America's Economic Future – A Discussion By Ted Kavadas
Yesterday saw the release of “Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States, 2011″ (pdf) from the U.S. Census Bureau. As seen on page 5: Median household income was $50,054 in 2011, a 1.5 percent decline in real terms from 2010. This was the second consecutive annual decline in household income. In 2011, real median …
In the October 22-23 Wall Street Journal, there was an article titled “The Wild Ride Of The 1%.” This article discusses the fluctuations, and causes of fluctuations, of the wealth of the country’s most affluent. While the entire article is worthwhile reading, I found the following excerpts to be particularly notable: The American rich, who …
Yesterday the New York Times had an article titled “Recession Officially Over, U.S. Incomes Kept Falling.” It discusses trends in real median family income over the last few years. While the entire article is worthwhile, here are a few excerpts I found most notable: In a grim sign of the enduring nature of the economic …
In the September 20, 2010 post (“Real Median Household Income & Poverty Measures“) I highlighted the lack of significant long-term growth in Real Median Household Income. As I stated in that post: …Real Median Household Income has experienced anemic growth for decades. Doug Short, in his September 13 blog post titled “U.S. Household Incomes: A …
Yesterday saw the release of “Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States, 2010″ (pdf) from the U.S. Census Bureau. Real Median Household Income was $49,445 in 2010, as seen on page 5. On page 14, the Poverty Rate is seen at 15.1%, encompassing 46.2 million people. As seen on the chart on page …
In the September 20, 2010 post (“Real Median Household Income & Poverty Measures“) I highlighted the lack of significant long-term growth in Real Median Household Income. As I stated in that post: …Real Median Household Income has experienced anemic growth for decades. Doug Short, in his August 30 blog post titled “U.S. Household Incomes: A …
As seen in the recently (September 16) released “Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States, 2009” (pdf) from the U.S. Census Bureau, Real Median Household Income was $49,777 in 2009, as seen on page 6. On page 14, the Poverty Rate is seen at 14.3%, encompassing 43.6 million people. As seen on …
On July 1, 2010 ContraryInvestor.com posted the following chart: (click on chart to enlarge image) I find this chart interesting especially given its long-term perspective. As seen by this measure, the post-2007 experience is (very) atypical… back to <home> SPX at 1102.66 as this post is written