The document contains charts and tables showing US budget deficit figures from 2011-2012, unemployment insurance data from August 2011, consumer sentiment index numbers from July 2011, and a table comparing the impact of past events on consumer confidence declines. It provides economic indicators and statistics from July-August 2011 related to the US budget deficit, unemployment, consumer sentiment, and the effect of historical events on consumer confidence.

1. In bn
$3,609
$3,527
$2,635
$2,302
$1,225
$973
Deficit drop: $253bn Deficit drop: $252bn
Note: All numbers are rolling 12-month figures
Source: US Treasury, CBO

2. Aug-11: 40.3weeks
Source: BLS

3. 75.5
55.7
Source: University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index

4. Consumer Confidence Collapses
Event Amount Dropped
Hurricane Katrina 19.6
Debt Ceiling Debate 15.8
Iraq Invades Kuwait 15.4
Lehman Brothers Collapse 15.0
Iranian Hostage Crisis 14.2
9/11 8.8
Note: “Amount Dropped” is over a two-month period
Source: Public Opinion Strategies, A Pivot Point in American Opinion: The Debt Ceiling Negotiation and its
Consequences by Bill McInturff