9.4 Million More Americans Below Poverty Line Than Pre-Crisis [Chart]

Is there really a recovery? Most recent data shows that there are 9.4 million more Americans in poverty than 2007, with growing inequality. Read more

How Do People in Different Countries Spend Their Money?

Have you ever wondered how much Russians spend on alcohol compared to different countries? Or how much households in Saudi Arabia allocate to recreation? Read more

Visualizing the Emerging Markets of the Future

With China’s slowing growth, and India lost in a maze of bureaucracy, who can we rely on as the emerging markets of the future? Read more

Number Crunching: The Impact of China’s Currency Devaluation

On August 11, China’s central banks shocked markets by devaluating the yuan in the biggest move in 20 years. Over one month later, here is the impact. Read more

Asia to Add 5,000 New Centimillionaires Over Next Decade [Chart]

In the old days, speculators would follow the gold rushes. Now, it’s emerging markets that provide the big chance to become the next centimillionaire. Read more

Millennials on Investing, Debt, and Banking [Chart]

Millennials are the most confident generation about their financial future. At the same time, they seem to have conflicting views on investing, debt, and banking. Read more

Most Americans Hit “Peak Income” More Than 15 Years Ago

This map visualizes when the household median incomes of U.S. counties reached “peak income”. For more than 80% of counties, this was over 15 years ago. Read more

How Affluent Millennials are Changing the Finance Industry

The 15.5 million affluent Millennials in the US already spend $2T per year, but they are set to inherit much more. How must finance change to service them? Read more

Visual Capitalist Launches “The Money Project”

The Money Project uses rich visuals such as infographics and data visualizations to explore the concept and implications of money. Read more

The World’s “Hot” Money [Chart]

In the last decade, over $7.8 trillion of illicit financial outflows have come out of developing countries. We follow the world’s “hot” money in this chart. Read more