National unemployment was 8.6% in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Real Unemployment update, it went up almost a point from 8.2% last month and double the 4.6% rate officially reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics today.
So far at least, Americans aren’t feeling any boost in economic opportunity from having President Donald Trump back in the White House.
Although the stock market has rebounded from its recent decline, a majority of Americans are still worried – and think a major recession may be ahead.
A majority of Americans report higher food costs, and inflation continues to impact the nation’s eating habits.
Economic confidence deccreased to 107.2 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, more than four points lower than February.
A little more than a month before the Internal Revenue Service deadline, most Americans have not yet filed their income taxes, and fewer of them expect a refund compared to last year
Americans are now paying about 50 cents a gallon less for gasoline than they were a few months ago, but many still think the price could go up again.
The number of American who’ve already filed their income taxes is keeping up with last year’s pace.
Economic confidence increased to 111.3 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, nearly eight points higher than January.
In what may be an important signal of economic confidence, more Americans now expect stock prices to increase than at any time since 2018.
Economic confidence decreased to 103.4 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, nearly four points lower than December.
A key measure of economic optimism has risen significantly since this time last year
Economic confidence increased to 107.3 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, nearly three points higher than November.
Has the election of Donald Trump boosted economic optimism? By one measurement, apparently so.
Economic confidence increased to 104.6 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, four points higher than October.
Americans are about twice as likely to say their financial situation is worse than to say it’s gotten better.
A solid majority of Americans believe that the country’s homeless problem has gotten worse.
Economic confidence increased to 100.6 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, nearly one point higher than September.
Four out of five Americans say they’re paying more at the grocery store, and most say inflation has changed how they eat.
More Americans see economic opportunity than they did three years ago, but they’e still not as optimistic as they were when Donald Trump was president.
