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Americans still do not believe that they can find jobs. The news should not be surprising in an environment in which large companies still cut hundreds if not thousands of people at a time, local and...
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A majority of Americans expect the drop in home prices which began in 2007 and has occurred each year since then to continue in 2011. This is not surprising. S&P recently wrote that the average...
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Americans are told, almost every day, that their lives are getting better. The recession is over. They are about to get the benefits of tax laws. US citizens will keep their Social Security,...
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American’s may have heard about the warnings from Moody’s and S&P. The two credit ratings agencies announced that they could downgrade the US’s AAA ratings. According to Gallup, while...
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Most estimates are that there will be a very modest rise in consumer spending this holiday season which either began at the start of November or will begin the Friday after Thanksgiving, depending on...
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BAD The more data that becomes available on the holiday retail season, the worse it looks. New Gallup data shows that “Consumers’ self-reported daily spending in stores, restaurants, gas...
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Even in the face of a prolonged consumer recession, high unemployment, and a housing crisis, American confidence has risen to the best level this year. According to Gallup: “Americans’ economic...
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Consumer spending remained in deep trouble in October. Gallup reports that “Americans’ self-reported spending in stores, restaurants, gas stations, and online averaged $62 per day during the...
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The average American consumer plans to spend less on holiday gifts this year, according to a new Gallup poll. Gallup’s initial measure of Americans’ 2010 spending intentions found that...
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[ One of the recurring nightmares that the Administration and many economists have is the that fear of the recession and a drive for profit will keep American companies from hiring new workers, even...
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American’s do not trust the media, and this mistrust hit an all-time high in 2010, the fourth year the figure has gone higher. Fifty-seven percent of US adults have little or no trust in the mass...
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The concerns that people have about employment are supposed to get better and not worse as the economy comes out of a recession. That is not true among most Americans, according to research from...
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People worry about their jobs and the economy more than anything else. That is the conclusion of a new Gallup poll that was a waste of both time and money. No sane person would expect the results of...
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The number of people who are unemployed or underemployed has begun to rise for the first time since last spring. This may be a sign that the economic slowdown that began sometime in the second...
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Confidence in the economy in the early part of September was down from the previous two months and collapsed compared to to the same period last year. “Although economic confidence in the U.S....
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