In this edition of Brookings Data Now, featuring facts and figures from Brookings experts’ research: Millennials will dominate future U.S. workforce; how many social mobility indicators the British track; Congressional gridlock measured; volume of China’s natural gas deal with Russia.
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By 2025, Millennials will comprise as much as 75 percent of the U.S. workforceBy 2020, this generation will represent one in three Americans. |
Number of indicators of social mobility trends tracked by the British governmentFour of ten Americans born into the bottom income quintile remain at the bottom as adults. |
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Percentage of the salient issues on the national agenda that are subject to legislative gridlockThe 112th Congress (2011-12) was indeed the “worst Congress ever” (along with the last Congress of the Clinton administration, 1999-2000). |
Amount, in cubic meters of gas, China will receive from Russia under its new deal with RussiaThe deal is reportedly worth $400 billion. |
Commentary
Brookings Data Now: 75 Percent of Salient National Issues Are Gridlocked in Congress
May 29, 2014