Even before President Joe Biden was sworn into office this week, it was clear that he and his administration would face a series of crosscurrents, competing national crises and global challenges that will demand immediate attention.
 
The economic shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic—both the damage it caused and the vulnerabilities it revealed in the U.S. economy—must be addressed if we are to build an economy that works for everyone.
 
EPI's Top Charts of 2020 chronicle last year's economic fallout of the pandemic and tell a devastating story—not only about a crisis that has challenged us all, but also about underlying inequalities that have made the crisis so much worse for so many. Take a look at the chart below which gives a snapshot of the economy the Biden administration must confront during their first 100 days in office.