| | January 2009
| Current
| % chg
| Source
|
| | | | | |
Avg. retail price/gallon gas in U.S. (regular conventional)
| $1.83
| $3.104
| 69.6%
| 1
|
Selected commodities:
| | | | |
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
|
Natural gas, Henry Hub, $ per MMbtu
| $4.85
| $4.48
| -7.6%
| 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
|
Consumer Price Index (for all urban consumers)
| 211.1
| 219.2
| 3.8%
| 3
|
Producer Price Index: finished goods
| 170.3
| 183.0
| 7.5%
| 3
|
Producer Price Index: all commodities
| 171.0
| 189.9
| 11.1%
| 3
|
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, ex. uniformed military (curr = 12/10 prelim)
| 2,779,000
| 2,840,000
| 2.2%
| 3
|
Real median household income (2008 vs 2009)
| $50,112
| $49,777
| -0.7%
| 4
|
Number of food stamp recipients (curr = 10/10)
| 31,983,716
| 43,200,878
| 35.1%
| 5
|
Number of unemployment benefit recipients (curr = 12/10)
| 7,526,598
| 9,193,838
| 22.2%
| 6
|
Number of long-term unemployed, in millions
| 2.6
| 6.4
| 146.2%
| 3
|
Poverty rate, individuals (2008 vs 2009)
| 13.2%
| 14.3%
| 8.3%
| 4
|
People in poverty in U.S., in millions (2008 vs 2009)
| 39.8
| 43.6
| 9.5%
| 4
|
House price index (current = Q3 2010)
| 198.7
| 192.7
| -3.0%
| 7
|
S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index: 20 city composite (curr = 10/10)
| 146.4
| 145.3
| -0.8%
| 8
|
Number of properties subject of foreclosure filings, in millions
| 2.82
| 2.87
| 1.7%
| 9
|
DJIA (12,403 on 6/3/08, date BHO clinched Dem. nomination)
| 7,949
| 11,825
| 48.8%
| 2
|
NASDAQ (2,480 on 6/3/08)
| 1,441
| 2,725
| 89.1%
| 2
|
S&P 500 (1,378 on 6/3/08)
| 805
| 1,282
| 59.2%
| 2
|
Global Dow
| 1,356
| 2,153
| 58.8%
| 2
|
U.S. rank in Economic Freedom World Rankings
| 5
| 9
| n/a
| 10
|
Consumer Confidence Index (curr = 12/10)
| 37.7
| 52.5
| 39.3%
| 11
|
Present Situation Index (curr = 12/10)
| 29.9
| 23.5
| -21.4%
| 11
|
Failed banks (curr = 2010 + 2011 to date)
| 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 (curr = 12/10 preliminary)
| 1,575.1
| 1,865.7
| 18.4%
| 13
|
U.S. money supply, M2, in billions (curr = 12/10 preliminary)
| 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 Admin.
| | | | |
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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