Financial Statistics & Surveys

Here are some random, but relevant statistics that I’ve collected the past couple of weeks.

1,259,078 - Safety or Protection? The number of automated FBI background checks related to firearms purchases performed in February, Up 23.3% from February 2008. (Source: National Shooting Sports Foundation)

$1.88 – The average gift children now receive per tooth from the Tooth Fairy, down from 2.09 one year
ago…A sign of the times? (Source: Securian Life Insurance Company)

747.5 – The average Fico credit Score on mortgages bought by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the fourth quarter of 2008, up from 722.3 in 2005 (Source: Bloomberg, Inside Mortgage Finance)

40%- The percent of American who say they have pushed their retirement date back 10 years or indefinitely due to the economy, based on a February online survey of 1,223 adults. (Source: ING Direct)