Economy of the United States | Wikipedia audio article
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Economy of the United States


00:04:11 1 History
00:04:20 1.1 Colonial era and 18th century
00:04:49 1.2 19th century
00:06:30 1.3 20th century
00:11:32 1.4 21st century
00:14:15 2 Data
00:14:33 3 GDP
00:17:24 4 By economic sector
00:17:33 4.1 Nominal GDP sector composition
00:17:59 5 Employment
00:21:06 5.1 Unemployment
00:24:16 5.2 Employment by sector
00:24:44 6 Income and wealth
00:24:53 6.1 Income measures
00:25:58 6.2 Income inequality
00:31:58 6.3 Household net worth and wealth inequality
00:34:37 6.4 Home ownership
00:36:04 6.5 Profits and wages
00:38:49 6.6 Poverty
00:42:34 7 Health care
00:42:43 7.1 Coverage
00:45:20 7.2 Outcomes
00:47:47 7.3 Cost
00:49:27 8 Composition of economic sectors
00:52:12 9 Energy, transportation, and telecommunications
00:52:24 9.1 Transportation
00:52:32 9.1.1 Road
00:53:19 9.1.2 Rail
00:54:03 9.1.3 Airline
00:54:40 9.2 Energy
00:56:15 9.3 Telecommunications
00:56:30 10 International trade
00:58:37 11 Financial position
01:02:20 12 Currency and central bank
01:03:44 13 Law and government
01:05:01 13.1 Regulations
01:09:44 13.2 Taxation
01:11:11 13.3 Expenditure
01:12:40 13.4 Federal budget and debt
01:15:32 14 Business culture
01:17:50 15 Demographic shift
01:19:37 16 Entrepreneurship
01:21:56 17 Venture capital investment
01:24:41 18 Mergers and Acquisitions
01:25:33 19 Research and development
01:26:03 19.1 Impact of recession on research spending
01:27:43 19.2 Business spending on research
01:29:41 19.3 Research spending at the state level
01:32:11 19.4 Research spending by multinational corporations
01:33:41 19.5 Exports of high-tech goods and patents
01:35:10 20 Notable companies and markets
01:37:16 20.1 Forbes top 10 U.S. corporations by revenue
01:37:31 21 Finance
01:41:23 22 Historical statistics
01:41:33 22.1 GDP
01:41:41 22.2 Employment
01:41:50 22.3 Manufacturing
01:41:58 22.4 Wealth and Income
01:42:07 22.5 Productivity
01:42:15 22.6 Inequality
01:42:24 22.7 Health spending
01:42:32 22.8 Tariff rates
01:42:41 22.9 Trade balance
01:42:49 22.10 Inflation
01:42:58 22.11 Federal tax
01:43:06 22.12 Government spending
01:43:15 22.13 Debt
01:43:23 22.14 Deficit
01:43:31 23 List of state economies
01:43:41 24 See also
01:44:13 25 Sources



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The economy of the United States is a highly developed mixed economy. It is the world's largest economy by nominal GDP and the second-largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). It also has the world's seventh-highest per capita GDP (nominal) and the eleventh-highest per capita GDP (PPP) in 2016. The US has a highly diversified, world-leading industrial sector. It is also a high-technology innovator with the second-largest industrial output in the world. The U.S. dollar is the currency most used in international transactions and is the world's foremost reserve currency, backed by its science and technology, its military, the full faith of the U.S. government to reimburse its debts, its central role in a range of international institutions since World War II, and the petrodollar system. Several countries use it as their official currency, and in many others, it is the de facto currency. Its largest trading partners are China, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Germany, South Korea, United Kingdom, France, India, and Taiwan.The nation's economy is fueled by abundant natural resources, a well-developed infrastructure, and high productivity. It has the second-highest total-estimated value of natural resources, valued at $45 trillion in 2016. Americans have the highest average household and employee income among OECD nations, and in 2010, they had the fourth-highest median household income, down from second-highest in 2007. The United States has held the world's largest national economy (not including colonial empires) since at least the 1890s. It is the world's largest producer of oil and natural gas. In 2016, it was the world's largest trading nation as well as its second-largest manufacturer, representing a fift ...