8.10.2012

Statistics

Some interesting statistics for your reference.  All sources are footnoted below.


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











Corn, No2 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.
$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












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 Foundation and WSJ;
(11) The Conference Board;
(12) FDIC;
(13) Federal Reserve;
(14) U.S. Treasury

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