54% Expect Interest Rates To Rise In Next Year
Fifty-four percent (54%) of Americans now say interest rates will be higher a year from now, a 20-point jump from April.
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July 28, 2009
July 28, 2009
51% Lack Confidence In U.S. Banking System
Confidence in the U.S. banking system has fallen again despite billions in federal bailout funds and record profits being declared by two of Wall Street’s top financial firms.
July 27, 2009
Ford Favorables Hold Steady, GM, Chrysler Down
Most Americans still have a much higher opinion of the one Big Three automaker who didn’t ask for a government bailout, while views of the two companies that did get bailed out continue to go down.
July 27, 2009
46% More Likely To Buy Ford ‘Cause It Didn’t Get A Bailout
Public opposition to the auto bailouts may translating into consumer buying decisions, with 46% of Americans now saying they are more likely to buy a car from Ford because it did not take government money to stay in business.
July 23, 2009
Just 25% Now Say Stimulus Has Helped The Economy, 31% Say it Hurt
Confidence in the $787-billion economic stimulus plan proposed by President Obama and passed by Congress in February continues to fall.
July 21, 2009
44% Expect to Stay With Same Employer for More Than Five Years
Six percent (6%) of American workers expect to have a new employer within a year. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 17% expect to work for the same company for more than a year, but less than five. A plurality, 44% of workers, expect to have the same employer for more than five years.
July 20, 2009
Americans Less Sure If Changing Jobs Will Be Their Decision
After a brief burst of optimism in the spring, job confidence has fallen back to first-of-the-year levels.
July 17, 2009
80% Say Wall Street, Not Taxpayers, Benefited More From Bailout - As Goldman Sachs Announces Record Profit
Eighty percent (80%) of Americans now say Wall Street benefited more from the bailout of the financial industry than the average U.S. taxpayer.
July 15, 2009
20% Say Home Value Will Go Up in Year, 29% Expect It to Fall
Homeowners are slightly more pessimistic about the housing market in the short term, but expectations for full recovery in five years are holding relatively steady.
July 15, 2009
48% View Labor Unions Favorably, 42% Don’t
Forty-eight percent (48%) of Americans have at least a somewhat favorable opinion of labor unions, while 42% view them at least somewhat unfavorably.
July 14, 2009
45% Say Economy Will Be Stronger in a Year, 36% Say Weaker
Americans are slightly more confident that the economy will be better one year from today, while hopes for its long-term recovery hold steady.
July 13, 2009
30% Say It’s Okay To Form A Union Without A Secret Vote, 52% Disagree
Thirty percent (30%) of Americans say it is fair to form a union without having a secret ballot vote if a majority of a company’s workers sign a card saying they want to unionize.
July 10, 2009
71% Say Housing Market Will Improve Only When Economy Does
Seventy-one percent (71%) of Americans say the U.S. housing market will only improve when the overall economy gets better, an eight-point increase from February when President Obama first announced his $275-billion national mortgage assistance plan.
July 9, 2009
43% Say Mortgage Assistance Program Should Be Ended, 35% Want It Expanded
President Obama is expanding his original federal mortgage assistance program to let more people participate, but 43% of Americans say the program should be ended instead.
July 8, 2009
Discover® U.S. Spending Monitors (SM) Falls For First Time in Four Months
The Discover U.S. Spending Monitor reached an all-time low in February, falling more than two points to 75.7 (based out of 100). The decline reflects record-low readings for the Monitor's two main components: economic confidence and spending intentions.
July 5, 2009
Partisan Economics: Democrats, GOP See Different Economy
Over the past year, overall levels of consumer confidence have bounced around a lot but ended up with little change. For the full month June 2008, the Rasmussen Consumer Index was at 71.9. In June, 2009, that number was 72:0.
July 3, 2009
Plans for General Motors Might Run Afoul of Public Opinion
General Motors laid out a plan in bankruptcy court Thursday that includes an Initial Public Offering of stock next year.
June 29, 2009
Discover(R) Small Business Watch (SM): Small Business Confidence Rises as Cash Flow Issues Decline
Economic confidence among small business owners rose slightly in June as cash flow concerns abated and the mood on the economy held steady, according to the latest Discover(R) Small Business WatchSM. The monthly index rose to 80.9, up from 78.1 in May.
June 26, 2009
31% Say Publicly Held Companies Should Disclose When Top Managers Are Ill
Following news reports that Apple Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs received a liver transplant this spring, 31% of American adults say publicly held companies should reveal when top managers are ill.
June 26, 2009
Only 17% Rate Government A Wiser Spender Than Private Business
Just 17% of Americans say the government is more likely to spend its money wisely and carefully than a private business, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
