An annual Census Bureau report shows household income has gone up to $56516,but race and gender wage gaps persist and 43.1 million are still in povertyThe Census Bureau released its annual look at US household incomes on Tuesday, the most detailed report on the financial health of the nation in the hasten-up to the 2016 election. The economy is once again the central background of the 2016 campaign. The data confirmed what the Obama administration has been trying to convince American voters of for more than a year: the US economic recovery is here. But it also highlighted how much work remains to be done.
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Source: theguardian.com