57% Expect Higher Interest Rates Next Year
After dipping to a two-year low last month, the number of Americans who expect to pay higher interest rates next year has returned to levels found earlier in 2011.
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July 16, 2011
July 14, 2011
79% Are Concerned About Inflation
Most Americans remain worried about inflation and lack confidence in the Federal Reserve to keep inflation under control and interest rates down.
July 14, 2011
55% Oppose Tax Hike In Debt Ceiling Deal
As the Beltway politicians try to figure out how they will raise the debt ceiling and for how long, most voters oppose including tax hikes in the deal.
July 14, 2011
Americans Divided Over Whether Government Will Do Too Much or Not Enough For Economy
As the nation struggles with high unemployment and a depressed housing market, voters are evenly divided about which worries them more—that the government will not do enough to fix the economy rather than do too much.
July 13, 2011
45% Confident In Stability Of U.S. Banking Industry
Trust in the U.S. banking industry has steadily slipped over the past three months, and the number of Americans that lack confidence now outweighs the number that is confident.
July 13, 2011
42% View Chamber of Commerce Favorably; 58% Share Favorable Opinion of AMA
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the major lobbying force in Washington, DC for the business community, but voters have mixed feelings about the organization.
July 12, 2011
57% of Working Americans Say They're Middle Class, Lowest Level in Two Years
One-in-five working Americans continue to classify themselves as poor, while the number of those who consider themselves middle class has fallen to a two-year low.
July 12, 2011
Can You Punish Employees For Things They Say on Facebook? By Cliff Ennico
"I run a small advertising agency with about 10 employees. Given the nature of our work, our employees spend much of their time online, especially on the social media websites including Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. We have found these websites a tremendous source of revenue, as all of our clients are looking to develop advertising strategies for these sites.
July 12, 2011
70% Think Government Regulation Hurts Small Business More Than Big Business
Voters don’t care much for government regulation of the economy and think it has a bigger negative impact on small business.
July 8, 2011
70% Think Banks Should Loan Only To Those Best Able To Repay
While many policy makers worry that credit is too tight, most Americans think instead that people are borrowing more than they can afford.
July 8, 2011
Hiring Expectations Peaked Last November
Last November, the Rasmussen Employment Index capped four months of improvement by reaching its highest level since February 2008. At that time, the number of workers who reported their firms were hiring (20.5%) was nearly equal to the number reporting layoffs (20.7%). That was the best net hiring number (-0.2) since the financial industry melted down in September 2008. It also turns out to be the peak of the post-bailout era.
July 7, 2011
40% See Better Job In Their Future
American workers are more confident that their next job will be better than their current one, but most still aren’t looking for other work just yet.
July 7, 2011
Americans Divided On Views of NAACP
As with many organizations that get caught up in partisan politics, the NAACP gets mixed reviews from the American public.
July 7, 2011
23% Confident Policymakers Know What They’re Doing About The Economy
As Congress continues its debate over the national debt ceiling, Americans are less confident than ever that the nation’s policymakers know what they are doing when it comes to the economy.
July 6, 2011
Most Say They Don't Overuse Their Credit Cards But Think Others Do
Most Americans think their fellow countrymen use their credit cards too much but don’t feel they personally have a borrowing problem.
July 6, 2011
42% Give the NEA Positive Marks, 54% Like the NRA
The nation’s largest teachers’ union on Monday endorsed President Obama’s reelection 16 months before Election Day 2012, but then most Republicans already have a negative opinion of the National Education Association. Democrats, on the other hand, are big fans.
July 5, 2011
Rasmussen Employment Index Makes Modest Gain In June
The Rasmussen Employment Index, which measures workers’ perceptions of the labor market each month, inched up less than point in June.
July 5, 2011
52% Have Favorable Opinion of AARP
AARP, formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons, has made news recently by shifting its position on Social Security benefit cuts, but public perceptions of the group are little changed from two years ago.
June 28, 2011
How to Sell Successfully on eBay ... Advice From the Pros By Cliff Ennico
Last week, I gave a presentation on Internet sales taxes at the eighth annual eBay Radio party in Las Vegas -- a confab of some of the top eBay sellers in the United States and Canada.
June 23, 2011
51% Now Recognize Most Federal Spending Goes to Defense, Medicare and Social Security
The majority of voters now understand that most of the federal budget goes to just three areas, but they still want to vote on any proposed changes to the ones that directly impact their retirement.
