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Figure: PPI during the 2nd term of President Bush, figure produced by PPI Database on Bureau of Labor Statistics

"The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods fell 1.9 percent in December, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This decrease followed a 2.2-percent decline in November and a 2.8-percent drop in October. At the earlier stages of processing, prices received by producers of intermediate goods fell 4.2 percent in December after decreasing 4.3 percent in the prior month, and the crude goods index declined 5.3 percent following a 12.5-percent drop in November."

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Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor releases CPI and PPI monthly, job market status indexes weekly.
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sources from News Release (REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: DECEMBER 2008) by Bureau of Labor Statistics

"In December, there were 2,275 mass layoff actions, involving 226,117 workers. Mass layoff events decreased by 58 over the month, while initial claims increased slightly by 478. Over the year, mass layoff events increased by 806, and initial claims increased by 80,201. Layoff activity in manufacturing rose for the fifth consecutive month."
sources from Monthly Mass Layoffs News Releases for Dec 2008, by Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Source: ABC NEWS/BBC/ARD POLL – AFGHANISTAN: WHERE THINGS STAN, EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE AFTER 6 a.m. Monday, Feb. 9, 2009

sources: Residential Construction Trends in America's Metropolitan Regions

In recent years, Orange County has become widely known via television and other media portrayals as "The OC," creating perceptions of a largely homogeneous, wealthy populace. In reality, our county has experienced significant demographic change in recent decades, largely due to the impact of immigrants from throughout the world.

Figure: Percent of Farms with Internet Access
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Sources: Release Presentation, 2007 Census of Agriculture

The 2007 Census found that 57 percent of all farmers have internet access, up from 50 percent in 2002. For the first time in 2007, the census also looked at high-speed Internet access. Of those producers accessing the Internet, 58 percent reported having a high-speed connection.

Figure: Birth Rate for Teenagers by age, source: CDC/NCHS

(report below from NCHS)
New birth statistics released today by CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) reveal that the U.S. teen birth rate increased slightly in 2007 for the second straight year.

Figure: Global waterstress and scarcity, source: Vital Water Graphics from UNEP

The United Nations marked World Water Day March 22 with calls for more equitable distribution and efficient use of a scarce resource; a grim reminder that 6,000 people, mostly children, die every day from dirty water; and a message of hope for one of the planet’s poorest regions, Africa, springing from its rich potential for irrigation.

source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, figure by Sui

"The nation’s Asian, Native Hawaiian, and other Pacific Islander population had the lowest rates of violent and property victimizations among all racial and ethnic groups between 2002 and 2006," according to a study released on March 25 by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.

GDP growth, developing Asia, source: ADO 2009

The Asian Development Outlook, popularly known as the ADO, is a series of annual economic reports on the developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development Bank. The ADO provides a comprehensive analysis of macroeconomic and development issues for the DMCs of ADB. ADO 2009 was just released in March.

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sources: Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2008

In 2007, about 32 percent of 12- to 18-year-old students reported having been bullied at school during the school year and 4 percent reported having been cyber-bullied, according to Bureau of Justice Statistics and National Center for Education Statistics.

Each year since 1997, the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics has published a report on the well-being of children and families. The Forum alternates publishing a detailed report, America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, with a summary version that highlights selected indicators. This year, the Forum is publishing America's Children in Brief; it will publish the more detailed report in 2009. The Forum updates all indicators and background data on its website (http://childstats.gov) every year.

The Forum fosters coordination and integration among 22 Federal agencies that produce or use statistical data on children and families. The America's Children series provides an accessible compendium of indicators drawn from the most reliable official statistics across topics; it is designed to complement other more specialized, technical, or comprehensive reports produced by various Forum agencies.

The indicators and background measures presented in America's Children in Brief all have been used in previous reports by the Forum. Indicators are chosen because they are easy to understand; are based on substantial research connecting them to child well-being; vary across important areas of children's lives; are measured regularly so that they can be updated and show trends over time; and represent large segments of the population, rather than one particular group. The indicators are organized into seven sections, each focusing on a domain relevant to children's lives: Family and Social Environment, Economic Circumstances, Health Care, Physical Environment and Safety, Behavior, Education, and Health.

View the PDF version of the report.