As the country continues to recover from the economic shock waves created by the coronavirus pandemic, Americans are more divided than they have been in several years about whether protecting the environment (50%) or strengthening the economy (42%) should be the greater priority. … As Gallup has reported previously, Americans’ […] Read more »
Advancing A Post-COVID Agenda
…A robust economy is critical for our post-COVID world. Biden knows this. Looks like Rescue Plan, yes; Jobs Plan, maybe. The important takeaway here is that both signify a serious response to the economic chaos wrought by the pandemic. Will they have an effect? Only time—and the jobs reports—will tell. […] Read more »
Consumer confidence reaches pre-pandemic levels
Consumer confidence closes in on levels of optimism last seen in early March 2020, reading at 59.7 in this week’s Ipsos-Forbes Advisor U.S. Consumer Confidence Tracker. This represents an increase of 1.4 points from the week prior and is now statistically on par with the March 2020 pre-pandemic reading of […] Read more »
The political impact of post-Covid optimism
It’s been a long hard year for many Americans, from the arrival of COVID-19 and the economic pain it brought to a contentious presidential election and post-election period. But as COVID vaccination rates rise, key data points suggest something is lurking in the American electorate that we haven’t seen for […] Read more »
U-M Surveys of Consumers: Rising employment, inflation anticipated
Consumer sentiment continued to rise in late March, reaching its highest level in a year due to the third disbursement of relief checks and better than anticipated vaccination progress. As prospects for obtaining vaccination have grown, so too has people’s impatience with isolation, as those concerns were voiced by nearly […] Read more »
Record-High Worry in U.S. About Hunger, Race Relations
One year after the coronavirus pandemic upended Americans’ lives and caused an economic crisis, worry about hunger and homelessness in the country eclipses concerns about 13 other national issues for the first time. The 55% of U.S. adults who say they personally worry “a great deal” about these consequences of […] Read more »