In the U.S., 13% of employed adults think it is “very” or “fairly” likely that they will be laid off in the next 12 months, down slightly from the 16% who feared job loss a year ago. The percentage who fear being laid off is down from a high of […] Read more »
Focus on the Fundamentals, Not the Scooby Van
Almost every hour, it seems, someone is either announcing for President or announcing they are thinking about running for President. There are dozens of stories a day about new hires at SuperPAC’s, “Scooby Van” road trips, horse race polls in battleground states, and GOP cattle calls in New Hampshire and […] Read more »
CNN/ORC Poll: Economic optimism hits new peak under Obama
President Barack Obama’s approval rating is shifting back toward positive territory, as the public’s take on the economy hits a new high mark for Obama’s tenure, according to a new CNN/ORC poll. For the first time since May of 2013, more Americans polled say they have a positive impression of […] Read more »
Hillary Clinton Adopts Obama’s Middle Class, Fair Shot Positioning
Hillary Clinton has essentially adopted one of Barack Obama’s major policy thrusts in her nascent presidential campaign, identifying a large swath of the country’s population, assuming that this large group has the economic deck stacked against them, and then promising to help them gain economically in the future. CONT. Frank […] Read more »
Who millennials trust, and don’t trust, is driving the new economy
By PricewaterhouseCoopers’ projection, the biggest sectors of the “sharing economy” — including transportation and travel companies like Uber, Zipcar and Airbnb — could be pulling in as much as $335 billion in global revenue by 2025. … We’re witnessing the rise of companies predicated on trust among strangers at the […] Read more »
Americans More Positive About Jobs So Far in 2015
Forty-three percent of Americans now consider it a good time to find a quality job, marking the fourth straight month that at least four in 10 Americans have been positive about the U.S. job market. CONT. Rebecca Riffkin, Gallup Read more »