Over the past 50 years, both the way the federal government spends money and what the government spends money on has changed a lot. It used to be that most spending was what wonks call ...

But those making $160,000 a year still have almost two thirds of their disposable income left over after those monthly bills. Planet Money graphs one of our favorite topics: How families spend money.

Here's how income growth shakes out over the past 20 years by the education and age of the head of household. Among households headed by high school dropouts, incomes grew roughly in lockstep ...

The following graph puts this money printing into perspective. Inflation on the Horizon. ... (QE) of more than $4 trillion has increased money supply by 14% per year over the past decade.

The one chart that shows the ECB's money printing scheme is failing. Despite €800bn of asset purchases by the central bank the inflation rate in the eurozone is still zero.

That’s according to a chart from Deutsche Bank, which shows how global manufacturing has shifted dramatically since 1995. Standing out is the surge in China’s share of that global pie, which ...

Warren Buffett is stepping down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B) after leading the company to a mind-boggling run of stock outperformance against the S&P 500 (^GSPC). From 1965 to 2024 ...

Over the last 20 years, the Consumer Price Index for all items has increased by 63.5% (see red line in chart above), while the price of clothing measured by the CPI for apparel has fallen by 3.3% ...

The chart not only shows the years that go by as the prices at the Orlando, Florida, attraction changed, it also notes when various financial crises occurred, such as the 1973 oil crisis, 2008 ...

Despite tightening of monetary policy and curtailing money printing, the Central Bank (CB) is compelled to increase the reserve money base as a result of the Finance Ministry’s proposal to raise the ...

Tesla’s lithium refinery, which CEO Elon Musk called a “money-printing machine,” is now expected to come online sooner than anticipated. In September 2022, we learned that Tesla has a plan ...

China’s money-printing industry is running at "full steam" for foreign clients including Thailand, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, India, Brazil, and Poland, according to reports.