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February 21, 2008Forty percent of Americans now say China is the world's leading economic power, while 33% say the same about the United States. In 2000, nearly two-thirds of Americans considered the United States to be the leading economic power.
December 12, 2007A majority of Americans say the price of groceries, out-of-pocket healthcare costs, and interest rates will go up in 2008.
December 11, 2007Pessimistic investors await an interest rate cut, Americans and Chinese don't share Gore's urgency on the environment, and Thai citizens are divided about their government.
The Experian/Gallup Personal Credit Index (PCI) falls sharply in early November
November 16, 2007According to the November Experian/Gallup Personal Credit Index (PCI) poll, consumer credit perceptions plummeted and the percentage saying that now is a bad time to borrow hit a new high.
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April 10, 2007Estonia's 345,000 ethnic Russians are often caught in the middle when it comes to conflicting interests between Estonia and Russia. Compounding the tension is that Russians in Estonia have limited linguistic and citizenship rights. However, a 2006 Gallup Poll found that Russians living in Estonia are more enthusiastic than ethnic Estonians about the rapidly growing Estonian economy.
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Will the "Goldilocks" economy continue or will Papa Bear be home soon?
February 26, 2007Results of a new UBS/Gallup Index of Investor Optimism poll tends to support other recent Gallup Polls challenging the so-called "Goldilocks" economic scenario currently favored by Wall Street and the Fed. If everything in the economy is just about right, why is investor and consumer optimism declining?
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Marketing Director, Customer and Brand Practice
I am responsible for the marketing for the Customer and Brand Practice of The Gallup Organization. My main focus is the management and execution of all national marketing campaigns and strategic planning for national marketing events. I also collaborate with Gallup's managing partners to develop targeted regional marketing strategies.
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Half of those who consider starting businesses would stick to the informal sector
February 13, 2007At least 40% of the populations in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua say they have at some point considered starting a business of their own, but about half of the prospective entrepreneurs in these countries are "lost" to the informal economy. Commonly perceived barriers to establishing formal businesses include cumbersome paperwork and lack of access to capital.
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So why do so many consumers think economic conditions are getting worse, not better?
January 29, 2007New Gallup Polls show consumers rating current economic conditions as the best in six years, investor optimism at its highest point in three years, and consumer credit perceptions and small-business-owner optimism at new highs. So why do so many consumers say the economy is getting worse, not better?
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Small business owners share what would have made starting their businesses easier
September 18, 2006Many of today's successful small business owners say they would have done things differently when they got started if they knew then what they know today. They share some valuable lessons learned in the most recent Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index poll.
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