The first of seven polls that will comprise the FiveThirtyEight/Ipsos 2022 Election Tracking Survey finds that inflation is the top concern for American adults. Many report facing negative financial impacts due to rising prices, and in turn, say they have had to make major changes to how they live their […] Read more »
Findings from the April SCE Household Spending Survey
The median reported year-over-year change in monthly household spending increased to 7.8 percent in April from 5.1 percent in December, its highest reading since the beginning of the series in December 2014. CONTINUED Federal Reserve Bank of New York The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a concise daily rundown of significant new poll […] Read more »
Inflation nation
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released another grim report on inflation this week. While the Consumer Price Index, the mechanism through which the BLS measures inflation, is down slightly it is still higher than it has been in decades. For this past month, it is nearly double what it was […] Read more »
Abortion, Economy Top Midterm Issues
The American public is divided as to which party they want in control of Congress, and the issue picture has shifted since the last midterm – with the economy and abortion replacing health care as the top electoral concern. The Monmouth University Poll also finds that a majority of Americans […] Read more »
By a wide margin, Americans view inflation as the top problem facing the country today
The public views inflation as the top problem facing the United States – and no other concern comes close. Seven-in-ten Americans view inflation as a very big problem for the country, followed by the affordability of health care (55%) and violent crime (54%). About half say gun violence and the […] Read more »
Biden talks inflation: Another swing and a miss
What little credibility President Joe Biden still enjoys with the electorate took another hit Tuesday with a so-called inflation speech so full of misstatements and misinformation it is hard to know where to begin. … Biden’s “inflation” speech was mostly a rehash of a series of speeches filled with misstatements […] Read more »