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Is Investor Optimism Contagious?
January 2002 investor optimism numbers are up in the U.S. and Europe, consumer confidence numbers are improving, and Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan is much more positive about the economy than he was two weeks ago. If investor optimism is ...
Hey Buddy, Can You Spare a Job?
Consumer expectations about a near-term economic recovery are soaring, but most Americans who are employed or looking for work see the job situation as dismal. Economists say that the job situation is a lagging economic indicator, but if the ...
Consumers Expect Better Times Ahead
Recent news reports suggest that a highly unusual consensus has formed among economic prognosticators: they believe that the economy will begin recovering during the first quarter of 2002. Gallup's first survey of consumer economic perceptions ...
Fear of Conventional Crime at Record Lows
A new Gallup poll finds that the war on terrorism at home and abroad comes at a time when Americans are feeling safer from crime than they have at any other point in over 30 years. National crime rates have steadily declined over the past ...
Although Fewer Americans Watch Baseball, Half Say They are Fans
Major League Baseball's All-Star Game will take place Tuesday night at Seattle's Safeco field. Gallup polls from spring and summer of 2001 find a sport with a solid base of fans but a dwindling interest in watching the game. The latest Gallup ...
Half of Dog Owners Believe Their Dog Capable of Inflicting Serious Harm, if Provoked
Very few dog owners are worried that their animal might inflict harm on a human being but about half admit that their dog is capable of causing such injuries if provoked. Roughly 10 percent of all Americans say that, due to fear of dog attacks, ...
Professional Football Wins Popularity Contest Over College Football
As the 2000 football season gets underway in earnest this Labor Day weekend, Gallup asked Americans about both the NFL and the college game. In the latest Gallup poll, conducted August 24-27, 54% of Americans claim to be fans of professional ...
Majority of Parents Think a School Shooting Could Occur in Their Community
A shooting at Santana High School in Santee, California (northeast of San Diego) has tragically thrust the issue of school violence back into the news. The fact that a high school student is apparently a suspect in the shooting makes the event ...
Americans Say the Family Is the Starting Point for Preventing Another Columbine
Today marks the second anniversary of the tragic shooting deaths of 15 students and teachers at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado an event that has been followed by a number of other school shootings in the two years since, and which ...
Yankees Are America's Favorite Baseball Team
The New York Yankees are America's favorite baseball team, according to the latest Gallup poll, conducted March 26-28. The poll also shows baseball ranks as America's third favorite sport to watch, following football and basketball, but that ...