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ThinkstockIn a tracking survey that estimates the percentage of the U.S. population employed at least 30 hours a week, Gallup reports that the Payroll to Population (P2P) employment rate remained...
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ThinkstockIt is appalling to believe that many Americans cannot afford healthy food. But the number of people who can’t is terribly high, which says that whatever effort has been made by the...
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Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsAmericans still take great pride in being American. This despite economic trouble, and political turmoil. As a matter of fact, the nation’s reaction to strife may...
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ThinkstockIn a tracking survey that estimates the percentage of the U.S. population employed at least 30 hours a week, Gallup reports that the payroll-to-population (P2P) employment rate rose from...
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ThinkstockAmericans’ confidence in the U.S. economy nearly matched its highest monthly reading since 2008 in June, posting a reading of -8 compared with May reading of -7, according to the latest...
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ThinkstockAnxiety about whether people can get good jobs remains particularly high, despite the so-called end of the recession in many parts of the world. It should be expected that the data from...
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ThinkstockU.S. consumers spent more money in May than in any month since October 2008. In a self-reporting poll from Gallup, consumers’ average daily spending in May averaged $90, up from $86 in...
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ThinkstockIn a tracking survey that estimates the percentage of the U.S. population employed at least 30 hours a week, Gallup reports that the payroll-to-population (P2P) employment rate fell from...
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ThinkstockBy far the single most common contributing program to a retiree’s household income is Social Security. And the lower a person’s retirement income, the bigger role Social Security plays....
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ThinkstockAmericans’ confidence in the U.S. economy rose to its highest level since 2008 last week, posting a reading of -5, compared with prior week reading of -11, according to the latest data...
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ThinkstockHow much money does it take to live even modestly in the United States? Median household income runs about $51,000. In real terms, that is down 7% since the start of the recession....
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ThinkstockFollowing a dip to a year-to-date low of -22 in early March, Gallup’s weekly U.S. Economic Confidence Index has risen to match a five-year high posted in February of -8. The prior...
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ThinkstockIf the recession is over globally, many people have not seen the benefits. The result is that, for tens of millions of people, the recession has not ended, as far as they see it. As proof,...
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ThinkstockWhile people run around New York and America’s other major cities frantically seeking success and money, residents of Hawaii barely experience any stress at all. It does not take much...
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ThinkstockThe rise in real estate prices appears to have created a growing belief that, once again, real estate is a perfect investment. The same sentiment prevailed in 2005 and 2006 before the...
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