Nearly half of Americans are angry, and no groups are angrier than whites and Republicans, according to a new NBC News/Survey Monkey/Esquire online poll about outrage in the country. CONT. Andrew Rafferty, NBC News Read more »
How Is the Economy Doing? It May Depend on Your Party, and $1
… It turns out that the partisan bias in how people answer factual questions about the economy is diminished by this one weird trick: Pay people. That is a conclusion reached in two new papers in The Quarterly Journal of Political Science, one from four scholars led by John G. […] Read more »
Opposing Political Views Emerge in Face of Real, Imagined Threats
At home and abroad, politics is increasingly revolving around one fundamental question: are nations more likely to achieve prosperity and security by building bridges to the outside world—or by erecting walls against it? The dilemma is playing out in the U.S. with the rise of Donald Trump. In Europe, it’s […] Read more »
Dissatisfaction, anger dominate year-end reviews of Washington
Heading into the final year of Barack Obama’s presidency, the American public is divided on whether he’s brought positive or negative change to the United States, and expresses broad dissatisfaction with government and anger about the way things are going in the nation generally. CONT. Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Read more »
Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index Improves in December
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had decreased moderately in November, improved in December. The Index now stands at 96.5 (1985=100), up from 92.6 in November. CONT. Conference Board Read more »
Consumer Confidence rises in December
Consumer confidence rose to its highest level since July, according to the University of Michigan (U-M) Surveys of Consumers. The December reading was nearly equal to the 2015 average of 92.9—which was the highest since 2004. CONT. University of Michigan Read more »