PIIE Charts

PIIE Charts

PIIE Charts feature topical and informative data and graphs from PIIE blogs and other Institute publications. These colorful, data-intensive, and revealing visual presentations provide a good starting point and summary of our latest analysis.

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US labor market makes incremental gains but remains well below the pre-pandemic trend

Jason Furman (PIIE) and Wilson Powell III (Harvard Kennedy School)
US labor market makes incremental gains but remains well below the pre-pandemic trend

China is deindustrializing but has a way to go to match other upper-middle-income economies

Mary E. Lovely (PIIE)
China is deindustrializing but has a way to go to match other upper-middle-income economies

The pandemic led consumers to spend more on goods, less on services

Jason Furman (PIIE) and Wilson Powell III (Harvard Kennedy School)
The pandemic led consumers to spend more on goods, less on services

US unemployment is at lowest level since March but remains elevated

Jason Furman (PIIE) and Wilson Powell III (Harvard Kennedy School)
US unemployment is at lowest level since March but remains elevated

How the EU-UK Brexit deal affects Britons

Jacob Funk Kirkegaard (PIIE)
How the EU-UK Brexit deal affects Britons

2020 was a painful year for the US labor market

Jason Furman (PIIE) and Wilson Powell III (Harvard Kennedy School)
2020 was a painful year for the US labor market (featured)

US sanctions have not yet heavily targeted China's financial institutions

Jeffrey J. Schott (PIIE)
US sanctions have not yet heavily targeted China’s financial institutions

Rising foreign investment in China's onshore stocks and bonds shows accelerating financial integration

Nicholas R. Lardy (PIIE) and Tianlei Huang (PIIE)
Rising foreign investment in China’s onshore stocks and bonds shows accelerating financial integration (featured)

US debt has increased, but burden of servicing it has fallen

Jason Furman (PIIE) and Lawrence H. Summers (Harvard University)
US debt has increased, but burden of servicing it has fallen

Female labor force participation has been more resilient during the pandemic in the UK than in the US

Simeon Djankov (PIIE) and Eva (Yiwen) Zhang (PIIE)
Female labor force participation has been more resilient during the pandemic in the UK than in the US

Alternative unemployment measures reveal deteriorating US labor market

Jason Furman (PIIE) and Wilson Powell III (Harvard Kennedy School)
Alternative unemployment measures reveal deteriorating US labor market

To reduce unemployment further, policymakers must target permanent job losses

Jason Furman (PIIE) and Wilson Powell III (Harvard Kennedy School)

US fiscal stimulus helped boost spending in low-income areas early in the pandemic

Jason Furman (PIIE)
US consumer spending in low-income ZIP codes has returned to pre-pandemic levels

The US is trying to use export controls to restrict Huawei’s access to semiconductors

Chad P. Bown (PIIE)
The US is trying to use export controls to restrict Huawei’s access to semiconductors

Economies are recovering, but the pace will vary across countries

Karen Dynan (PIIE)
Economies are recovering, but the pace will vary across countries

Manufacturing employment declined more in countries with large trade surpluses than deficits

Robert Z. Lawrence (PIIE)
Manufacturing employment declined more in countries with large trade surpluses than deficits

The US labor market continues to improve but at a slower pace than before

Jason Furman (PIIE) and Wilson Powell III (Harvard Kennedy School)

US curbs on high-tech exports could worsen China's struggling phase one purchases

Chad P. Bown (PIIE)
US curbs on high-tech exports could worsen China’s struggling phase one purchases

Manufacturing trade surpluses may not prevent declining manufacturing employment

Robert Z. Lawrence (PIIE)
Manufacturing trade surpluses may not prevent declining manufacturing employment

US unemployment fell below 10 percent for the first time since March

Jason Furman (PIIE) and Wilson Powell III (Harvard Kennedy School)
US unemployment fell below 10 percent for the first time since March

Exchange rate regimes can give nations varying levels of autonomy over monetary policy

Maurice Obstfeld (PIIE)
Exchange rate regimes can give nations varying levels of autonomy over monetary policy

Fewer Chinese investments in the US are raising national security concerns

Martin Chorzempa (PIIE)
Fewer Chinese investments in the US are raising national security concerns

CFIUS declarations have risen under Trump, but investigations have declined since 2017

Martin Chorzempa (PIIE)
CFIUS declarations have risen under Trump, but investigations have declined since 2017

Cutting off federal COVID-19 aid threatens US employment, especially for Black households

Sherman Robinson (PIIE) and Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda (UCLA North American Integration and Development Center)
Cutting off federal COVID-19 aid threatens US employment, especially for Black households