Only 15% Expect Home's Value to Increase Over Next Year; 23% Expect the Opposite
Short-term confidence in the housing market is at an all-time low, while confidence in the long-term market is inching back up.
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September 13, 2010
September 13, 2010
51% Favor Extending Bush Tax Cuts For The Wealthy
A majority (51%) of U.S. voters now support extending the so-called Bush tax cuts for all Americans including the wealthy, even as the House Republican leader indicates he is willing to compromise with President Obama and not include wealthy taxpayers in the tax cut extension.
September 10, 2010
61% Say Cutting Spending Will Create More Jobs Than Obama’s New $50 Billion Program
President Obama this week proposed a long-term federal jobs program with a $50 billion price tag, but 61% of U.S. voters say cutting government spending and deficits will do more to create jobs than the president's new program.
September 7, 2010
55% Oppose Second Economic Stimulus Plan
President Obama is expected to announce on Wednesday plans for at least $50 billion in new government spending on the nation’s transportation infrastructure and billions more in tax credits in hopes of jumpstarting the troubled economy with midterm elections less than two months away.
September 3, 2010
40% Say They’re Paying More For Gas Compared to Six Months Ago
The number of Americans who report they’re paying more for gas has fallen dramatically in the last five months, and the number that expects prices to increase in the future is also down.
August 31, 2010
Rasmussen Employment Index Shows Little Change in August
The Rasmussen Employment Index inched up just over half a point this month from its six-month low in July.
August 24, 2010
38% Say Stimulus Plan Helped Economy, 36% Say It Hurt
As the U.S. economy continues to stumble along, voters are now almost evenly divided over whether last year’s $787-billion economic stimulus plan has helped or hurt.
August 17, 2010
56% Say Government Should Keep Out of Housing Market
While Washington policy makers continue to fret about the troubled housing market, most Americans remain opposed to government intervention in that sector of the economy.
August 16, 2010
Only 18% Expect Their Home’s Value To Increase Over the Next Year
Short-term confidence in the U.S. housing market has fallen back to the level it was at at the beginning of the year, and long-term confidence is at its lowest point in over 18 months.
August 15, 2010
14% Say Job Market Better Than Year Ago, 46% Say Worse
Eighty-one percent (81%) of American adults know someone who is out of work and looking for a job. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that the numbers vary little across demographic, partisan and income groups.
August 14, 2010
The Working Poor: 16% of All Workers
One-out-of-six working Americans (16%) consider themselves to be among the working poor.
August 11, 2010
27% Looking For Job Outside Current Company
More than one in four employed adults (27%) now say they are looking for a job outside their current company.
August 9, 2010
58% Oppose Federal Mortgage Forgiveness Plan for Troubled Homeowners
Rumors have circulated that the Obama administration is considering a partial mortgage forgiveness plan to help those who owe more than their homes are worth. Just 28% of U.S. voters favor such a proposal.
August 5, 2010
Americans Still Regard Congress As Least Respected Profession
With mid-term elections just months away, Americans continue to view being a member of Congress as the least favorable of nine professions.
August 4, 2010
55% Express 'Sticker Shock' Over Tax Credits for Electric Cars
Makers of high-priced new electric cars are hoping that federal tax credits of up to $7,500 will ease the sticker shock for consumers, and 48% of Americans like the idea of tax credits for alternative energy cars.
August 4, 2010
54% Favor Extension of Bush Tax Cuts
Most voters favor extending the so-called Bush tax cuts that are scheduled to end December 31, but they’re more ambivalent about whether the cuts should be continued for wealthier taxpayers.
August 4, 2010
Discover(R) U.S. Spending MonitorSM Drops 1.9 Points in July
Consumer confidence fell for the third straight month as more consumers rated current economic conditions as poor, and fewer see the economy improving, according to the Discover U.S. Spending Monitor for July 2010.
August 3, 2010
Americans Are More Open to Buying an Electric Car - Until They Know the Cost
A sizable number of Americans say they would consider buying an electric car in the next 10 years, but they are less enthusiastic when told the price tag.
July 28, 2010
42% Say No Jobs Available in America, 42% Disagree
Americans are now evenly divided over whether anyone who wants to work can find a job in the United States.
July 27, 2010
45% Expect U.S. Economy To Be Weaker in One Year
Americans’ confidence in the short-term economy has slipped this month to its lowest level in well over a year.
