A majority of Americans find little or no common ground with Donald Trump on issues, but the share who say they agree with him on many or all issues has risen since last August. The public’s assessment of Trump’s conduct as president is little changed over the past nine months, […] Read more »
Americans Are Telling Both Parties — ‘Show Me the Money’
“It sounds strange to me to say this about the Republicans, but they’re helping with even the small things. They’re taking less out of my paycheck. I notice that.” So said Terry Hood, a young, African-American, Clinton voter in a recent Reuters interview about why millennials are moving away from […] Read more »
Americans View Finances Through Lens of Political Identity
Over the past two years, Republicans have become more positive about the direction of their finances than they were across the eight years of the Barack Obama administration, and are more upbeat now than they were in the early years of George W. Bush’s administration. Democrats have shown the opposite […] Read more »
Workers’ Fears of Job Loss Rise Slightly
Eleven percent of American workers say they are “very” or “fairly” likely to be laid off in the next year, a slight increase from last year’s record-low 8%. A solid majority of 59% express total confidence in their job security, saying it is “not at all” likely they will lose […] Read more »
Impact of tax reforms on confidence neutralized by tariffs
Consumers remain confident that inflation and unemployment will remain low during the year ahead and wages will continue to slowly improve, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. The recent small variation in the Sentiment Index has been due to favorable impact from the tax reforms legislation, which […] Read more »
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index Increased in April
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® increased in April, following a decline in March. The Index now stands at 128.7 (1985=100), up from 127.0 in March. CONT. Conference Board Read more »