The Rats are shovel-ready for the dustbin of history.
Posted on 01/20/2011 6:49:38 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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January 2009
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Current
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% chg
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Source
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|
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Avg. retail price/gallon gas in U.S. (regular conventional)
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$1.83
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$3.104
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69.6%
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1
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Selected commodities:
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||||
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Crude oil, European Brent (barrel)
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$43.48
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$99.02
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127.7%
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2
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Crude oil, West TX Inter. (barrel)
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$38.74
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$91.38
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135.9%
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2
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Natural gas, Henry Hub, $ per MMbtu
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$4.85
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$4.48
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-7.6%
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2
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Gold: London (per troy oz.)
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$853.25
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$1,369.50
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60.5%
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2
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Corn, No.2 yellow, Central IL
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$3.56
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$6.33
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78.1%
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2
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Soybeans, No. 1 yellow, IL
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$9.66
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$13.75
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42.3%
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2
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Sugar, cane, raw, world, lb. fob
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$13.37
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$35.39
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164.7%
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2
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Consumer Price Index (for all urban consumers)
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211.1
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219.2
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3.8%
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3
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Producer Price Index: finished goods
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170.3
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183.0
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7.5%
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3
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Producer Price Index: all commodities
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171.0
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189.9
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11.1%
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3
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Unemployment rate, non-farm, overall
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7.6%
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9.4%
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23.7%
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3
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Unemployment rate, blacks
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12.6%
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15.8%
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25.4%
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3
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Number of unemployed
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11,616,000
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14,485,000
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24.7%
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3
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Number of fed. employees, ex. uniformed military (curr = 12/10 prelim)
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2,779,000
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2,840,000
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2.2%
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3
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Real median household income (2008 vs 2009)
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$50,112
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$49,777
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-0.7%
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4
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Number of food stamp recipients (curr = 10/10)
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31,983,716
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43,200,878
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35.1%
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5
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Number of unemployment benefit recipients (curr = 12/10)
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7,526,598
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9,193,838
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22.2%
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6
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Number of long-term unemployed, in millions
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2.6
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6.4
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146.2%
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3
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Poverty rate, individuals (2008 vs 2009)
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13.2%
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14.3%
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8.3%
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4
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People in poverty in U.S., in millions (2008 vs 2009)
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39.8
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43.6
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9.5%
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4
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House price index (current = Q3 2010)
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198.7
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192.7
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-3.0%
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7
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S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index: 20 city composite (curr = 10/10)
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146.4
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145.3
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-0.8%
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8
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Number of properties subject of foreclosure filings, in millions
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2.82
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2.87
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1.7%
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9
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DJIA (12,403 on 6/3/08, date BHO clinched Dem. nomination)
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7,949
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11,825
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48.8%
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2
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NASDAQ (2,480 on 6/3/08)
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1,441
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2,725
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89.1%
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2
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S&P 500 (1,378 on 6/3/08)
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805
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1,282
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59.2%
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2
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Global Dow
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1,356
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2,153
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58.8%
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2
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U.S. rank in Economic Freedom World Rankings
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5
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9
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n/a
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10
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Consumer Confidence Index (curr = 12/10)
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37.7
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52.5
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39.3%
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11
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Present Situation Index (curr = 12/10)
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29.9
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23.5
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-21.4%
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11
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Failed banks (curr = 2010 + 2011 to date)
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140
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164
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17.1%
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12
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U.S. dollar versus Japanese yen exchange rate
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89.76
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82.03
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-8.6%
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2
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U.S. money supply, M1, in billions (curr = 12/10 preliminary)
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1,575.1
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1,865.7
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18.4%
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13
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U.S. money supply, M2, in billions (curr = 12/10 preliminary)
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8,310.9
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8,852.3
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6.5%
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13
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National debt, in trillions
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$10.627
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$14.052
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32.2%
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14
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Sources:
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1 - U.S. Energy Information Admin.
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2 - Wall Street Journal
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3 - Bureau of Labor Statistics
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4 - Census Bureau
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5 - USDA
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6 - U.S. Dept. of Labor
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7 - FHFA
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8 - Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller
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9 - RealtyTrac
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10 - Heritage Foundation and WSJ
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11 - The Conference Board
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12 - FDIC
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13 - Federal Reserve
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14 - U.S. Treasury
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WELL DONE!
fIGURES DON’T LIE.
BUT LIARS FIGURE.
Just ask the Dums.
Ping!
The Rats are shovel-ready for the dustbin of history.
But hey.....”Together we thrive”, right?
Many professionals who were contract workers saw their careers simply evaporate, but since they were not employees, they could not seek unemployment. And for every person whose business died, there are ten more hanging on by the skin of their teeth.
Of interest to you ping!
Yes, we can. :-)
And this needs to be said about a 1,000 + times.
ping
They also had good professional relationships with many firms against whom they competed for business (and occasionally worked with on joint projects).
Of the thousands of families who depended on livelihoods related to his firm and/or its market area (as clients, contract workers, employees, competitors), all but a few are now broke, insolvent, bankrupt...or on life support.
Can you say MISERY INDEX????
For those of us who actually live in the real world, we know the economy is not getting better.
The list, ping
Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list
Ping this bad boy... thanks for the post.
Hey, this is what Obama meant by Sacrifice!
So democrats, hows that hopee changee thing workin for ya?
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