The conventional wisdom is that this fall’s congressional election will be all about Obamacare. Republicans, it’s argued, will try to expand their majority in the House and take the Senate with a campaign focused mostly on the failings of President Obama’s health insurance law; Democrats will fire back with warnings […] Read more »
Americans Bank on Optimism
A new poll of Americans’ view of the national economy and their own finances has uncovered a paradox: While nearly two-thirds think the country is in a recession or going in the wrong direction, the vast majority believe their personal prospects will improve or stay the course. A current of […] Read more »
Economic Confidence Continued to Improve in January
Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index improved slightly for the month of January, climbing to -16 from -19 in December. Although a disheartening jobs report and steep stock market losses negatively affected Americans’ confidence in the short term, Americans’ economic confidence improved for the third month in a row after dipping to […] Read more »
The Middle Class Is Steadily Eroding. Just Ask the Business World.
… As politicians and pundits in Washington continue to spar over whether economic inequality is in fact deepening, in corporate America there really is no debate at all. The post-recession reality is that the customer base for businesses that appeal to the middle class is shrinking as the top tier […] Read more »
Conversation with Stan Greenberg
Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg joins us on the Political Wire podcast to look at how well President Obama laid the groundwork in his State of the Union address for the 2014 midterm elections. CONT. Political Wire Read more »
Consumer Confidence in U.S. Fell Last Week to Two-Month Low
Consumer confidence dropped last week to the lowest level in two months as more Americans said it was not a good time to shop. The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index declined to minus 31.8 in the week ended Jan. 26 from minus 31 reading the prior period. The buying-climate gauge slumped […] Read more »