Weave together interesting data, eye-catching visuals, and a traditional story flow, and you have the ingredients for a narrative that finds historical truth and acts as a guide for the actions necessary to improve the future. Or that’s at least what a recent Council of Economic Advisors post distributed by the Biden White House hoped to accomplish ahead on the election cycle. Using CPI and BLS hourly pay data, the report shows hours of work needed to purchase a week’s worth of groceries have fallen back to rates from 2019. This creative data storytelling comes at a critical time, as confidence in President Joe Biden to recommend or do the right thing for the economy is among the lowest Gallup has measured for any president since 2001. And that subpar rating will more than likely have significant electoral implications.

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