This edition of our daily tracking release features findings from a national online survey of 1,035 registered voters conducted April 21-April 24, 2020. • State and local governments remain more trusted than Trump, as his job approval continues to fall.• The majority still believes the worst is yet to come […] Read more »
The Coronavirus Impact on Personal Finances
With businesses shuttered across the country in response to the coronavirus outbreak, Americans are taking an increasingly negative view of the U.S. economy as many of them start to feel the effects of economic turmoil. Many report lost jobs or income and trouble paying bills. Yet, they also remain fairly […] Read more »
Stock Investments Lose Some Luster After COVID-19 Sell-Off
Americans have become less likely to view stocks or mutual funds as the best long-term investment after U.S. markets dropped by more than a third as the economic implications of the coronavirus outbreak set in last month. The current 21% naming stocks as the best investment is down six percentage […] Read more »
Just Over Half of the Nation’s Workforce Have Lost a Job or Income Due to Coronavirus
With many businesses shut down and job losses mounting nationwide, just over half of the nation’s workers (55%) now say they have lost a job or had their incomes reduced as a result of the health and economic crises sparked by the novel coronavirus pandemic, the latest KFF Health Tracking […] Read more »
Most Texas voters think coronavirus will be contained “in the next few months”
Texas voters are concerned about the coronavirus and believe it presents a serious crisis, and they are deeply worried about the economy, unemployment and the health care system. But they also think the disease could be contained enough to return daily life to normal within a few months, according to […] Read more »
Pessimism about economy soars to levels unseen since Great Recession
Pessimism about the direction of the national economy soared to levels unseen since the Great Recession in this week’s Bloomberg consumer survey, while Americans’ ratings of current economic conditions extended their coronavirus-prompted plunge. CONT. – pdf Langer Research Associates Read more »