SOURCES:
• Dow Jones Industrial Average daily close value (Dow Jones & Co. Inc., daily averages, Oct. 15, 2010)
• New single-family houses sold (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010)
• Unemployment rate (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2010)
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act obligated funding to states by U.S. Department of Education (The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, 2010)