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Americans in No Mood to Shop

Variety of Gallup indicators suggest consumers will spend cautiously

November 28, 2008
If Black Friday lives up to its name, it will be in spite of extraordinarily bleak indicators. These include Americans’ highly conservative 2008 Christmas spending forecast, their negative outlook for their personal standard of living, and their lack of confidence in the U.S. economy.More ...

Post-Election Uptick in Consumer Confidence Short-Lived

Consumers were getting more pessimistic even before the current stock market plunge

November 20, 2008
New aggregated weekly data show that any Obama election “halo effect” on consumer confidence was short-lived at best, with the percentage of Americans rating the economy “poor” hitting a new weekly high of 61% last week.More ...

Christmas Spending Projection Drops to New Low

Projected shopping at department stores takes biggest hit

November 19, 2008
Americans’ projected average Christmas spending this year, $616, is the lowest in Gallup’s 10-year history of tracking this question in its current format, and provides further evidence of the heavy toll the current economic turmoil is taking on America’s retailers.More ...

In Japan, Recession Echoes Consumer Woes

Only 9% say economic conditions are good

November 18, 2008
With the news that Japan’s economy is now in recession, Gallup Polls in Japan this year find consumer confidence eroding and only 9% of Japanese saying economic conditions in their country are good.More ...

Sharp Increase in Americans’ Worry About Money

Worry has increased, although it is lower on weekends

November 14, 2008
About 4 out of 10 Americans in recent weeks report that they worried about money “yesterday,” a sentiment that increased sharply in mid-September and has remained higher for the most part since.More ...

Higher-Income Americans Turning More Pessimistic

Views of upper- and lower-income groups tend to differ

November 13, 2008
The improving trend in consumers’ economic outlook over the past five weeks hides new and significant differences by income, as lower-income Americans continue to become more optimistic about the future while upper-income Americans have recently become more pessimistic.More ...

Opinion Briefing: Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement

In 2007, South Koreans were mixed on benefits

November 13, 2008
As the incoming Obama administration weighs whether to renegotiate the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, Gallup revisits South Koreans’ views on the issue and potential policy implications for the United States.More ...

Election Lifts Economic Spirits for Democrats, Independents

More likely since election to say economic conditions are “getting better”

November 11, 2008
Democrats and independents have become significantly more positive about the direction of the economy after the Nov. 4 election, while economic optimism among Republicans -- which used to be significantly higher than optimism among independents or Democrats -- has dropped.More ...

Consumer Confidence Up Slightly After Obama's Election

Daily tracking shows perceptions improving over past couple of days

November 7, 2008
Gallup Poll Daily tracking reveals that U.S. consumer confidence has already improved after the historic election of Barack Obama as president, with the percentage saying the economy is “getting worse” down 4 points and the percentage rating the economy “poor” down 3 points.More ...

U.S. Consumer Confidence Up Slightly in Recent Weeks

Gallup Daily tracking shows perceptions improving since mid-October

November 3, 2008
In sharp contrast to the widely reported record month-to-month drops in the Consumer Confidence and Consumer Sentiment Indexes, Gallup Poll Daily tracking shows Main Street pessimism easing a little since mid-October.More ...
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