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1986 Year In Review - Do You Remember?

Economy/Prices

Economy

President: Ronald W. Reagan
Vice President: George Bush

Population: 240,132,887
Life expectancy: 74.7 years

Dow-Jones
High: 1,955
Low: 1,502

Federal spending: $990.34 billion
Federal debt: $2120.6 billion
Inflation: 1.9%
Consumer Price Index: 109.6
Unemployment: 7.2%

Prices

Cost of a new home: $111,900.00
Median Household Income: $24,897.00
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.22
Cost of a gallon of regular gas: $0.93
Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.87
Cost of a gallon of Milk: $2.22