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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Then and Now:
# of People Employed in August 2001: 132 million
# of People Employed in August 2011: 131.1 million
Unemployment rate, August 2001: 4.9% (the highest in 4-years at that time)
Unemployment rate, August 2011: 9.1%
Dow Jones Industrial Average, Sept. 10, 2001: 9605.01
DJIA Sept. 8th, 2011: 11295.81
Federal Spending % of GDP in 2001: appx 18%
Federal Spending % of GDP in 2011: appx 24%
Debt in 2001: around 32% of GDP
Debt in 2011: around 100% of GDP
The dollar has fallen 37 percent in the past decade
Gold has increased 500%
According to PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment):
From 2000-2009, The United States went from…
Rose from 15th to 14th in reading
fallen from 19th to 25th in math
fallen from 14th to 17th in Science
Gas Prices: week after 9/11: $1.53
Now: $3.65
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