Publications by Veronique de Rugy

Charts by Veronique de Rugy

Temporary Staffing Declines in 2010 image

Temporary Staffing Declines in 2010

Veronique de Rugy | Aug 30, 2010
This chart by Mercatus Center Senior Research Fellow Veronique de Rugy illustrates the movements of one indicator of an economic recovery: temporary staffing levels.
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Update: Stimulus Funds and Unemployment

Still No Correlation
Veronique de Rugy | Aug 23, 2010
This chart examines a state’s unemployment at the time The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was passed and the stimulus funds that each state has received – there is no correlation between the two variables.
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Update: Jobs Loss and Creation Since the Recovery Act

Veronique de Rugy | Aug 09, 2010
Using the most recent quarter of stimulus data from Recovery.gov and data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, this chart by Mercatus Center Senior Research Fellow Veronique de Rugy puts job creation numbers in context.
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Companies Reluctant to Spend in Uncertain Regulatory Environment

Veronique de Rugy | Aug 02, 2010
Mercatus Center Senior Research Fellow Veronique de Rugy uses data from the United States Federal Reserve Bank to illustrate one of the greatest economic costs of the current policy environment: lack of business investment.
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Marginal Tax Rates Must Nearly Double to Fund Entitlement Spending

Veronique de Rugy | Jul 26, 2010
This chart by Mercatus Center Senior Research Fellow, Veronique de Rugy uses data from the Congressional Budget Office to illustrate the change in federal income tax rates that would be required to pay for federal entitlement spending.
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Medium-Term Debt Exceeds Expectations

Veronique de Rugy | Jul 19, 2010
This chart examines the most recent Long-Term Budget Outlook Congressional Budget Office projections of federal debt for the next 25 years.
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Total Welfare Cost of the VAT

Veronique de Rugy | Jul 12, 2010
Mercatus Center Senior Research Fellow Veronique de Rugy examines the true cost to the economy of instituting a Value-Added Tax (VAT).
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Government Growth Outpaces Private Growth this Decade

Veronique de Rugy | Jul 06, 2010
This chart by Mercatus Center Senior Research Fellow Veronique de Rugy uses data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to compare recent changes in government expenditures to those in private domestic investment.
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Private Sector Job Losses Dwarf Government Gains

Veronique de Rugy | Jun 28, 2010
This chart by Mercatus Center Senior Research Fellow Veronique de Rugy illustrates the trends in public and private employment since the start of the recession.
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Extra Taxes Required From Each Taxpayer to Erase the Deficit

Veronique de Rugy | Jun 21, 2010
This chart by Mercatus Center senior research fellow, Veronique de Rugy uses data from the Tax Foundation to examine the increases in taxes necessary to balance the annual federal budget in each of the next 5 years.