Residents of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area expressed the most confidence in the U.S. economy among the largest 50 metro areas in 2012, as they did in 2011. … Residents of Jacksonville, Fla., had the lowest economic confidence of this group in 2012, with a score of -28, followed closely […] Read more »
Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® Declines in March
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had improved in February, declined in March. The Index now stands at 59.7 (1985=100), down from 68.0 in February. The Present Situation Index decreased to 57.9 from 61.4. The Expectations Index declined to 60.9 from 72.4 last month. [cont.] Conference Board Read more »
It’s all partisan — except jobs
… American has become a nation of partisan zombies that struggle to have a serious thought outside their partisan ties. If I ask a Democrat or a Republican a question about education, healthcare, guns, energy or environment, their first instinct is to intuit how their own party or the other […] Read more »
Gov’t Budget, Healthcare Join Economy as Top Concerns
Americans’ prime worries when it comes to the nation’s problems today are the economy, followed by federal spending/the deficit, healthcare, and gas prices. Majorities of Americans report worrying “a great deal” about each of these, ranging from 68% for the economy to 55% for gas prices. Additionally, 50% worry a […] Read more »
Economic Confidence Heads Back Down
Americans’ confidence in the economy stalled out last week, with the Gallup Economic Confidence Index dropping slightly to -16 after registering improvements for two straight weeks. [cont.] Elizabeth Mendes, Gallup Read more »
Do Millennials Stand a Chance in the Real World?
… In the past year or so, data have come in regarding how my own generation, often called Generation Y, or the millennials, has adapted to our once-in-a-lifetime financial crisis — the one that battered career prospects, drove hundreds of thousands into the shelter of schools or parents’ basements and […] Read more »