Garfield1966
Veteran
1,000,000
Number of people tobacco will kill this century if current trends continue. This is 10 times more than were killed last century.
+10%
Change since 1998 in the average amount of nicotine that cigarettes deliver to the lungs.
+20%
Change for Kool menthol cigarettes.
$71,000,000,000
Estimated amount that smog costs California in extra health care expenses each year.
45%
Percentage of US GDP represented by salaries and wages today.
0
Number of years since record keeping began in 1929 that this percentage has been this low.
(Are there any economists that can explain this in layman's terms? I have an idea what this means but I'm not sure.)
2,000,000
Number of US mortgages whose interest rates will reset next year to higher levels.
25
Percent by which the average payments on these loans will increase
(can you say 'foreclosure'?)
Number of people tobacco will kill this century if current trends continue. This is 10 times more than were killed last century.
+10%
Change since 1998 in the average amount of nicotine that cigarettes deliver to the lungs.
+20%
Change for Kool menthol cigarettes.
$71,000,000,000
Estimated amount that smog costs California in extra health care expenses each year.
45%
Percentage of US GDP represented by salaries and wages today.
0
Number of years since record keeping began in 1929 that this percentage has been this low.
(Are there any economists that can explain this in layman's terms? I have an idea what this means but I'm not sure.)
2,000,000
Number of US mortgages whose interest rates will reset next year to higher levels.
25
Percent by which the average payments on these loans will increase
(can you say 'foreclosure'?)
