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If current trends continue, China's GDP will surpass the United States' in the coming decades. "When and if that happens, America loses," says Gallup's chairman. "China may dominate the world."

Worldwide, people's outlooks about their local job markets are returning to the pessimistic levels they were at before the global economic crisis. But Gallup surveys suggest the one in three who said it was a good time to find a job locally in ...

As the U.S. government shuts down for the first time since 1996, historical Gallup data show the shutdown 17 years ago had either no effect or a short-term impact on Americans' views of the U.S. and of the political players involved.

If these companies followed the example of America's highest well-being cities, they could save $22 billion per year by reducing their employees' obesity and smoking levels.

Just over 45% of Americans aged 18 and older were employed full time for an employer in August, according to Gallup's new Payroll to Population measure. This reflects a steady uptick since Gallup began collecting employment data in 2010.

Thirty-six percent of adults worldwide reported saving money in the past year, according to a Gallup/World Bank study. People in high-income countries, sub-Saharan Africa, and East Asia and the Pacific are the most likely to be savers.

2013 Gallup-Hope Index Report

Many Americans still do not know enough to say if the sequestration cuts have been good for the country or for themselves, little changed from a month ago. But those with an opinion are more likely to see the cuts as bad than good.

The percentage of Americans lacking health insurance coverage continued to vary widely across U.S. metro areas in 2012, from 4% in Burlington, Vt., and the Boston-Cambridge area to 49% in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas.

Boulder, Colo., remains the U.S. metro area with the lowest obesity rate in the U.S. for the third year in a row, at 12.5% in 2012. Obesity remains highest in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas, at 38.5%.