Updated for 2009! Did you know that the average American spends 114 days working each year just to pay his or her taxes? Would you like to know the median income of families in the United States? How have gas prices fluctuated since 1970? How long have previous recessions lasted?
Newly updated, The AIER Chart Book contains charts on the topics above plus 100 others with compelling data ranging from the changing characteristics of new single family homes to the dollars that the United States has spent on economic and military assistance around the world since 1950.
A picture is worth a thousand words, and the easy-to-understand AIER Chart Book speaks volumes. These charts reveal important aspects of the nation’s dynamic economy and show you drastic changes over time in money, prices, output, productivity, population, employment, income, Federal debt, energy production and prices. Contents Money, Prices, and Interest Rates
Purchasing Power of the Dollar................................................................................ 1
Constant- and Current-Dollar M1 and M2 and Their Rates of Change....... 2-3
Foreign Exchange Rates ............................................................................................. 4
Purchasing Power of Gold and Selected Currencies in the United States .. 5
Price of Gold in Various Currencies ........................................................................ 6-7
Purchasing Power of Gold ......................................................................................... 8
Selected Interest Rates ............................................................................................... 9
Consumer and Wholesale Price Indexes .............................................................. 10
Selected Components of the Consumer Price Index ....................................... 11
Output, Productivity, and Distribution
Gross Domestic Product, Personal Consumption
Expenditures, Exports and Imports ....................................................................... 12
Exports and Imports of Goods, by Country ........................................................ 13
Industrial Production .................................................................................................. 14
Capacity Utilization ...................................................................................................... 14
Value of New Construction Put in Place ............................................................... 15
Characteristics of New Single-Family Homes ..................................................... 15
Productivity and Compensation ............................................................................. 16
Economic Activity by Major Sector ........................................................................ 17
Health Care Spending ................................................................................................. 18
Population, Employment, and Income
Population of the United States .............................................................................. 19
Population and Labor Force ..................................................................................... 20
Employment by Selected Economic Sectors ..................................................... 21
Employment and Unemployment ......................................................................... 22
Nonagricultural Employees, by Major Sector ..................................................... 23
Labor Force Participation Rates ............................................................................... 23
Duration of Unemployment ..................................................................................... 24
Median Family Income ............................................................................................... 24
Average Hourly Earnings for Production Workers ........................................... 25
Misery Index, Fear Index, and Index of Consumer Sentiment ..................... 26
Government
Total Government Receipts and Outlays and
Total Government Employment .............................................................................. 27
Federal Receipts and Outlays ................................................................................... 27
Federal Debt, Deficit/Surplus, and Outlays by Function ................................ 28
Federal Receipts by Source and Federal Transfer
Payments by Category ................................................................................................ 29
Capital Gains Taxes ...................................................................................................... 30
Share of Income Taxes Paid by the Rich ............................................................... 31
Foreign Aid and Military Spending ...................................................................... 32
Days Worked to Pay All Taxes ................................................................................. 32
Social Security Taxes and Benefits .......................................................................... 33
Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds ........................................................... 34
Financial Indicators
Debt in the United States .......................................................................................... 35
Borrowing by Sector ................................................................................................. 36-37
Household Debt Burden and Household Real Estate ..................................... 38
Household Debt as Percentages of Disposable
Personal Income and Household Net Worth ...................................................... 39
Household Assets and Net Worth ........................................................................... 40
Stock Values and Net New Issues of Stocks ......................................................... 41
Net Worth and Market Value of Common Stocks, and
Dividends, Earnings and Cash Flows ..................................................................... 42
Ratios of Common Stock Values to Flows ............................................................ 43
Common Stock Prices ................................................................................................. 44
Technology and Internet Stock Indexes .............................................................. 45
National Home Price Index ...................................................................................... 45
Energy
Crude Oil Production and Prices ............................................................................. 46
Gasoline and Heating Oil Prices .............................................................................. 47
Natural Gas and Electricity Prices ........................................................................... 47
Energy Consumption and Production .................................................................. 48
Energy Consumption and Production by Source ............................................. 49
Primary Energy Consumption by Source and Sector ...................................... 50
Energy Flow .................................................................................................................... 51
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