November 3, 2009
Halloween may have buoyed consumer spirits as Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index, Job Creation Index, and Consumer Spending measure all rebounded from prior- week declines -- returning to or nearing their best levels of the past several weeks ...
November 3, 2009
Gallup’s Job Creation Index increased to +3 last week, closing in on its high for the year. Gallup's Economic Confidence and Consumer Spending measures also improved compared with the prior week.
October 30, 2009
As the White House claims 640,000 jobs have been saved or created by the economic stimulus package, Gallup finds American workers reporting slightly more hiring at their companies since July, but no increase in the percentage who say it is a ...
October 29, 2009
Investors remain slightly optimistic overall in October, but the Gallup Index of Investor Optimism -- a broad measure of investor perceptions -- shows investor optimism retreating slightly from September and falling back to its August level.
October 27, 2009
Economic confidence fell slightly last week from the prior week and now stands well below where it was a month ago. The job situation deteriorated from its 2009 high of the prior week, while consumer spending fell back to its 2009 trend line ...
October 27, 2009
Gallup's Economic Confidence, Job Creation, and Consumer Spending measures all trended downward last week.
October 26, 2009
Gallup finds that a median of 78% of respondents in 10 European countries support government intervention in the financial sector during times of economic crisis.
October 23, 2009
Americans spend the most on Saturdays, followed closely by Fridays; accordingly, weekend spending far exceeds weekday spending. More importantly, intensifying spending swings on payday weeks imply there may be a new “cash-based” spending pattern ...
October 20, 2009
As the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed past 10,000 last week, economic confidence was unchanged, but consumer spending surged and job-market conditions reached their high for the year. If these trends persist for the next few weeks, ...
October 20, 2009
Gallup's Job Creation Index rose to 4 last week, the most positive reading for this measure so far in 2009.
