Numbers

$8.184 trillion New federal debt ceiling approved by Congress, equal to about 70% of U.S. annual GDP

3 Number of times Congress has raised the debt limit since 2001--when the budget surplus became a deficit--boosting the U.S. credit line by $2.2 trillion

18 Predicted number of months to reach the new cap

6,500 Speed, in miles per hour, attained by NASA's "scramjet," the first jet aircraft to go Mach 9.6, or 2 miles per second

20 Number of minutes it would take to fly from New York City to Los Angeles at that speed

8.2 million Number of U.S. households with net worth of more than $1 million

33% Increase in such households over last year, the highest jump ever

55% Portion of moms planning to "avoid stores like the plague" on the day after Thanksgiving

39% Portion who said a thank-you from their husbands this holiday season would be a better gift than any their husbands could buy

Sources: Bloomberg; AP; Bloomberg; Los Angeles Times (2); TNS (2); ClubMom (2)