After two years of Obama...here's your:
| January 2009 | TODAY | % chg | Source |
Avg.. Retail price/gallon gas in U.S. | $1.83 | $3.704 | 79.6% | 1 |
Crude oil, European Brent (barrel) | $43.48 | $105.02 | 147.7% | 2 |
Crude oil, West TX Inter. (barrel) | $38..74 | $104.78 | 155.9% | 2 |
Gold: London (per troy oz.)5 | $853.25 | $1,469.50 | 70.5% | 2 |
Corn, No.2 yellow, Central IL | $3.56 | $7.33 | 88.1% | 2 |
Soybeans, No. 1 yellow, IL | $9.66 | $13.75 | 42.3% | 2 |
Sugar, cane, raw, world, lb. Fob | $13..37 | $41.39 | 184.7% | 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, ex. Military (curr = 12/10 prelim) | 2,779,000 | 2,940,000 | 2.9% | 3 |
Real median household income (2008 v 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 | 2,600,000 | 6,400,000 | 146.2% | 3 |
Poverty rate, individuals (2008 v 2009) | 13.2% | 14.3% | 8.3% | 4 |
People in poverty in U.S. (2008 v 2009) | 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 (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 prelim) | 1,575.1 | 1,865.7 | 18.4% | 13 |
U.S.. Money supply, M2, in billions (curr = 12/10 prelim) | 8,310.9 | 8,852.3 | 6.5% | 13 |
National debt, in trillions | $10..627 | $14..052 | 32.2% | 14 |
Just take this last item: In the last two years we have accumulated national debt at a rate more than 27 times as fast as during the rest of our entire nation's history.
Metaphorically speaking, if you are driving in the right lane doing 65 MPH and a car rockets past you in the left lane, 27 times faster, it would be doing 7,555 MPH!
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
You realize of course that it is all George's fault, however, - - - So says Commie-Bama & the main stream press
