The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had decreased sharply in October, declined again in November. The Index now stands at 70.4 (1985=100), down from 72.4 in October. The Present Situation Index edged down to 72.0 from 72.6. The Expectations Index declined to 69.3 from 72.2 last month. CONT. Conference […] Read more »
Among American workers, poll finds unprecedented anxiety about jobs, economy
… More than six in 10 workers in a recent Washington Post-Miller Center poll worry that they will lose their jobs to the economy, surpassing concerns in more than a dozen surveys dating to the 1970s. Nearly one in three, 32 percent, say they worry “a lot” about losing their […] Read more »
Stay focused on the big picture, Dems
… Obama’s campaign pollster, Joel Benenson, is distributing a new memo among Dems, arguing that even at this moment of terrible press for the health law, the voters’ preoccupation remains elsewhere. … The argument from the White House appears designed to stiffen Dem spines, by urging them to remember the […] Read more »
Consumers’ Outlook for U.S. Economy Improves After Two-Year Low
American consumers became less pessimistic in November about the economic outlook as the effect of last month’s partial government shutdown dissipated. The gap between positive and negative expectations for the economy shrank to minus 14 from a two-year low of minus 31 in October, according to data from the Bloomberg […] Read more »
Confidence in the Economy Continues to Improve
Americans’ confidence in the economy continued to recover last week after taking a hit during the partial U.S. government shutdown. Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index rose to -24, much improved from -39 in mid-October during the shutdown, but it has not yet bounced back to the -15 found in mid-September. CONT. […] Read more »
Obama Down But Congress Is Down Further
The bottom has fallen out for everyone in the nation’s political leadership. That’s the message from the latest Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor Poll, which shows that after a government shutdown, near-default on the federal debt, the calamitous debut of President Obama’s health care plan, and continued sluggishness in the economy, […] Read more »