On Tuesday morning, the United States Census Bureau released its annual report on income and poverty in the United States. Ostensibly, it didn’t contain many news-grabbing headlines. In 2013, the ...

This chart by Pavlina Tcherneva, an economics professor at Bard University, shows a simple yet shocking trend of how bad income inequality has gotten. The graphic illustrates the distribution of ...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released an updated Earned Income Credit (EIC) Table Chart to help taxpayers calculate their Earned Income Credit. TRAVERSE ...

The maximum income to qualify for Medicaid varies depending on whether you are married or not, whether your partner is also applying for Medicaid, and the type of Medicaid you are seeking. Going over ...

There is no absolute income cutoff for filing the FAFSA and many, even high earners, may receive financial aid or access to federal student loan benefits. Many assume that if a family earns “too much, ...

Let’s make some charts! In general, both nominal (not adjusted for inflation) personal income and nominal household net worth have exhibited an upward trend over the 20-year period ending in the first ...

The Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C., calculates two frequently used summary measures of household debt burden: the household debt service ratio and the household financial obligation ratio.2 ...