Saturday, January 28, 2012

Here's your change! - In just three years Obama accomplished all this - Wow, what a guy!

Here's your change!

January 2009
TODAY
% chg
Source
Avg. Retail price/gallon gas in U.S.
$1.83
$3.44
84%
1



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











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



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
2,779,000
2,840,000
2.2%
3



Real median household income
$50,112
$49,777
-0.7%
4



Number of food stamp recipients
31,983,716
43,200,878
35.1%
5



Number of unemployment benefit recipients
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
13.2%
14.3%
8.3%
4



People in poverty in U.S.
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
29.9
23.5
-21.4%
11



Failed banks
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
1,575.1
1,865.7
18.4%
13



U.S. Money supply, M2, in billions
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.
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

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