from Norm Witte. Excellent
Here's Your Change
| January 2009 | TODAY | % chg | Source | ||
| Avg.. Retail price/gallon gas in U.S. | $1.83 | $3.44 | 84% | 1 | ||
| Crude oil, European Brent (barrel) | $43..48 | $99..02 | 127.7% | 2 | ||
| Crude oil, West TX Inter. (barrel) | $38..74 | $91..38 | 135.9% | 2 | ||
| Gold: London (per troy oz.) | $853.25 | $1,369.50 | 60.5% | 2 | ||
| Corn, No.2 yellow, Central IL | $3.56 | $6.33 | 78.1% | 2 | ||
| Soybeans, No. 1 yellow, IL | $9.66 | $13..75 | 42.3% | 2 | ||
| Sugar, cane, raw, world, lb. Fob | $13..37 | $35..39 | 164.7% | 2 | ||
| Unemployment rate, non-farm, overall | 7.6% | 9.4% | 23.7% | 3 | ||
| Unemployment rate, blacks | 12.6% | 15.8% | 25.4% | 3 | ||
| Number of unemployed | 11,616,000 | 14,485,000 | 24.7% | 3 | ||
| Number of fed. Employees | 2,779,000 | 2,840,000 | 2.2% | 3 | ||
| Real median household income | $50,112 | $49,777 | -0.7% | 4 | ||
| Number of food stamp recipients | 31,983,716 | 43,200,878 | 35.1% | 5 | ||
| Number of unemployment benefit recipients | 7,526,598 | 9,193,838 | 22.2% | 6 | ||
| Number of long-term unemployed | 2,600,000 | 6,400,000 | 146.2% | 3 | ||
| Poverty rate, individuals | 13.2% | 14.3% | 8.3% | 4 | ||
| People in poverty in U.S. | 39,800,000 | 43,600,000 | 9.5% | 4 | ||
| U.S. . Rank in Economic Freedom World Rankings | 5 | 9 | n/a | 10 | ||
| Present Situation Index | 29.9 | 23.5 | -21.4% | 11 | ||
| Failed banks | 140 | 164 | 17.1% | 12 | ||
| U.S. . Dollar versus Japanese yen exchange rate | 89.76 | 82.03 | -8.6% | 2 | ||
| U.S. . Money supply, M1, in billions | 1,575.1 | 1,865.7 | 18.4% | 13 | ||
| U.S. . Money supply, M2, in billions | 8,310.9 | 8,852.3 | 6.5% | 13 | ||
| National debt, in trillions | $10..627 | $14..052 | 32.2% | 14 |
Just take this last item: In the last two years we have accumulated national debt at a rate more than 27 times as fast as during the rest of our entire nation's history.
Metaphorically speaking, if you are driving in the right lane doing 65 MPH and a car rockets past you in the left lane, it would be doing 7,555 MPH!
Sources:
(1) U.S. Energy Information Administration; (2) Wall Street Journal; (3) Bureau of Labor Statistics; (4) Census Bureau; (5) USDA; (6) U.S. Dept. Of Labor;
(7) FHFA; (8) Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller; (9) RealtyTrac; (10) Heritage Foundationand WSJ; (11) The Conference Board; (12) FDIC;
(13) Federal Reserve; (14) U.S. Treasury
(1) U.S. Energy Information Administration; (2) Wall Street Journal; (3) Bureau of Labor Statistics; (4) Census Bureau; (5) USDA; (6) U.S. Dept. Of Labor;
(7) FHFA; (8) Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller; (9) RealtyTrac; (10) Heritage Foundationand WSJ; (11) The Conference Board; (12) FDIC;
(13) Federal Reserve; (14) U.S. Treasury
JON TWORK KB8RSA
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