Informaciones noticiosas y comentarios.
January 20, 2011
Report Card on Obama's First Two Years
Two years ago today, Barack Obama was inaugurated as president of
the United States. Are you better off today than you were two years ago?
Numbers don't lie, and here are the data on the impact he has had on the lives of Americans:
Numbers don't lie, and here are the data on the impact he has had on the lives of Americans:
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January
2009
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Current
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%
chg
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Source
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Avg. retail price/gallon gas
in U.S. (regular conventional)
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$1.83
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$3.104
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69.6%
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1
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Selected
commodities:
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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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Natural gas, Henry Hub,
$ per MMbtu
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$4.85
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$4.48
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-7.6%
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2
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Gold: London (per troy
oz.)
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$853.25
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$1,369.50
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60.5%
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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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Consumer Price Index (for all
urban consumers)
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211.1
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219.2
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3.8%
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3
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Producer Price Index:
finished goods
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170.3
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183.0
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7.5%
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3
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Producer Price Index: all
commodities
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171.0
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189.9
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11.1%
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3
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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, ex.
uniformed military (curr = 12/10 prelim)
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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
(2008 vs 2009)
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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 (curr = 10/10)
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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 (curr = 12/10)
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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, in millions
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2.6
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6.4
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146.2%
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3
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Poverty rate, individuals
(2008 vs 2009)
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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.,
in millions (2008 vs 2009)
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39.8
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43.6
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9.5%
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4
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House price index (current =
Q3 2010)
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198.7
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192.7
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-3.0%
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7
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S&P/Case-Shiller Home
Price Index: 20 city composite (curr = 10/10)
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146.4
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145.3
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-0.8%
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8
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Number of properties
subject of foreclosure filings, in
millions
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2.82
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2.87
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1.7%
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9
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DJIA (12,403 on 6/3/08, date
BHO clinched Dem. nomination)
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7,949
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11,825
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48.8%
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2
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NASDAQ (2,480 on
6/3/08)
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1,441
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2,725
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89.1%
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2
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S&P 500 (1,378 on
6/3/08)
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805
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1,282
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59.2%
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2
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Global
Dow
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1,356
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2,153
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58.8%
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2
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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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Consumer Confidence Index
(curr = 12/10)
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37.7
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52.5
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39.3%
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11
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Present Situation Index (curr
= 12/10)
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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 (curr = 2010 +
2011 to date)
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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 (curr = 12/10 preliminary)
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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 (curr = 12/10 preliminary)
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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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Sources:
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1 - U.S. Energy Information
Admin.
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2 - Wall Street
Journal
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3 - Bureau of Labor
Statistics
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4 - Census
Bureau
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5 -
USDA
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6 - U.S. Dept. of
Labor
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7 -
FHFA
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8 - Standard &
Poor's/Case-Shiller
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9 -
RealtyTrac
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10 - Heritage Foundation and
WSJ
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11 - The Conference
Board
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12 -
FDIC
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13 - Federal
Reserve
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14 - U.S.
Treasury
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