Some of our most prominent economic statistics measure change in the total output of the U.S. economy. But this single number approach to economic progress rings hollow with many workers, who wonder why they aren’t seeing prosperity in their own lives. The goal of our GDP 2.0 project is to break down these monolithic numbers and understand how the economy is performing for Americans of different income levels, different regions of the country, and more.
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New research doesn’t overturn consensus on rising U.S. income inequality
January 10, 2024
January 10, 2024
GDP 2.0: Measuring who prospers when the U.S. economy grows
July 11, 2023
July 11, 2023
Executive actions to modernize federal data collection and improve measurements of U.S. economic inequality
March 22, 2023
March 22, 2023
New digital tools demonstrate the promise of measuring well-being in the United States
December 21, 2022
December 21, 2022
Structural racism and the coronavirus recession highlight why more and better U.S. data need to be widely disaggregated by race and ethnicity
September 24, 2020
September 24, 2020
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Testimony by Heather Boushey before the House Budget Committee
September 19, 2019
September 19, 2019
Newly released U.S. poverty statistics show that recent economic growth is not broadly shared
September 11, 2019
September 11, 2019
The death of the Phillips Curve is the time to lift up new economic indicators
September 4, 2019
September 4, 2019
The Federal Reserve’s new Distributional Financial Accounts provide telling data on growing U.S. wealth and income inequality
August 22, 2019
August 22, 2019
In Conversation with Gabriel Zucman
August 7, 2019
August 7, 2019
New data reveal how U.S. economic growth is divided
July 1, 2019
July 1, 2019
U.S. Congress asks Bureau of Economic Analysis to disaggregate GDP growth data
March 6, 2019
March 6, 2019
State of the Union speech highlights the need for more precise data on U.S. economic growth
February 7, 2019
February 7, 2019
Progress toward consensus on measuring U.S. income inequality
January 16, 2019
January 16, 2019
U.S. economic policies that are pro-work and pro-worker
January 2, 2019
January 2, 2019
New financial health survey shows that traditional metrics of economic growth don’t apply to most U.S. households’ incomes and savings
December 5, 2018
December 5, 2018
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