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The U.S. Economy by Numbers
Can you answer these multiple choice questions about the American economy?
Last updated: January 31, 2019
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1.
What has been the approximate annual rate of inflation since the year 2000?
2.
About what percentage of American workers work in agriculture?
3.
About what percentage of American workers work in manufacturing?
4.
About what percent of the U.S. GDP is spent on health care?
Despite spending by far the most of any country, the U.S. is not in the top 30 countries in life expectancy
5.
About how much money did the federal government spend in 2017?
6.
What is the highest federal income tax bracket as of 2019?
7.
About what percentage of federal income taxes are paid by the 1% highest earners?
8.
What was the average rent for a one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco in January 2019?
9.
What is the national minimum wage?
10.
About what percent of the U.S. government debt is held by China?
Most of the debt is held within the United States
11.
What was the approximate median household income in 2017?
12.
What was the average price for a gallon of whole milk in 2018?
13.
What is the largest part of the U.S. federal budget?
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True or false. The U.S. exports more than it imports.
The U.S. has a gigantic trade deficit. Every year, it imports more than $500 billion more than its exports
15.
Which of the following investments has had the highest rate of return since 1950?
Stocks have outperformed nearly every class of investment by a huge amount
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