Dow at all-time
highs surpassing 2007 levels: An interesting "Then and now"
comparison.
• US GDP Growth: Then +2.5%; Now +1.6%
• Consumer
Confidence: Then 99.5; Now 69.6
• Total household
debt: Then, $13.7 trillion; now, $12.87 trillion.
• 30-year mortgage
rate: Then, 6.4 percent; now, 3.51 percent.
• Median existing
home price: Then, $206,700; now, $173,600.
• Regular Gas
Price: Then $2.75; Now $3.73
• Median household
income: Then, $54,489; now, $50,054.
• Inflation rate:
Then, 3.5 percent; now, 1.6 percent.
• Misery index:
Then, 7.5; now, 9.5
• Americans
Unemployed (in Labor Force): Then 6.7 million; Now 13.2 million
• Unemployment
rate: Then, 4.7 percent; now, 7.9 percent.
• Labor force
participation: Then, 65.8 percent; now, 63.6 percent.
• Americans On Food
Stamps: Then 26.9 million; Now 47.69 million
• Size of
Fed's Balance Sheet: Then $0.89 trillion; Now $3.01 trillion
• US Debt as a
Percentage of GDP: Then ~38%; Now 74.2%
• Total US Debt
Outstanding: Then $9.008 trillion; Now $16.43 trillion
• Federal budget
deficit: Then, $162 billion; now, $1.09 trillion.
• U.S.
corporate profits: Then, $1.46; now, $1.97 trillion.
• S&P
Rating of the US: Then AAA; Now AA+
• VIX: Then 17.5%;
Now 14%
• 10 Year Treasury
Yield: Then 4.64%; Now 1.89%
• EURUSD:
Then 1.4145; Now 1.3050
• USDJPY: Then 117;
Now 93
• Gold: Then $748;
Now $1583
• Crude oil per
barrel: Then, $80.26; now, $90.87.
• Regular Gasoline Price: Then $2.75; Now $3.73
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