Posted on 02/11/2011 7:47:39 PM PST by TigerClaws
What is/are your source(s)? And, BTW, formatting wants to be friends with you.
| Description (Source) | 2009 | Today | Percent Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. retail price/gallon gas in U.S. (U.S. Energy Information Admin.) | $1.83 | $3.104 | 69.6% |
| Crude oil, European Brent (barrel) (Wall Street Journal) | $43.48 | $99.02 | 127.7% |
| Crude oil, West TX Inter. (barrel) (Wall Street Journal) | $38.74 | $91.38 | 135.9% |
| Gold: London (per troy oz.) (Wall Street Journal) | $853.25 | $1,369.50 | 60.5% |
| Corn, No.2 yellow, Central IL (Wall Street Journal) | $3.56 | $6.33 | 78.1% |
| Soybeans, No. 1 yellow, IL (Wall Street Journal) | $9.66 | $13.75 | 42.3% |
| Sugar, cane, raw, world, lb. fob (Wall Street Journal) | $13.37 | $35.39 | 164.7% |
| Unemployment rate, non-farm, overall (Bureau of Labor Statistics) | 7.6% | 9.4% | 23.7% |
| Unemployment rate, blacks (Bureau of Labor Statistics) | 12.6% | 15.8% | 25.4% |
| Number of unemployed (Bureau of Labor Statistics) | 11,616,000 | 14,485,000 | 24.7% |
| Number of fed. employees, ex. military (curr = 12/10 prelim) (Bureau of Labor Statistics) | 2,779,000 | 2,840,000 | 2.2% |
| Real median household income (2008 v 2009) (Census Bureau) | $50,112 | $49,777 | -0.7% |
| Number of food stamp recipients (curr = 10/10) (USDA) | 31,983,716 | 43,200,878 | 35.1% |
| Number of unemployment benefit recipients (curr = 12/10) (U.S. Dept. of Labor) | 7,526,598 | 9,193,838 | 22.2% |
| Number of long-term unemployed (Bureau of Labor Statistics) | 2,600,000 | 6,400,000 | 146.2% |
| Poverty rate, individuals (2008 v 2009) (Census Bureau) | 13.2% | 14.3% | 8.3% |
| People in poverty in U.S. (2008 v 2009) (Census Bureau) | 39,800,000 | 43,600,000 | 9.5% |
| U.S. rank in Economic Freedom World Rankings (Heritage Foundation and WSJ) | 5 | 9 | n/a |
| Present Situation Index (curr = 12/10) (The Conference Board) | 29.9 | 23.5 | -21.4% |
| Failed banks (curr = 2010 + 2011 to date) (FDIC) | 140 | 164 | 17.1% |
| U.S. dollar versus Japanese yen exchange rate (Wall Street Journal) | 89.76 | 82.03 | -8.6% |
| U.S. money supply, M1, in billions (curr = 12/10 prelim) (Federal Reserve) | 1,575.1 | 1,865.7 | 18.4% |
| U.S. money supply, M2, in billions (curr = 12/10 prelim) (Federal Reserve) | 8,310.9 | 8,852.3 | 6.5% |
| National debt, in trillions (U.S. Treasury) | $10.627 | $14.052 | 32.2% |
Um. Did you rip that off from American Thinker without any attribution? IBTZ.
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you can really set the “table”, much appreciated!
this is a fascinating compilation, I would be a lot happier if I was not living in it.
Just makes me sick to my stomach. I was looking into opening my own business, but things just don’t look good enough right now to do that...
Yet, there will be no inflation!
Bernanke’s eyes are seared on the data, and his $600 billion dollar printing machines are totally in control!
You can bet on it, because this is the US government!!!!
Barry must be thrilled. Time for some hoops. Time for some ice cream. Time for a swim. Up yours America.
And so, we're in deep, deep economic trouble. And these liberals are going to friggin' sing and dance along, all the way, as they dance off a cliff.
Click on the source for the chart. Geesh!
I wish she/he/it had left out all the spaces, too.
I was wondering what I would do with myself for the next few days...
Great work formatting! Thanks!
As Harrison Ford said in “Six Days, Seven Nights” - I’m not without skills. ;-)
I’m pretty sure that gas prices aren’t really that high. Otherwise it would be on the news every night like it was under Bush. ;)
Well, obammy did campaign on change! This he has delivered on.
The media chased down every Bush doc, and when they couldn’t find dirt, they advanced fake docs. That was only the preview. Their masterstroke was creating and advancing a fake president.
This is beyond media corruption; it is criminal.
Big media has a garbage detail to sift through Sarah Palin’s garbage. Why has there been no investigative journalism on this impostor?
The Blogging Professor has the whole dirty, hot mess here:
Chicago Law School faculty hated Obama “because he was lazy, unqualified, never attended any of the faculty meetings, and it was clear that the position was nothing more than a political stepping stool”
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/03/the-biggest-hustle-in-human-history-.html
if you actually go to the link it reads easily
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