The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had increased in December, improved moderately in January. The Index now stands at 98.1 (1985=100), up from 96.3 in December. CONT. Conference Board Read more »
January consumer confidence: Low inflation critical for maintaining confidence
Consumer confidence remained largely unchanged, as the January reading was just 0.6 percent below last month’s level, according to the University of Michigan (U-M) Surveys of Consumers. CONT. University of Michigan Read more »
Our American Chasm
Close divisions over President Obama’s record and a continued anxiety over the pace of the economy’s recovery point toward a volatile and polarized 2016 presidential election, the latest Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor suggests. CONT. Ronald Brownstein, National Journal Read more »
Americans’ Priorities for 2016
Terrorism, health care, immigration, education, and unemployment top the list of the public’s priorities for 2016. While eager for Washington to expend a significant amount of effort dealing with their concerns for the United States, the public has little confidence that the federal government will be able to make much […] Read more »
Budget Deficit Slips as Public Priority
As Barack Obama begins his final year in office, the goal of reducing the budget deficit, which the public once ranked among the most pressing objectives for his administration, has continued its recent decline in perceived importance. CONT. Pew Read more »
Government, Economy Return as Most Important Problems
Americans who say terrorism is the nation’s top problem fell to 9% this month, after jumping to 16% in December in the wake of terror attacks in San Bernardino, California, and Paris. With concern about terrorism down, the government and the economy have resumed their top-ranking positions on Gallup’s list […] Read more »