Oil prices, incarcerations at all-time high; Dollar at all-time low

Oil futures set an all-time record of $103.95/bbl this morning on the New York Mercantile Exchange, topping the inflation-adjusted price of $103.76/bbl set in April 1980 (at what was then $39.50/bbl).

Meanwhile, the dollar fell to a record low of $1.5274 against the Euro.

But on another high, the U.S. now has more than 1 in 100 adults behind bars. Kentucky (+12%), New Hampshire (+6.6%), and Iowa (+6.1%) led the nation in growing prison populations during 2007.