Keyword: income

Breaking Down Income Inequality in the U.S. Income inequality in the U.S. worsens. This chart puts things into perspective. Image: howmuch.net

Inequality – Income Mobility Across Generations In the United States, it takes five generations for individuals born in low-income families to reach the mean income in society. In Danemark, it takes “only” two generations. Image: Deutsche Bank Global Research

U.S. Corporate Income Tax Rate Thanks to Trump’s tax cuts, the median S&P500 company effective tax rate is 19%. Image: Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research

U.S. Share of Global Investment-Grade Fixed-Income Yield With negative yields in Europe and Japan, the U.S. now accounts for 95% of the positive investment-grade yield. Image: Legg Mason

S&P 500 Operating EPS vs. USA National Income, Corporate Profits Thanks to buybacks, this chart clearly shows the current divergence. Is a new bubble being formed? Image: Nordea and Macrobond

Global Fixed Income Market In Different Yield Buckets Nowadays, the scarcity of yield with 20% of global bonds below 0%. Image: ICE Data Indices, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Lower Incomes Paid the Highest Price Low-income groups are slowly recovering after the financial crisis. Inequality: you may also like “U.S. Net Worth by Wealth Bracket.” Image: Deutsche Bank Global Research

Income Shares of the Top 1% in Various Countries The richest 1% of Americans take 20% of national income, but the richest 1% of the Dutch people only 6%. Denmark and the Netherlands are the countries that are the most equal. Image: World Economic Forum

Smoothed U.S. Recession Probabilities Currently, the probability of recession is 2.76%. When this recession indicator exceeds 5% (red line), history tells us that the probability of recession increases significantly. The chart shows the smoothed U.S. recession probabilities indicator on a log scale. Smoothed U.S. recession probabilities are obtained from a dynamic-factor markov-switching model applied to…

Where Do State Tax Revenues Come From? The most important category of revenue is individual income, followed by general sales. Income taxes paid by corporations rank fourth. Image: howmuch.net