According to a new Public Agenda/USA Today/Ipsos Hidden Common Ground Survey, Americans are aligned on the large threat that COVID-19 poses to the United States, the stock market and the global economy, as well as the steps the government should take to help businesses and people affected. Though Americans see […] Read more »
Partisanship and Deficit Spending
… In the midst of this fearsome economic environment, the Trump Administration has succeeded in navigating an unprecedented $2.3 Trillion stimulus package through a divided Congress, ensuring basic protections for businesses and workers harmed by the crisis. … This swift, united action by Republicans in Congress suggests that they feared […] Read more »
High approval for economic relief package amid concern about job loss
Most Americans continue to express concern about themselves or a household member either losing their job or seeing a reduction in paid work hours in the next few months — or say it has already happened to them. … More people report that they’re being more careful about their behavior […] Read more »
Big Cities Won’t Snap Back to Normal
President Donald Trump’s promise to begin reopening the economy in the coming weeks faces an immovable obstacle: The big cities that drive America’s economic growth and innovation are the same places straining under the heaviest burden of the coronavirus outbreak. The counties confronting the largest number of cases are primarily […] Read more »
Gallup COVID-19 Data Brief No. 2
Gallup has covered a lot of ground this past week in our daily measurement of Americans’ experience of the COVID-19 crisis. Here is what we know as of April 2. CONT. Gallup editors Read more »
Majority in U.S. Say Country in Recession or Depression
As the novel coronavirus outbreak has shut down much of the U.S. economy, a majority of Americans believe the country is in either an economic recession (37%) or a depression (21%). Most of the rest, 39%, believe the economy is “slowing down,” while just 3% think it is growing. CONT. […] Read more »