Business and Economy http://www.gallup.com/ http://backend.userland.com/rss Gallup WebTeam The percentage of Americans who say the U.S. economy is getting better remains very low, at 10%, while only 17% are willing to rate the economy as "excellent" or "good." http://www.gallup.com/poll/107386/Gallup-Daily-Only-10-Say-US-Economy-Getting-Better.aspx Sat, 17 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT As of May 16, 19% of Americans report receiving an economic stimulus payment from the U.S. government. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107212/Gallup-Daily-Tax-Rebate-Tracker.aspx Sat, 17 May 2008 11:30:00 GMT The percentage of Americans rating economic conditions as "poor" is now 41%, while 84% perceive economic conditions are getting worse. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107320/Gallup-Daily-Poor-Economy-Rating-Holding-41.aspx Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT While 73% of Americans say now is a bad time to find a quality job, they are not yet as pessimistic as they were at times in 2002 and 2003. http://www.gallup.com/video/107308/Americans-Job-Market-Worries.aspx Fri, 16 May 2008 04:15:00 GMT About three in four Americans see now as a bad time to find a quality job, but Republicans tend to be considerably less pessimistic, with 57% holding this view compared to 86% of Democrats. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107314/US-Job-Market-Perceptions-Differ-Political-Party.aspx Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT The percentage of Americans perceiving that economic conditions are worsening has dipped to 83% from the recent high of 88%. Also, 19% of Americans now say the economy is in excellent or good shape, slightly more than has been the case in nearly a month. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107299/Gallup-Daily-Economic-Ratings-Remain-Negative.aspx Thu, 15 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Good news and bad news about the economy: consumer confidence has not worsened in May compared with April, but it remains dismal. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107290/Consumers-Negative-Attitudes-Unchanged-Early-May.aspx Thu, 15 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT John McCain's supporters are only slightly more positive on the state of the economy than Barack Obama's supporters. http://www.gallup.com/video/107275/Economic-Concerns-Span-Party-Lines.aspx Thu, 15 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT According to the Gallup Poll Daily tracking, 43% of Americans rate economic conditions as "poor" and 86% believe the economy is "getting worse," very similar to what Gallup has found since the beginning of April. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107281/Gallup-Daily-86-Say-Economy-Getting-Worse.aspx Wed, 14 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT By a margin of 54% to 42%, Americans favor suspending the federal gas tax for the summer, and the majority in favor increases to a 65% to 30% margin among lower-income households. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107257/Majority-Americans-Favor-Suspending-Federal-Gas-Tax.aspx Tue, 13 May 2008 15:00:00 GMT Just 15% of Americans describe current economic conditions as "excellent" or "good," matching the low for the year. Additionally, 87% of Americans say economic conditions are getting worse. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107251/Gallup-Daily-Only-15-Say-Economy-Excellent-Good.aspx Tue, 13 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT In the worst reading so far this year by one point, 88% of Americans now say the U.S. economy is getting worse in the Gallup Poll Daily tracking. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107224/Gallup-Daily-Percent-Getting-Worse-Reaches-New-High.aspx Mon, 12 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT A majority of Russians (68%) think their government should prohibit foreign companies from buying big Russian companies, but they are also more likely to perceive foreign investment as good rather than bad for their economy. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107200/Most-Russians-Oppose-Foreign-Purchases-Companies.aspx Mon, 12 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT The Gallup Poll Daily tracking update on consumer confidence finds 87% of Americans saying the economy is getting worse, matching the 2008 high. Also, 43% of Americans rate current economic conditions as "poor," with only 16% describing them as "excellent" or "good." http://www.gallup.com/poll/107164/Gallup-Daily-Negative-Economy-Views-Hold-Steady.aspx Sun, 11 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Duplicating the highest reading on this negative measure so far this year in Gallup Poll Daily tracking, 87% of Americans now say that the U.S. economy is getting worse. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107161/Gallup-Daily-87-Say-US-Economy-Getting-Worse.aspx Sat, 10 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT A full 60% of Americans now say they are cutting back significantly on their household spending to compensate for higher gas prices; only 38% said this when gas prices were shooting up three years ago. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107203/Majority-Now-Cutting-Back-Elsewhere-Afford-Gas.aspx Fri, 09 May 2008 14:45:00 GMT Gallup Poll Daily tracking finds 86% of Americans saying the economy is getting worse, continuing the long-running trend of highly negative economic attitudes. Additionally, 42% of Americans rate economic conditions as "poor." http://www.gallup.com/poll/107173/Gallup-Daily-Letup-Negative-Economic-Attitudes.aspx Fri, 09 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Over three-quarters of Americans, 78%, are now convinced that the current rise in gas prices represents a permanent rather than a temporary change in prices, the highest such reading since Gallup began asking about gas prices using this question eight years ago. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107170/Americans-Convinced-Rise-Gas-Prices-Permanent.aspx Fri, 09 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT A large majority of Americans (78%) think the current rise in gas prices represents a more permanent change, while just 19% think it is a temporary fluctuation. http://www.gallup.com/video/107167/Americans-Foresee-Permanent-Pain-Pump.aspx Fri, 09 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT While 56% of current retirees say Social Security is a major source of their retirement income, only 31% of future retirees expect that to be the case. In addition, 20% of future retirees expect part-time work to be a major income source, but only 3% of current retirees say it is a major source. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107146/One-Five-Americans-Expect-Work-Retirement.aspx Thu, 08 May 2008 12:15:00 GMT The percentage of Americans who say the economy is getting worse is back up to 86%, one percentage point below the 2008 high. Meanwhile, 42% rate current economic conditions as "poor," 5 points below the year's high. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107152/Gallup-Daily-86-Say-Economy-Getting-Worse.aspx Thu, 08 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Negative consumer perceptions remain slightly below their worst 2008 levels, with 41% of Americans now saying U.S. economic conditions are "poor" and 85% perceiving conditions as getting worse. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107092/Gallup-Daily-Economy-Ratings-Just-Shy-Worst-08.aspx Wed, 07 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Less than half of Americans who have yet to retire (46%) say they feel they will have enough money to live comfortably in retirement -- down from 53% a year ago and 59% over the three-year period of 2002 to 2004. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107044/Fewer-Americans-Expect-Comfortable-Retirement.aspx Tue, 06 May 2008 13:15:00 GMT Americans' ratings of current economic conditions remain highly negative, but have shown modest improvement in recent days as the percentage describing the economy as "poor" has declined from 46% to 40%. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107041/Gallup-Daily-Slight-Drop-Percentage-Calling-Economy-Poor.aspx Tue, 06 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Negative consumer perceptions have eased slightly over the past few days, as 42% of Americans now say U.S. economic conditions are "poor," slightly lower than the 46% seen last week. However, attitudes are still highly negative relative to the start of the year. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107017/Gallup-Daily-Poor-Economic-Rating-Now-42.aspx Mon, 05 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT