Infographic: Ranking the World’s 20 Largest Economies

This graphic ranks countries by their forecasted gross domestic product (GDP) in 2025 and compares their inflation-adjusted growth since 2015. All figures are in 2025 dollars. Growth highlights over the past decade Ten years ago, economists predicted that China would overtake the U.S. as the world’s top economy. However, a pandemic slowdown and malaise in […]

Young Grads Bear the Brunt of Tightening Labor Market

College graduates looking to join the workforce this year encountered the most discouraging labor market in recent memory. The class of 2025 saw the number of job postings on Handshake (a career platform used to recruit college graduates) decline 15% from the previous year. The number of applications per job increased by 30%.1 The Federal […]

Mandatory Roth Catch-Up Contributions Begin in 2026

For nearly a quarter century, employers have been able to offer their retirement savings plan participants age 50 and older a valuable opportunity — the chance to make additional catch-up contributions to their plan. Thanks to the SECURE 2.0 Act passed in 2022, that opportunity became even more valuable: Employers may now allow plan participants age […]