Most Americans still know someone searching for a job, but it’s at an all-time low.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 63% of American Adults know someone who is out of work and looking for a job, but that’s the lowest finding since regular Rasmussen Reports surveying began in 2010.
Many continue to complain about the growing difference in income between rich and poor in America and want the government to do something about it. But voters still think that’s a bad idea.
While online security breaches are a regular occurrence, most Americans continue to trust their banking to the Internet.
Most working Americans still get major holidays off, especially if they work for the government.
More than a third of Americans say they are in worse financial shape than they were last year at this time, and most of them expect to be even worse off 12 months from now.
A sizable majority of Americans are again using the Internet to finish their holiday shopping this year.
Americans continue to shop at a record pace this holiday season.
Americans are either in a bigger spending mood this holiday season or just more eager to get their shopping done. The number who say they have begun their seasonal shopping has jumped to a record level following the Black Friday sales.
Americans are more convinced that their local housing market is good for sellers, although homeowners’ expectations for their own home values have stayed about the same.
The United States remains by far the world’s largest debtor nation and is currently running a budget deficit of nearly $129 billion. Congress late last week approved a controversial bipartisan plan that allows the government to borrow even more. Voters want less government, but as far as they’re concerned, their elected representatives refuse to listen.
Voters still think policies that are pro-free market are important for the economy, but are they more important than those that reduce the income gap between rich and poor?
California Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law the nation’s toughest pay equity law, and Americans strongly support it.
Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli made headlines last week when he purchased the rights to a drug used to fight AIDS complications and increased the price by 5000% overnight. Shkreli later promised to lower the price under pressure from medical groups and politicians, but the incident highlighted the continuing problem of rising prescription drug costs.
Volkswagen has confessed to equipping millions of diesel cars with software intended to fool emissions tests, especially in the United States, but so far the German auto company is hanging in there popularity-wise.
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has proposed tax hikes on the country’s wealthiest households in response to what he feels are vastly overpaid CEOs and Wall Street hedge fund managers.
Opposing all tax increases or only raising taxes on the wealthy? Voters still lean toward the latter choice.
Most Americans continue to lack confidence in the Federal Reserve Board to keep interest rates down and expect to pay higher rates next year.
Gas prices have hit recent lows in many parts of the country, but do most Americans expect that to last?
Americans are definitely worried that the unfolding economic crisis in China may have repercussions on this side of the Pacific.
