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No matter what Ben Bernanke says about a slow economic recovery or what improved GDP growth and lower unemployment signal, many Americans still believe the economy is in horrible shape. “More than...
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It is ironic that just as the stock market hits 3-year highs after a surge from March 2009 lows, Americans are unloading stocks. A new Gallup poll shows that “the percentage of Americans saying...
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It may be the surge in inflation or the lengthy drop in home prices or the 6.2 million unemployed America–but consumer economic optimism fell apart in March. That bodes poorly for second quarter...
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Americans believe that lobbyists, large companies, banks, and the government have too much power. They have reason for their opinions. Banks nearly took down the credit system. Now, they refuse to...
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Unemployment in the US would improve more rapidly if American companies stopped sending jobs overseas. That conclusion may be naive, but it it real nonetheless. A new Gallup poll says. “One in four...
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Some economists look at American attitudes toward spending, stagnant wages, and high fuel prices and conclude that the recession has not ended–at least for the average citizen. A new Gallup poll...
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“Well-being” is an inexplicable state of mind. How well people feel is based on their own internal compasses. Researchers have enough trouble defending the methodology used in testing people’s...
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It is a coincidence. A new Gallup poll says Americans are more interested in an increase and diversification of energy output than they are concerned about the environmental consequences of these...
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Concern about the economy has begun to rise after a drop in mid and late 2010. There are a number of reasons for this, but these worries will persist until unemployment and GDP have sustained and...
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Ben Bernanke and a number of prominent economists say that the US is in better financial shape to endure high gas and oil prices now than it was in 2008 when gas prices moved higher than $4 a gallon....
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Market sentiment is better than it was two years ago, which means that the present market rally may have further to go. It could easily be thrown off course by negative news about either unemployment...
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Unemployment is rising. Or, it may not be. New applications for jobless claims fell 20,000 from last week to 368,000. That is the lowest level in three years. A new Gallup poll which tracks...
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If there are any worries that lingers with economists about the current American financial situation, jobs and housing are about all that is left. The argument has been persuasively made that...
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The inability of the government and the economy to create jobs is not lost on most Americans. Nearly 16 million people are still looking for jobs in the US. The number of people who have been...
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It seems logical that the longer that people are unemployed the worse their financial situations become. Some people are out of money within a few weeks of losing a job because they had no savings....
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