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Visualizing The Cost of Renting vs. Owning a Home in Each State
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, homeownership rates dropped in the first quarter of 2019 after steadily rising for the past two years. Factors such as student loan debt, financial insecurity, and...
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Visualizing Monthly Mortgage Payments in the United States
Cash is king in real estate, but the reality is that most home buyers will need to take out a mortgage in order to afford a house. Many properties require at least a 20 percent down payment (less than...
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These Revealing Maps Show How Much Americans Pay for Electricity
Electricity is one of the necessities of modern life. It powers our computers. It charges our phones. For some of us, it even runs our vehicles. But that convenience comes with a price tag, which is...
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How Much You Have to Invest to Open One of the Top 20 Franchises
There are an estimated three quarters of a million franchises in the U.S. alone. While most people think of franchising in terms of fast-food restaurants, the U.S. Census Bureau notes that a number of...
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Visualizing The National Debt Boom in the Last Few Years
In February 2019, the national debt hit an eye-popping $22 trillion. The projected annual deficit for this year alone is almost $1.1 trillion -- that’s more than the GDP of Singapore, Norway, and New...
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Is Solar Installation Worth It? The Lifetime Savings in Each State
Advocates of renewable energy often claim its adoption should be considered an investment because, over time, the benefits of installation far outweigh the costs. Is that really true? Let’s take a look...
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Does Your Country’s Production Still Stack Up When You Consider Purchasing...
Beyond a country’s gross domestic product, economists also like to look at a metric known as purchasing power parity. Where per capita GDP shows roughly how much money individual people have, PPP...
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China and the Trade War: How Liquidity Reserves Can Affect the Game
A country’s total reserves can have a dramatic impact on its economic policies. In this post, we’ll look at the countries with the top reserves, especially China, and how that should impact China’s...
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How Much Life Insurance do You Need? It Depends on These Factors
Everyone needs life insurance. But how much each individual needs varies from person to person. You will want to find the right life insurance policy that accounts for how much money you earn and the...
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Visualizing Fragility & GDP: How Stable is Your Country?
In terms of stability, all countries are not created equal. Some are rich, some are poor, some are violent and some are safe. The Fund For Peace, a U.S.-based NGO, stack ranks 174 countries every year...
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What the Numbers Tell Us About the U.S. Drug Crisis
The U.S. has been battling a growing drug use epidemic for several years. This crisis has resulted in an increase in overdose-related deaths as well as an increase in prescription drug spending. By...
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Mapped: Who Owns the World’s Gold Reserves
In 2010, the world’s central banks stopped selling gold and started accumulating it. As gold provides a hedge against economic uncertainty and currency manipulation, the action of these central banks...
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A Snapshot of the World Money Transfer Market
Every year, migrant workers living in other countries send money back to their home countries. The flow of money earned in one country and sent to another is known as remittances. Remittances account...
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Mapping Out Each Country’s Largest Public Company
Recent IPOs filed by Silicon Valley firms like Uber, Lyft, and Beyond Meat have garnered significant media attention in recent weeks. While the American news cycle has covered a lot about these...
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Visualizing the State of Health Around the World
No two countries are the same when it comes to healthcare spending and outcomes. Our newest visualizations illustrate three key measures of health in each country: healthy life expectancy at birth,...
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Visualizing the Wealthiest Billionaires Around the World in 2019
Becoming a billionaire is about as probable as being struck by lightning (i.e. NOT likely). If you live in North America your odds of becoming a billionaire are one in 785,166. Your odds of being hit...
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Visualizing The World’s 100 Most Valuable Brands in 2019
Think of your favorite brand. If it’s a Big Tech company, like Apple or Microsoft, it may be worth something! That’s the takeaway from Forbes magazine’s latest list of the world’s 100 most valuable...
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In One Chart: A Decade of the U.S. Trade Deficit with China
Since 2010, the United States and China have had the world's largest economies by GDP. But one interesting difference is that the U.S. is the world's biggest importer while China is the world’s biggest...
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Mapping Out Each Country’s Largest Public Company
Recent IPOs filed by Silicon Valley firms like Uber, Lyft, and Beyond Meat have garnered significant media attention in recent weeks. While the American news cycle has covered a lot about these...
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The Biggest Foreign Holders of U.S. Debt - In One Chart
In 2019, the U.S. national debt reached a new milestone of $22 trillion. Taking on debt enables the government to increase its spending on various domestic programs or make up shortfalls from tax...
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