COSMIC INVESTOR ·°. STATISTICS
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have been revised and/or corrected since first publication. And sometimes I can't read
my own writing and enter a wrong figure or I get one item confused with another similiar
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COSMIC INVESTOR SELECT ECONOMIC STATISTICS...
CIR: JULY - SEPT 2002
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Statistic: Two Years Ago Recent Year Ago
S&P 500, PE Average 22.81 33.57 30.02
S&P 500, Dividend Yield Average 1.34% 1.79% 1.41%
DJIA 9,878.78 8,322.40 9,545.17
Total Short Sales, NYSE (000s sh) 766,089 933,299 614,590
CRB 244.53 228.65 184.12
Gold Price per Ounce 261.24 313.00 277.25
Silver Price per Ounce na 4.41 4.24
Oil Price per Barrel, Saudi Light 22.38 24.81 19.37
Oil Price per Barrel, West Texas 22.60 27.28 22.18
Japanese Yen, Value of U.S. Dollar in Yen 123.72 123.59 118.61
Euro Dollar, in actual U.S. Dollars 1.1324 1.01560 .9114
LIBOR, 3 Month Rate 4.879% 1.82% 2.28%
German Prime Rate 4.75% 3.25% 3.75%
Japanese Prime Rate, Long Term 1.375% 1.375% 1.375%
U.S. Prime Rate 8.00% 4.75% 5.50%
U.S. Federal Funds Rate 4.50% 1.25% 2.00%
U.S. Trade Balance (BB$) -33.26 -38.46 -29.45
U.S. Factory Utilization 79.4% 75.9% 75.5%
Factory Inventories (BB$) 496.28 427.92 464.93
Factory Orders, New (BB$) 388.60 326.63 332.39
New Housing Starts (000s units) 1,647 1,727 1,582
U.S., Canada Working Oil Rig Count 1,532 1,049 1,403
Consumer Confidence 117.0 93.3 97.0
Consumer Installment Debt (BB$) 1,549.9 1,730.7 1,593.8
U.S. Unemployment Rate 4.2% 5.7% 5.0%
Help Wanted Index na 41 53
Average Hourly U.S. Wages 14.10 14.87 14.43
Household Income, Monthly Average 8,969 9,002 8,776
Durable Goods, Consumption (BB$) 206.52 180.0 170.1
Inflation Rate 3.5% 2.8% 4.1%
Personal Consumption 7,174.2 7,254.7 6,959.8
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