Friday brought some welcome employment news, with the economy adding roughly 560,000 new jobs in May, knocking the unemployment rate below 6 percent. Combined with the latest news about falling Covid-19 cases and increasing numbers of Americans getting vaccinated, many analysts are hoping for an economic boom this summer as […] Read more »
Global Warming and Clean Energy as Government Priorities
Drawing on a nationally representative survey (n = 1,037; including 922 registered voters), this report describes how registered voters view a variety of climate and energy policies. The survey was fielded from March 18 – 29, 2021. This report focuses on U.S. domestic policy, building on our report released in […] Read more »
Record concerns about rising prices
A falloff in consumer confidence in May is due to surging inflation that consumers anticipate will persist in the year ahead, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. Record proportions of consumers reported higher prices across a wide range of discretionary purchases, including homes, vehicles and household durables. […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Growing number see Biden as too liberal
Voters have mixed views over whether the White House is proposing too much government spending, and a growing number think President Joe Biden is too liberal. That’s according to a new Fox News national survey released Wednesday. Forty-six percent say Biden is too liberal, up from 36 percent who felt […] Read more »
Consumer Confidence Holds Steady In May
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® held steady in May, following a gain in April. The Index now stands at 117.2 (1985=100), down marginally from 117.5 in April. The Present Situation Index—based on consumers’ assessment of current business and labor market conditions—increased from 131.9 to 144.3. However, the Expectations Index—based […] Read more »
U.S. Satisfaction Stable as Economic Confidence Dips
Americans’ satisfaction with the way things are going in the U.S. is unchanged even as their confidence in the economy has shifted from slightly optimistic to slightly pessimistic. Thirty-six percent of Americans in May are satisfied with the way things are going, the third consecutive month the figure has topped […] Read more »