Americans are about as likely to say they understand at least somewhat well what Barack Obama (64%) would do to create jobs if elected president as they are to say this about Mitt Romney (60%). This understanding is critical, given that creating jobs is perceived as the top priority for […] Read more »
Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® Increases After Four Consecutive Declines
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had declined in June, improved slightly in July. The Index now stands at 65.9 (1985=100), up from 62.7 in June. [cont.] Conference Board Read more »
Consumer sentiment falls to 2012 low
Consumer sentiment fizzled in July, falling to its lowest level of the year, as Americans took a dim view of the employment situation and their income prospects, a survey showed on Friday. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan’s final reading on the overall index on consumer sentiment fell to 72.3 from […] Read more »
Is Uncle Sam helping or hurting the economy? Americans are torn
… Today, despite an ailing economy struggling to recover from the worst recession since the Roosevelt era, people show no signs of uniting behind any bold new approach. They split along many lines – income, geography, age, ideology. … McClatchy dispatched journalists to a dozen states and commissioned the national […] Read more »
Democrats Exceed Republicans In Optimism For Record 18 Weeks
Consumer confidence has been higher among Democrats than Republicans for a record 18 straight weeks, indicating that politics are driving perceptions of well-being. [cont.] Michelle Jamrisko and Caroline Fairchild, Bloomberg Read more »
Obama’s commander-in-chief edge vs. Romney’s economic advantage
As he today addresses the Veterans of Foreign Wars conference and as he prepares to embark on his week-long overseas trip, Mitt Romney continues to trail President Obama when it comes to national security and being a good commander-in-chief, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. But the […] Read more »