The American middle-class may be battered, but it can’t be knocked down. Over the past 15 years, the U.S. economy has weathered the dot-com bubble and bust, the housing bubble and bust, the financial crisis and two recessions with shallow recoveries, yet the vast majority of Americans continue to identify […] Read more »
Belief in the Middle Class Unshaken by Economic Shifts
Neither the Great Recession, nor the sluggish recovery, nor a widening wealth gap has shaken many Americans’ belief that they are solidly middle class, a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows. Despite a rapidly shifting economy that’s largely hollowed out middle-class jobs and deepened inequality in the last generation, […] Read more »
Americans Name Government as No. 1 U.S. Problem
Americans continue to name the government (18%) as the most important U.S. problem, a distinction it has had for the past four months. Americans’ mentions of the economy as the top problem (11%) dropped this month, leaving it tied with jobs (10%) for second place. CONT. Justin McCarthy, Gallup Read more »
Economic Confidence Still Negative, at -3
Gallup’s U.S. Economic Confidence Index registered -3 for the week ending March 8, the third consecutive week in negative territory after an eight-week run of positive weekly scores. The index is still significantly higher than it has been at most times since 2008. CONT. Justin McCarthy, Gallup Read more »
Americans are down on Obama’s foreign policy
President Barack Obama’s efforts against the Islamic State – as well as his entire foreign policy – is deeply unpopular in this country, a new McClatchy-Marist poll found. CONT. David Lightman, McClatchy Read more »
Majority in U.S. Still See Opportunity in Foreign Trade
As they have for the past two years, a majority of Americans (58%) continue to view foreign trade as an opportunity for economic growth through increased U.S. exports, while 33% view it as a threat to the economy from foreign imports. The third of Americans who see foreign trade as […] Read more »