Topic GDP 2.0

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

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GDP 2.0: Measuring who prospers when the U.S. economy grows

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Executive action to spur equitable growth

Executive actions to modernize federal data collection and improve measurements of U.S. economic inequality

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TOPICS: GDP 2.0
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New digital tools demonstrate the promise of measuring well-being in the United States

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Structural racism and the coronavirus recession highlight why more and better U.S. data need to be widely disaggregated by race and ethnicity

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Disaggregating growth

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Explore Content in GDP 2.0204

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New data reveal how U.S. economic growth is divided

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TOPICS: GDP 2.0
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U.S. Congress asks Bureau of Economic Analysis to disaggregate GDP growth data

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TOPICS: GDP 2.0
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State of the Union speech highlights the need for more precise data on U.S. economic growth

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Simplified distributional national accounts

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TOPICS: GDP 2.0
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Progress toward consensus on measuring U.S. income inequality

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U.S. economic policies that are pro-work and pro-worker

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New financial health survey shows that traditional metrics of economic growth don’t apply to most U.S. households’ incomes and savings

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TOPICS: GDP 2.0
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Measurement matters. An equitable economy is impossible without it.

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TOPICS: GDP 2.0
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U.S. income growth has been stagnant. To what degree depends on how you measure it.

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Equitable Growth hosts the 2nd Grantee Conference

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Testimony by Heather Boushey before the Joint Economic Committee

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In an age of inequality, aggregate and mean economic statistics don’t tell us enough

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TOPICS: GDP 2.0, Poverty
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