Report Card on Obama's First Two Years

Crude oil, West TX Inter. (barrel)

$38.74

$91.38

135.9%

2

Natural gas, Henry Hub, $ per MMbtu

$4.85

$4.48

-7.6%

2

Gold: London (per troy oz.)

$853.25

$1,369.50

60.5%

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

Consumer Price Index (for all urban consumers)

211.1

219.2

3.8%

3

Producer Price Index: finished goods

170.3

183.0

7.5%

3

Producer Price Index: all commodities

171.0

189.9

11.1%

3

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. uniformed military (curr = 12/10 prelim)

2,779,000

2,840,000

2.2%

3

Real median household income (2008 vs 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, in millions

2.6

6.4

146.2%

3

Poverty rate, individuals (2008 vs 2009)

13.2%

14.3%

8.3%

4

People in poverty in U.S., in millions (2008 vs 2009)

39.8

43.6

9.5%

4

House price index (current = Q3 2010)

198.7

192.7

-3.0%

7

S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index: 20 city composite (curr = 10/10)

146.4

145.3

-0.8%

8

Number of properties subject of foreclosure filings, in millions

2.82

2.87

1.7%

9

DJIA (12,403 on 6/3/08, date BHO clinched Dem. nomination)

7,949

11,825

48.8%

2

NASDAQ (2,480 on 6/3/08)

1,441

2,725

89.1%

2

S&P 500 (1,378 on 6/3/08)

805

1,282

59.2%

2

Global Dow

1,356

2,153

58.8%

2

U.S. rank in Economic Freedom World Rankings

5

9

10

Consumer Confidence Index (curr = 12/10)

37.7

52.5

39.3%

11

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 preliminary)

1,575.1

1,865.7

18.4%

13

U.S. money supply, M2, in billions (curr = 12/10 preliminary)

8,310.9

8,852.3

6.5%

13

National debt, in trillions

$10.627

$14.052

32.2%

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