Industries

Most Nigerians Confident in Their Industries

Majority express confidence in the Telecommunications sector

March 14, 2008

Despite public perceptions of widespread corruption in Nigerian businesses (85%), most respondents express relatively high levels of confidence in the country’s business sectors.More ...

Annual Update: Americans Rate Business and Industry Sectors

Oil and gas industry and federal government have worst images

September 6, 2007

Americans rate the restaurant and computer industries the most positive of 25 sectors surveyed, while they are most negative about the oil and gas industry, the federal government, and the healthcare sector. Americans have rated most business and industry sectors more negatively over time, particularly since 2003, and the public has lost more faith in the federal government over the last four years than any other industry sector tested.More ...

Industry Ratings

September 6, 2007

Americans update their views of industries and institutions, with good news for the restaurant and computer industries and bad news for the oil & gas industry.

Americans Anxious About Imports from China

August 30, 2007

One too many recalls have Americans way down on imports from China.

Consumer Sentiment Inches Up in October

Basic economic appraisal still more negative than positive

October 16, 2006

American consumers became a bit more optimistic in the past month about U.S. economic conditions and the outlook for the U.S. economy. At the same time, perceptions of the job market remained flat, suggesting the basis for consumers' newfound optimism lies in something other than the employment picture.More ...

Investor Optimism Surges as Gas Prices Plummet

Still, investors remain concerned about conditions in the residential real estate markets

September 25, 2006

Investor optimism surged in September, reaching its highest level since March, according to the UBS/Gallup Index of Investor Optimism. Plunging gas prices and investor perceptions of a "soft landing" for the U.S. economy appear to be offsetting investor fears about deteriorating conditions in the real estate markets.More ...

Investors Worried Real Estate Situation Will Get Worse

Investor optimism continues steady decline, reaching another new low for the year

August 28, 2006

Investor optimism continued its steady decline in August, reaching a new low point for the year according to the latest UBS/Gallup Index of Investor Optimism. Investors are growing more concerned about deteriorating conditions in the nation's real estate markets and what these problems might mean for the overall economy later this year.More ...

Image of Oil and Gas Industry Takes Another Hit This Year

Americans' views of industries affected by higher gas prices also suffer

August 17, 2006

The restaurant and computer industries continue to rank at the top of Gallup's annual ratings of various business and industry sectors in the country, while the oil and gas industry continues to rank at the bottom. Americans' ratings of several industries affected by higher gas prices, such as oil and gas, and electric and gas utilities, suffered this year. Views of the sports industry and banking improved the most this year.More ...

Restaurants Highest-Rated Industry; Oil and Gas Lowest

Views of education, accounting, and farming and agriculture up this year

August 22, 2005

Gallup's annual update on the images of various business and industry sectors in the country finds that Americans view the restaurant industry, the computer industry, agriculture, and the grocery industry most favorably. The oil and gas industry, typically the most negatively rated, saw its ratings decline even further this year as the prices of oil and gasoline reached new heights. Views of education, accounting, and agriculture are all up this year, while ratings of the oil and gas industry, the federal government, and the sports industry have declined and are now the lowest Gallup has measured for them.More ...