Financial Surveys & Statistics

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

61% – Sixty-one percent (61%) of voters believe tax cuts help the economy, and 59% say tax cutes are a better job-creation tool than increased government spending. (Source: Rasmussen Reports LLC)
 
$4 M – The projected number of iPads that Apple will sell in the first 12 months the product is on the market. The device is expected to hit stores in April. (Source: Gene Munster, an analyst with Piper Jaffray & Co.)

59% – The increase in home sales in the Hamptons, the New York vacation hot spot, in the fourth quarter Transactions jumped to 409, from 257 a year earlier, the biggest gain in at least seven years. The median price of a home rose nearly 5% to 917,900. Source: Miller Samuel Inc. and Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate)

41% – The Saints will be cheered by 41% of fans in the National Football League championship game in Miami on Feb. 7, compared with 30 percent for the Colts. (Source: Bloomberg)

9.7% – The unemployment rate in the U.S. unexpectedly declined in January to 9.7 percent, the lowest level since August, while payrolls dropped as companies boosted worker hours and overtime instead of taking on new hires. (Source: Bloomberg)