Cartoon: Investing and Stress

National Debt Hits $15 Trillion

The Outstanding Public Debt as of 17 Nov 2011 at 03:03:21 PM GMT is:

The estimated population of the United States is 311,689,050so each citizen's share of this debt is $48,254.63.

The National Debt has continued to increase an average of $3.99 billion per day since September 28, 2007!

CPI: 3.6%

The Labor Department reported that U.S. consumer prices decreased 0.1 percent in October, due largely to falling energy prices, and that annual inflation now stands at 3.6 percent, down from a three-year high of 3.9 percent in September.

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Short Lived Millionaires

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Euro Exports by State

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How Bad is the Unemployment Situation?

If we continue to see sluggish growth with 125,000 payroll jobs added per month (the pace this year), it will take an additional 52 months just to get back to the pre-recession level of payroll employment.

If job growth picks up a little - say to 200,000 payroll jobs per month - it will take an additional 33 months to get back to the pre-recession level.

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How Bad is the Unemployment Situation?

October 2011 Unemployment Rate: 9.0%

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Income Mobility

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Has Capitalism Failed?

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