230,000 
The number of Americans that have lost their job this year.
Source: Market Watch

 $50,000,000
How much 3 loaves of bread cost in Zimbabwe dollars with inflation running at 100,000 percent.  
Source: Herald Tribune

19 in 20
The number of surveyors that reported falling house prices in April, which is the worst reading in the survey's 30-year history.
Source: Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
82%
The percentage of people who find their car insurance policy easier to understand than an a mutal fund prospectus.
Source: AARP Financial Inc



20%
The percentage of the world’s population that uses 80% of the Earth’s water, mineral and petroleum resources.   
Source: Whiskey & Gunpowder                           

 14.4% 
The percentage drop in 20 major U.S. metropolitan areas in the past year.
Source: Standard & Poor's           


"C", "D" or "F"
The grade that two-thirds of people give the financial services inductry at explaining savings and investments.
Source: AARP Financial Inc




 $40 billion
The amount that US pension funds have poured into commodities in the first quarter of this year, more than they put in in all of 2007. 
Source: MoneyWeek