The US economy has rebounded from the crisis

Productivity has slowed in most industries

Income inequality continues to increase

Output recovery has been weaker than after previous recessions, while the decline in the unemployment rate has been faster

Business fixed investment has recovered as output growth continues steadily

The exchange rate has appreciated sharply and export growth has slowed

Recession probabilities: real time and in-sample comparisons

Strong job gains and much lower unemployment rates

Price and wage inflation have remained stubbornly subdued

Real-time estimates of the US output gap can be misleading

Capital ratios exceed thresholds but risks remain

House price-to-rent ratios are broadly in line with historical trends

Household balance sheets have recovered from the crisis

The budget deficit has fallen

Healthcare spending has slowed

Public debt scenarios

The growth of the government capital stock has slowed markedly

Infrastructure quality appears to have deteriorated overall

Fixed (wired) broadband penetration is around average and relatively slow

Labour productivity growth has been weak recently

Aggregate corporate profits are hovering near post-war highs

Relative prices have fallen with productivity growth

Bankruptcy reform reduced filings and increased incorporation

Markets have become more concentrated, on balance

Licencing of occupations and regulation in services restrict business dynamism

Income inequality has been trending upwards

High, but unequal well-being

Education performance has improved though skills remain weak on average

Student loans have become a much more important element of household debt

US labour-market participation has fallen

The gender wage gap has declined over time, but remains comparatively high

Wage gaps are large between population groups

Employment rates are lower amongst blacks

Health un-insurance has dropped since 2013

Contribution of domestic natural capital to output growth, 1991-2013 averages

Green growth indicators for the United States

Productivity has slowed in the USA and in the OECD as a whole

Capital deepening and multifactor productivity have held back U.S. productivity growth

The productivity slowdown is pervasive across industries

Capital formation has been broadly in line with overall activity

Lending conditions for businesses have been eased since the crisis, and uncertainty has subsided

Despite a wide gap between returns on produced assets and borrowing costs, corporations are accumulating financial assets

Innovative effort seems robust overall, but is shifting toward the private sector

The US ratio of overall R&D expenditures to GDP is somewhat above the OECD average

Efforts to speed patenting are paying off, but the process is still lengthy

The business sector is gradually becoming less dynamic

Increases in small business collateral requirements during the crisis have not been reversed

The share of non-labour compensation in aggregate income has risen

The link between an industry's productivity and its relative price has loosened

Merger and acquisition activity has been elevated over the past two decades

Price mark-ups and market concentration at the industry level

Agglomeration benefits and city size

Labour quality is not rising fast enough to offset decelerating hours worked

Income inequality is pronounced in the United States

Intergenerational income mobility is comparatively low

Enrolment in higher education has risen

Wage premia for college are varied

Spending on active labour market programmes is comparatively low

Labour market flows have diminished

Inter-state migration has been declining

Gains in female labour force participation have petered out

Women tend to work in lower paying sectors

Disability rolls have risen substantialy

The prison population is high

Fixed (wired) broadband penetration is around average and relatively slow and expensive

Jobs are less accessible in sprawling cities

Rush hour commuting has become slower