The following curious personal finance and economic facts caught my eye recently:
1.2 — The number of barrels of oil per person per year consumed in China
26 — The number of barrels of oil per person per year consumed in the U.S. (source: Advanced Equities Asset Management)
50% — The percentage of Americans who say they still lack confidence in the U.S. banking system (it was 46% in April), according to Rasmussen Reports.
$740 – The average of what Americans say they will spend on Christmas presents this year; this is more than the $639 that Americans expected to spend in December 2008 according to Gallup.
61% — The percentage of Americans who support a health care plan that gives people an option to purchase a government health insurance plan that competes with private plans. (source: Quinnipaic Polling Institute).
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