As the nation struggles with high unemployment and a depressed housing market, voters are evenly divided about which worries them more—that the government will not do enough to fix the economy rather than do too much.
Trust in the U.S. banking industry has steadily slipped over the past three months, and the number of Americans that lack confidence now outweighs the number that is confident.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the major lobbying force in Washington, DC for the business community, but voters have mixed feelings about the organization.
One-in-five working Americans continue to classify themselves as poor, while the number of those who consider themselves middle class has fallen to a two-year low.
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Voters don’t care much for government regulation of the economy and think it has a bigger negative impact on small business.
While many policy makers worry that credit is too tight, most Americans think instead that people are borrowing more than they can afford.
Last November, the Rasmussen Employment Index capped four months of improvement by reaching its highest level since February 2008. At that time, the number of workers who reported their firms were hiring (20.5%) was nearly equal to the number reporting layoffs (20.7%). That was the best net hiring number (-0.2) since the financial industry melted down in September 2008. It also turns out to be the peak of the post-bailout era.
American workers are more confident that their next job will be better than their current one, but most still aren’t looking for other work just yet.
As with many organizations that get caught up in partisan politics, the NAACP gets mixed reviews from the American public.
As Congress continues its debate over the national debt ceiling, Americans are less confident than ever that the nation’s policymakers know what they are doing when it comes to the economy.
Most Americans think their fellow countrymen use their credit cards too much but don’t feel they personally have a borrowing problem.
The nation’s largest teachers’ union on Monday endorsed President Obama’s reelection 16 months before Election Day 2012, but then most Republicans already have a negative opinion of the National Education Association. Democrats, on the other hand, are big fans.
The Rasmussen Employment Index, which measures workers’ perceptions of the labor market each month, inched up less than point in June.
AARP, formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons, has made news recently by shifting its position on Social Security benefit cuts, but public perceptions of the group are little changed from two years ago.
Last week, I gave a presentation on Internet sales taxes at the eighth annual eBay Radio party in Las Vegas -- a confab of some of the top eBay sellers in the United States and Canada.
The majority of voters now understand that most of the federal budget goes to just three areas, but they still want to vote on any proposed changes to the ones that directly impact their retirement.
It pays to read your junk mail sometimes. Last week, I received a postcard from a Broadway production company looking to raise money for a revival of a classic Broadway musical.
Most Americans continue to believe now is not a good time for someone to sell their house. At the same time, confidence that buying a home is the best investment a family can make has fallen to a new low.
Overall confidence in housing values among homeowners has plummeted, with the number who say their home is worth more than what they owe on their mortgage lower than ever.
