more numbers...

i've seen this twice in as many days, so the Universe must be telling me to repost it here:


BETTER OFF?

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Jan 2001-------------------NOW
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Dow
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10,587.60--------------------9825.35



NASDAQ
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2,770.38---------------------1757.22



Euro
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$.94-----------------------------$1.24



Oil
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$25.70--------------------------$46.58



Unemployment
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3.8%-----------------------------5.5%



Surplus--------------Deficit
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(+$119b)-----------------------(-$478b)



Trade deficit, per month
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$33.5b---------------------------$55.8b




the first place i saw it posted added the following statistic:


Job?
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yes----------------------------------no