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Read these reports to understand the financial forces that affect daily American life. Discover how exports and imports impact US taxes and debt, plus learn about inflation and other economic indicators.
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Current selection: Economy
Of the 167 million people in the nation’s labor force in 2023, approximately 3.81%, or around 6.36 million, were teens.
Individual income taxes made up 49% of federal revenue in FY 2023.
How do the 6% of Americans without a bank account use their money?
Cryptocurrency use has decreased from 12% of US adults in 2021 to 7% in 2023.
Since 2001, there have been an average of 5.8 million layoffs per quarter.
In 2023, nearly a third of US adults felt they were worse off than in 2022.
Earthquakes — mostly on the West Coast — cost the US around $14.7 billion per year.
A majority of funding for the 2024 election — over 65%, or nearly $5.6 billion — comes from political action committees, also known as PACs.
Aside from a small fraction grown in Hawaii, all of America’s coffee comes imported from countries like Colombia, Brazil, and Switzerland.
In 2021, the US had 161,031 Black-owned businesses, with more than a quarter operating in healthcare and social assistance.
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