July 14, 2009
The number of Americans saying the U.S. economy is “getting better” is down four percentage points from the prior week, to 31%, but consumer spending is unchanged from the previous week, and is down 32% from the same week a year ago.
July 7, 2009
Americans spent $4 more per day, on average, last week celebrating the Fourth of July than they did in the prior week -- leaving spending down 37% from the same holiday week a year ago.
July 6, 2009
A new Gallup Poll finds 60% of upper-income consumers and 44% of all Americans intending to reduce their total debt over the next six months.
June 30, 2009
While the percentage of Americans saying the economy is getting better is up 25 percentage points from a year ago, job creation is down 14 points and consumer spending is down 40%.
June 23, 2009
Americans’ economic mood deteriorated slightly last week, with job loss continuing to exceed job creation, and consumer spending running 38% below a year ago.
June 17, 2009
A new Gallup Poll finds Americans deleveraging -- with nearly one in three saying they have reduced their total amount of outstanding debt over the past six months.
June 16, 2009
A majority of Americans, 59%, favor the federal government taking steps to limit the pay of executives at major companies. Most Democrats are in favor of such action while most Republicans are opposed.
June 16, 2009
Consumers’ mood improved slightly last week, as did employee perceptions of job market gains and losses, but consumer spending is down from the prior week -- and down 29% from the relatively low spending levels of the same week a year ago.
June 12, 2009
Investor optimism surged in May, with Gallup’s Index of Investor Optimism registering -1 -- a sharp improvement from the -20 of April -- and indicating that investor sentiment is now neutral after being pessimistic since November 2008.
June 9, 2009
General Motors’ bankruptcy has had little impact so far on Americans’ perceptions of the economy. Consumers’ mood slipped only slightly last week, giving up the previous week's gains, while spending edged up from the prior week -- but remains ...
