The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had increased in March, declined in April. The Index now stands at 95.2 (1985=100), down from 101.4 in March. CONT. Conference Board Read more »
Americans’ Money Worries Unchanged From 2014
Gallup’s Financial Worry metric, which tracks the percentage of Americans worried about multiple common financial challenges, is steady this year at 50%, similar to 49% in 2014. While the metric is down from the 56%-to-61% range seen during the economically challenged period from 2008 through 2012, it remains higher than […] Read more »
Parents’ College Funding Worries Are Top Money Concern
More U.S. parents worry about having enough money to pay for their children’s college education than other Americans worry about any common financial concerns. The 73% of parents of children younger than 18 who worry about funding college tops the 70% of lower-income Americans who worry about having enough money […] Read more »
When It Comes To Buying Decisions, Why Feelings Come First
People make buying decisions based on something that is really hard to measure: how we feel. Our Planet Money team reports on the holy grail of economics: knowing what consumers are going to do. Stacey Vanek Smith, NPR’s Planet Money Read more »
The Promise and the Peril of an Improving Economy
Americans are feeling better about the economy today than they have in years. For the first time since early 2013, more Americans approve of the job Obama’s doing on the economy (48 percent) than disapprove (47 percent). That’s good news for Hillary Clinton and Democrats heading into 2016. Yet, Americans […] Read more »
Bloomberg Politics National Poll Finds Improving Economic Mood
Hillary Clinton’s presidential hopes may be buoyed by a more optimistic feeling about President Barack Obama and the economy seen in a new Bloomberg Politics poll. Americans are becoming more optimistic about the country’s economic prospects by several different measures. President Barack Obama’s handling of the economy is being seen […] Read more »