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AVG RETAIL PRICEGALLON GAS IN US 183 3104 696 1 CRUDE OIL EUROPEAN BRENT BARREL 4348 9902 1277 2 CRUDE OIL WEST TX INTER BARREL 3874 9138 1359 2 GOLD: LONDON PER TROY OZ 85325 136950 605 2 CORN NO2 YELLOW CENTRAL IL 356 633 781 2 SOYBEANS NO 1 YELLOW IL 966 1375 423 2 SUGAR CANE RAW WORLD LB FOB 1337 3539 1647 2 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE NONFARM OVERALL 76 94 237 3 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE BLACKS 126 158 254 3 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED 11616000 14485000 247 3 NUMBER OF FED EMPLOYEES EX MILITARY CURR 1210 PRELIM 2779000 2840000 22 3 REAL MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME 2008 V 2009 50112 49777 07 4 NUMBER OF FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS CURR 1010 31983716 43200878 351 5 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT RECIPIENTS CURR 1210 7526598 9193838 222 6 NUMBER OF LONGTERM UNEMPLOYED 2600000 6400000 1462 3 POVERTY RATE INDIVIDUALS 2008 V 2009 132 143 83 4 PEOPLE IN POVERTY IN US 2008 V 2009 39800000 43600000 95 4 US RANK IN ECONOMIC FREEDOM WORLD RANKINGS 5 9 NA 10 PRESENT SITUATION INDEX CURR 1210 299 235 214 11 FAILED BANKS CURR 2010 2011 TO DATE 140 164 171 12 US DOLLAR VERSUS JAPANESE YEN EXCHANGE RATE 8976 8203 86 2 US MONEY SUPPLY M1 IN BILLIONS CURR 1210 PRELIM 15751 18657 184 13 US MONEY SUPPLY M2 IN BILLIONS CURR 1210 PRELIM 83109 88523 65 13 NATIONAL DEBT IN TRILLIONS 10627 14052 322 14