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DEPRESTATS
0.25 % ... 3-month
LIBOR
5.01 % ... avg. 30-year mortgage
9.7 %... Unemployment
16.5 % ...Real Unemployment
(U-6) includes persons no longer seeking and part-timers seeking full time work: - January: 13.9%,
- February: 14.8%, - March: 15.6%, - April: 15.8%,
- May: 16.4%, - June: 16.5% - July:16.3 - Aug: 16.7 - Sept: 17.0 - Nov. 17.3)
8.4 ...million... jobs lost since Dec. 2007
10.4... million
collecting unemployment benefits
38.2... million enrolled in food stamp program
155...
US Banks closed 2009-10 (172 since 2007)
12... US
States have 10+ % JOBLESS
138...
Metro areas have 10%+ JOBLESS
19... Over 15%
10... NEWSPAPERS
Closed or Bankrupt
Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune Co., Philadelphia
Newspapers, Rocky Mountain News, Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, Journal Register
Tucson Citizen,
AnnArbor News, Minneapols Star Tribune, Media News
2... AUTO MANUFACTURERS Bankrupt
Chrysler (sold to Fiat)
GM (sold
to gov't & union) _________________________
INFLACION REGIONAL EN PORCENTAJES
CLICK HERE TO SEE US TREASURY DEPT. BALANCE SHEET
CLICK HERE TO SEE US TREASURY DEPT. STATEMENT OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
CLICK HERE TO SEE USGAO's Fiscal Year 2008 Financial Report of the United States Government
CLICK HERE TO SEE FULL 2008 Financial Report of the United States Government published by the Department of the Treasury (pdf,
194 PAGES)
The following sites provide more coverage on economic and financial issues:
International Federation of Accountants' FINANCIAL CRISIS RESOURCE CENTER
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' ECONOMIC CRISIS RESOURCE CENTER
CNN's THE RESCUE SPECIAL...contains several pages of key info
REALTIME ECONOMIC ISSUES WATCH, Peterson Institute for International Economics
NATIONAL INFLATION ASSOCIATION NEWS
"The Reckoning" NEW YORK TIMES award winning series of 19 articles on the causes of the financial crisis
RECESSION / DEPRESSION: 3413 Articles from the New York Times
DAILY FINANCE
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation
RGE MONITOR: Complete Coverage of the Global Financial Crisis
GLOBAL ECONOMY IN CRISIS Special webpage of Council on Foreign Relations
Financial Times' Global Financial Crisis webpage
Financial Times: US DOWNTURN (Magnificent understatement)Website
Financial Times: Detroit in Distress Website
ECONOMY WATCH, Washington Post coverage of the financial crisis
ABC News Investigative Page
The Madoff Scandal: Full Coverage by ABC News
ProPublica Eye on the Stimulus
ProPublica Breaking News
FINANCIAL CRISIS: Telegraph UK
LA CRISIS - PAGINA ESPECIAL DE BBC
MORE LINKS OF INTEREST
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