Who pays what in federal taxes?
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RealEstate
In principle, we all have to pay taxes. That includes individuals and corporations. The graph attempts to answer the question of how much each source provides in federal taxes. It’s clear that individuals pay the lion’s share (which doesn’t include social security contributions), and the second-largest source is corporations. The third-largest source is tariffs on […]
How expensive is it to service the national debt? : A battle between interest rates and growth rates
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RealEstate
The U.S. federal debt has been rising steadily since the Great Recession and is currently 103 percent of GDP. So let’s enlist FRED to help us study the sustainability of this debt by looking at how much it costs to service it. Neil Mehrotra recently described the cost of servicing public debt as dependent on […]
The lowdown on loan delinquencies : Rates are lower than pre-recession levels…except for mortgages
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RealEstate
We heard a lot about the surge in mortgage delinquencies during the past recession. In fact, many believe this was the origin of the crisis. FRED has delinquency data so let’s see how things look now. The delinquency rates in the graph show the proportion of loans from the 100 largest U.S. banks that are […]
Are we moving toward a cashless economy?
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RealEstate
There’s a lot of talk that the U.S. is moving toward a cashless economy…at least in the sense that people are using more and more “plastic” (credit and debit cards) for transactions and that cryptocurrencies are becoming more popular. One test of this theory is to look at currency in circulation. If this measure stops […]
The unusual duration of unemployment : The scars of the Great Recession
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RealEstate
The graph above shows the unemployment rate (right axis) and the average duration of unemployment (in weeks, left axis). It’s well known that the unemployment rate is currently very low. However, the duration of unemployment since the Great Recession has never been longer.* What’s going on? The graph below has an answer. The share of […]
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