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127 pages: 32 calculators and tools, 25 live data pages, 70 reference pages · The full index · Financial Tools
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Price History of Everyday Items

What eggs, milk, bread, coffee, ground beef, gasoline and dozens of other everyday items have cost every month since 1980, from BLS average prices:...

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Chip Export Controls Tracker

Every entry on the Commerce Department Entity List by country and year added, a search of the whole list, a searchable history of Entity List rules,...

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Historical Mortgage Rates Since 1971

Every weekly 30-year and 15-year fixed mortgage rate from Freddie Mac since 1971, with averages, highs and lows by year and decade, the rate on any...

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How Dependent Is Your County on Washington?

Every U.S. county measured by the federal money flowing into it - Social Security, Medicare and other benefits, federal and military pay, contracts...

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The Dollar's Share of World Reserves

How much of the world's central bank currency reserves is held in U.S. dollars, euros, yen, pounds, yuan and other currencies, every quarter since...

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Foreign-Owned U.S. Farmland Map

Every U.S. county mapped by the farmland and forest held by foreign owners, from USDA AFIDA disclosures: which countries and companies own it, how...

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Travel Advisory Tracker

Live map of the U.S. State Department travel advisory level for every country, updated hourly, with every level raised or lowered since 2018, the Do...

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Pension Lump Sum or Monthly Check?

Whether to take a pension as a lump sum or a monthly check, with the IRS minimum lump sum and the tax on a cash payout.

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Buy Your Way In

Every country that sells citizenship or residence, the cheapest route in US dollars, a family cost calculator, the taxes you pay once you live there,...

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Inflation Calculator

What a dollar from any year is worth today, using Bureau of Labor Statistics consumer price data.

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United States Debt Clock

The national debt in real time, per person and per taxpayer.

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Paycheck Calculator

Take-home pay in every state for 2026: federal and state income tax, Social Security, Medicare, state disability and paid leave deductions, and city...

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Social Security Calculator

Your Social Security benefit at every age from 62 to 70, the break-even age, spousal benefits and the earnings test.

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Congressional Stock Trading Tracker

Every stock trade members of Congress disclose under the STOCK Act: the most active traders, the most-traded stocks and late filings.

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Mortgage Calculator

Monthly payment with taxes, insurance and PMI, extra payment savings and a full amortization schedule, with weekly Freddie Mac rates.

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Travel Advisory Tracker

Live map of the U.S. State Department travel advisory level for every country, updated hourly, with every level raised or lowered since 2018, the Do...

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Recession Dashboard

Eleven indicators that signal a U.S. recession - the yield curve, the Sahm rule, jobless claims, payrolls, GDP and more - each with a plain verdict,...

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