Inaccurate

New York Times | BINYAMIN APPELBAUM | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: High-Frequency Trading, White House, The Commerce Department, George Washington University, Wall Street, Double-Dip Recession, Oil, Cars, Economic Recovery, Growth Rate, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Business News

Instead of chugging along in reasonable health, the United States had been hovering on the brink of a double-dip recession....

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Corporate Profits At All-Time High As Recovery Stumbles

HuffingtonPost.com | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK -- Despite high unemployment and a largely languishing real estate market, U.S. businesses are more profitable than ever, according to federa...

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Colorado Personal Income Growth In Second Quarter Near Last In Nation

Denver Business Journal | Mark Harden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado Economy, Colorado, Colorado Personal Income Growth, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Denver News

Total personal income in Colorado rose 0.8 percent in the year's second quarter from the previous quarter, one of the lowest rates of growth in the na...

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12 U.S. Cities Where Incomes Plummeted Last Year (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Nathaniel Cahners Hindman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Third World America, Washington DC, Commerce Department, Los Angeles, Personal Income, Slidepollajax, Income, New York, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Business News

Personal incomes declined last year throughout most of the nation, with the exception of a few regions propped up by federal funding, according to a r...

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Is Income Inequality Increasing?

nytimes.com | Nancy Folbre | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Population Survey, Income Inequality, Internal Revenue Service, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Business News

Most economists seem to agree that income inequality has increased significantly in the United States over the last 30 years. But they don't agree on ...

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Recession: Twice As Bad As We Thought, According To Government Revisions

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Floyd Norris, Recession Revisions, Bureau-of-Economic-Analysis, Recession Data, National Bureau of Economic Research, Recession, Business News

It's sort of a good news / bad news scenario. Today, U.S. GDP numbers revealed that the economy shrank only 1 percent last quarter, a much better ...

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Can The Lottery Help Us Save Money?

wsj.com | JASON ZWEIG | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Savings Rate, Saving, Lottery, Personal-Savings, Bureau-of-Economic-Analysis, Lotto, Business News

Based on recent headlines, you might think that Americans are finally saving again. Want to bet? In 2007, the latest year for which final numbers are...

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Bush Administration Hides More Data, Shuts Down Website Tracking U.S. Economic Indicators

Think Progress | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Economy, Economics and Statistics Administration, Family Debt, Bush Administration, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Mortgage Crisis, Census Bureau, Credit Crunch, Forbes, Deficit, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Business News

The U.S. economy is faltering. Family debt is on the rise, benefits are disappearing, the deficit is skyrocketing, and the mortgage crisis has worsene...

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