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January 2009
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TODAY
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% chg
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Source
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||||
Avg. Retail price/gallon gas in U.S.
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$1.83
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$3.44
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84%
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1
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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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|||
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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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2,600,000
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6,400,000
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146.2%
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3
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|||
Poverty rate, individuals
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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.
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39,800,000
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43,600,000
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9.5%
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4
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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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|||
Present Situation Index
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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
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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
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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
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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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The Americans With Disabilities Act, passed with bipartisan support in 1990 at the urging of then-President George H.W. Bush, enshrines the notion that every American can and should hold a job regardless of physical or mental limitations.Under the ADA, employers who refuse to hire or promote the disabled may be liable for money damages in federal court.Social Security Disability Insurance, however, pays people who can show that they are too mentally or physically impaired to remain in the labor force. In short, for many workers, SSDI creates a quasi-right not to work. Social Security Disability Insurance’s incentive not to work. http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-lane-social-security-disability-insurances-incentive-not-to-work/2012/07/30/gJQA8UvHLX_story.html.Many employers do not want to hire those on disability compensation due to being burned by previous men and women they have hired who were on disability.The real downside of the many who are fraudulently on disability insurance discourage workers who are genuinely disabled from applying, and when they do, are turned down many times, due to suspicious Social Security agents reviewing their applications. They in turn, must apply to lawyers in an attempt to overturn the Social Security decision.