| President: | John F. Kennedy | | Vice President: | Lyndon B. Johnson | Population: | 183,691,481 | | Life expectancy: | 70.2 years | Dow-Jones | | | High: | 734 | | Low: | 610 | Federal spending: | $97.72 billion | | Federal debt: | $292.6 billion | | Inflation: | 1.9% | | Consumer Price Index: | 29.9 | | Unemployment: | 5.5% |
| Cost of a new home: | $17,200.00 | | Cost of a new car: | $ | | Cost of a first-class stamp: | $0.04 | | Cost of a gallon of regular gas: | $0.31 | | Cost of a dozen eggs: | $0.57 | | Cost of a gallon of Milk: | $0.49 |
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