The fair price of a barrel of oil, according to Osama bin Laden in 1998: $144
Date on which oil reached $144 per barrel: 7/2/08
Rank of this year’s economic crisis among the “largest financial shocks since the Great Depression,” according to the IMF: 1
Estimated number of FDIC-insured banks currently in danger of failing: 90
Number that failed during the past three years: 3
Percentage change since 2003 in the number of U.S. workers making “hardship withdrawals” from retirement accounts: +61
Death benefits that Lockheed Martin paid its current CEO in March, despite his being alive: $1,000,000
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