The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® improved in April, after decreasing in March. The Index now stands at 129.2 (1985=100), up from 124.2 in March. … “Consumer Confidence partially rebounded in April, following March’s decline, but still remains below levels seen last Fall,” said Lynn Franco, Senior Director of Economic […] Read more »
Americans Feel Generally Positive About Their Own Finances
Gallup readings across several personal economic measures since the beginning of this year confirm that the public has felt the effect of last week’s news: The first quarter of 2019 was the strongest first quarter for the U.S. economy since 2015. CONT. Megan Brenan, Gallup Read more »
Harvard IOP Youth Poll: Generational conflict between young voters and Baby Boomers is brewing
Ahead of tonight’s youth-focused CNN Town Hall event co-hosted by the Institute of Politics (IOP) at Harvard Kennedy School, the IOP released new findings from the Harvard IOP Youth Poll. For nearly twenty years, the Harvard Public Opinion Project has provided the most comprehensive look at the political opinions, voting […] Read more »
Economic Confidence Slips in April, but Still Positive
Americans’ confidence in the economy dipped in March and April after surging in February, shortly after the end of the latest government shutdown. Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index is now +21, down from the post-shutdown spike to +32. Confidence remains higher than it was during the shutdown, in early January, but […] Read more »
Naples, Florida, Metro Tops U.S. in Wellbeing for Fourth Time
For the fourth straight year, the Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, Florida, metro area had the highest wellbeing across 156 U.S. communities, based on data collected in 2017 and 2018 as part of the Gallup National Health and Well-Being Index. Salinas, California; Boulder, Colorado; Santa Rosa, California; and Ann Arbor, Michigan round out […] Read more »
Government’s Role in Controlling Incomes
This may come as no great surprise, but income matters. As my colleague Megan Brenan recently demonstrated, income is positively related to people’s satisfaction with various life situations Gallup routinely assesses — including not only standard of living and housing, but also such things as the community Americans live in […] Read more »