The U.S. economy is in an era of historic uncertainty. A recent report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that real American economic output fell by 0.3% in the first quarter of 2025.…
On Election Day 2024, the U.S. economy was top of mind for millions of voters. According to a pre-election survey, 78% of Americans said the economy was a “very important” factor in deciding how…
The term “middle-class” is often used in reference to a distinct, but amorphous socioeconomic demographic group in the United States. While there is a general popular consensus of who belongs to the American middle…
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, home prices have surged in the United States. According to the Case-Shiller Home Price Index, home values increased by 42% between mid 2020 and mid 2022. More recently, despite some…
The American dream — once a core component of the United States’ conception of itself — is essentially a belief in the possibility of upward mobility through hard work and risk. Public confidence in…
Home ownership has long been seen as a practical way of building wealth in the United States. Rather than cutting a check to a landlord every month, paying down a mortgage builds equity and…
The ranks of Americans who fall on the extreme ends of the income spectrum has been growing steadily in recent decades. According to a study from the Pew Research Center, 30% of the U.S.…
As an economic and military super-power without equal, the United States has an outsized role in geopolitics. American foreign policy, perhaps more so than that of any other country, can have a meaningful impact…
The term “banking hours” was once commonly used as a pejorative reference to the limited hours of operation for a typical banking institution. In previous decades, it was common for banks to open later…
The United States buys far more from foreign markets than it sells. According to the Observatory of Economic Complexity, the U.S. ran a $1.1 trillion trade deficit in 2023, importing over $3 trillion in…
With a combined market capitalization of nearly $30 trillion, the New York Stock Exchange is one of the largest stock exchanges in the world. However, unlike the investments tied up in the NYSE, which…
For much of the last half decade, wage gains made by the typical American worker have been wiped out by historic inflation. The consumer price index hit a multi-decade high in mid-2022, and partially…
President Donald Trump’s recently implemented tariffs represent a break from decades of economic precedent. In the years leading up to Trump’s first term in office, goods imported to the U.S. were taxed at an…
In terms of performance and capability, the .22 Long Rifle cartridge lags behind most alternatives. With a relatively small projectile and shell casing, .22 caliber ammunition lacks the stopping power of nearly every other…
Taxes are the single largest source of government revenue in the United States. At the federal level, taxes are levied as a percentage of annual income, and in 2022, the average American paid the…
The United States Constitution grants the president the power to set American foreign policy. Under their constitutional authority, presidents can dictate how the U.S. engages with the rest of the world through a wide…
In recent years, the cost of living in the United States has increased at a far faster rate than wages. Between 2021 and 2024, the typical full time worker’s annual income increased by about…
Amid rising demand and ongoing supply shortages, home prices have surged in the United States in recent years. The typical home for sale in the U.S. is listed for $424,900, up over 40% from…
As the central bank of the United States, Federal Reserve is charged with maintaining price stability for American consumers. The Fed targets a 2% annual inflation rate, meaning a dollar will lose 2% of…
After declining for much of the second half of 2024, home prices are on the rise once again in the United States. As of March 2025, the most recent month of available data from…
