Breasts and buttocks down, lips up: plastic surgery in the US
How the economic downturn has affected cosmetic surgery procedures in America• Get the data
It seems that the recession is continuing to hit the cosmetic surgery industry in the United States, according to new data from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons on plastic surgery carried out in the US last year.
Figures for 2008 showed [...]
US federal deficit: who owns America’s debt?
Find out which countries are propping up the US economy
China has defended its investment in US Treasury bonds, amid concern that its position as the biggest investor in US debt may become political as well as economic.
Treasury bonds are how the US – and all governments for that matter – borrow money: they issue government [...]
Obama’s 2011 budget: US public spending by department since 1962
Barack Obama’s second budget is already controversial. Find out what it means for each department, how it compares to George Bush’s last one – and how it’s changed since 1962• Get the data
After a while they just appear to be unimaginably big numbers. By early 2011, the US government will have spent $3.8 trillion in [...]
Nasa budgets: US spending on space travel since 1958
As Barack Obama’s latest budget cuts Nasa funding and derails plans for a return to the Moon, we look back at how US space priorities have changed• Get the data
Nasa’s budget is under the spotlight. According to a report in the New York Times, its mission to return astronauts to the moon would be grounded [...]
Federal deficit: who owns America’s debt?
Find out which countries are propping up the US economy
The US national debt is still rocketing: the federal deficit climbed higher into record territory in August – hitting $1.38tn.
Where does that debt come from? The answer is Treasury bonds. This is how the US – and all governments for that matter – borrow money: they [...]
