Some charts on the economy from 2011

(Economic Policy Institute)

The Economic Policy Institute is reprising 11 of its most "telling charts" from 2011. Below are two of those, and four other sources.

(Economic Policy Institute)

Since 1985, most of the increases in wealth (81.7 percent) have gone to the wealthiest 5 percent. Three-fifths of Americans saw their share of wealth decline in the same period.

(Blytic)

Record numbers of Americans are now supplementing their budgets with food stamps. Just two years ago, only 36 million were using food stamps; now 46 million are.

(Economic Policy Institute)

For every job opening, there are now four unemployed Americans. That ratio is a big improvement from the 6.9 to 1 ratio in the summer of 2009. But it's a long way from the 1.1 to 1 ratio of December 2000.

(Calculated Risk)

This monthly chart showing the pace of job recovery in 11 U.S recessions was created by Bill McBride at Calculated Risk and has become iconic over the past two years. Based on job growth in 2011, it will take until December 2015 before as many Americans are again working as were doing so in December 2007 when the recession began.

(Blytic)

The number and percentage of Americans out of work for six months or more is at post-Great Depression highs. Since many workers have given up looking for jobs, however, they are no longer counted in the official statistics, which means this chart understates the problem considerably.

(Census Bureau)

The Census Bureau’s report on child poverty shows a rapid increase since the recession began. Between 2008 and 2010, the number of children in poverty rose 3.2 percentage points, from 18.4 percent to 21.6 percent.

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