By the Numbers

5.6

Percent, the annual inflation rate in July, the highest in 17 years

12

Percent jump in the price of cereal and bakery products in July

168

Million dollars, the amount Neil Diamond has grossed on his last three tours

42

Percent of Wisconsin federal income taxes went to military spending in 2007

22

Percent that went to health care spending

10

Times as many Americans killed by AIDS as died in the Vietnam War

20

Percent decline in the Center for Disease Control’s budget for domestic HIV prevention since 2001

34.65

Dollars, the average overdraft fee at the 10 largest U.S. banks, up 15 percent from 2005

Sources: CNNMoney.com; Billboard Magazine; National Priorities Project; The New Republic; Consumer Federation of America