--- title: Information is the new oil. Get rich. | Trendlines by Gradient Metrics | economy (2) description: economy | Explore the Trendlines newsletter archive, full of data-driven stories and consumer insights, all served with a side of wit. 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As of June 1st, 51% of all Americans (including children) have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine including 41% who are fully vaccinated, ... Start Reading ](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/the-gender-return-to-normal-gap)[ Catherine Wagner2021/04/212 min read ## Tesla Stock: Asset Bubble or Champagne Bubble? Tesla — the most valuable car company in the world — is estimated to be worth more than $700 billion, but produced fewer cars than the next most valuable competitor, Toyota, by a ... Start Reading ](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/tesla-stock-asset-bubble-or-champagne-bubble)[ Kyle Block2021/04/211 min read ## Easy Come, (Not So) Easy Go In early March, Senate Democrats pushed a $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill in a party-line vote through budget reconciliation. A large portion – $410 billion – of that hefty price ... Start Reading ](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/easy-come-not-so-easy-go)[ Brendon Ellis2021/02/261 min read ## Ramp Up to Get Down Even while vaccine distribution has, at times, sputtered, U.S. state and federal officials are channeling their inner-Jimmy John’s, delivering roughly 1.5 million shots in arms ... Start Reading ](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/ramp-up-to-get-down)[ Brendon Ellis2021/02/111 min read ## GameStop Won’t Stop Now that the news cycle has oxygen to cover other interesting things happening in the world, said oxygen has been sucked up by a topic that most Americans would, on a normal day, ... Start Reading ](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/gamestop-wont-stop)[ Brendon Ellis2021/01/291 min read ## Herd Mentality We’re very excited (...eager...giddy, even) to announce that we are retiring one of our monthly tracked data points: the expected timing of a COVID-19 vaccine. Thanks to a couple ... Start Reading ](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/herd-mentality)[ Brendon Ellis2020/11/191 min read ## Are We There Yet? … Actually, Yes, Almost In case you weren’t aware, the pandemic is still a thing. November 4th came and went; and no, the virus didn’t “go away.” In fact, the United States is hitting record numbers of ... Start Reading ](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/are-we-there-yet-actually-yes-almost)[ Kyle Block2020/10/221 min read ## Did Someone Move the Finish Line? Start Reading ](https://www.gradientmetrics.com/trendlines/did-someone-move-the-finish-line)[ Kyle Block2020/08/27< 1 min read ## Finally, We’ve (Sort of) Plateaued Our monthly tracking of expectations for the economy to resume normal economic activity and the availability of a vaccine has finally, finally leveled. And we even see a glimpse ... 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