There are pairs of recent economic reports appear to present conflicting assessments of consumer
attitudes about the economy.
Not exact matches
The
attitudes of local authorities may be changing now as the
economy slows and officials become more concerned
about unemployment and tensions over access to schools and other social services.
Americans remain optimistic
about the
economy, but their
attitude toward stocks has gone from euphoric to negative as turbulence has rocked Wall Street.
Some experts say that the
attitudes of Millennials and the advent of the gig
economy have changed many people's expectations
about work.
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers released details Monday of a non-partisan nationwide poll
about voter
attitudes on the
economy, manufacturing and transportation infrastructure.
AAAS CEO Rush Holt, executive publisher of the Science family of journals said: «Sometimes politicians think science issues are limited to simply things like the budget for NASA or NIH, and they fail to realize that a president's
attitude toward and decisions
about science and research affect the public wellbeing, from the growth of our
economy, to education, to public health.
Schleicher, education director of the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development, the group that runs the PISA ranking, told Tes: «The school system today is your
economy tomorrow, and that is something I worry
about when governments have an
attitude of «oh well, lets cut some corners here».»
It's all
about striking just the right balance, between
attitude, style, practicality, performance and
economy.
«Nobody... likes talking
about enforceable international protocols and yet unless there is a real change in
attitude, we have to contemplate those very unwelcome possibilities if we want the global
economy not to collapse and millions, billions, of people to die.»
30 July: ABC Big Ideas: What Australians really think
about the world An expert panel considers and interprets the results and discusses some of the other findings that shed light on Australians
attitudes towards the
economy, climate, border protection, our political parties, leaders and neighbours.
Maintain the Right
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Attitude In this
economy, it is important to keep a positive
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attitude about your career prospects.
Economic
attitudes soured across the board, with consumers viewing the current
economy negatively and displaying increased pessimism
about the future.
The continued stabilization of consumer
attitudes coupled with growth in areas such as home price expectations, whether it is a good time to sell one's home, direction of the
economy, and the percentage of Americans who saw an increase in their personal income indicate an alignment of factors that may influence Americans» decision making
about purchasing a home.
While Americans» confidence in the direction of the
economy has been the most pronounced (35 percent think that the
economy is on the right track, up 19 percentage points since November, and 57 percent think the
economy is on the wrong track, down 18 percentage points since November), their confidence
about personal financial situations, household income, and household expenses, as well as
attitudes about homeownership and renting is holding at steady levels.
«While consumers remain cautious
about the general
economy, their
attitudes toward the housing market continue to improve,» says Doug Duncan, senior vice president and chief economist of Fannie Mae.
Low interest rates and a strengthening
economy have prompted this consumer optimism, according to Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices» Homeowner Sentiment Survey, a survey of
about 2,000 consumers»
attitudes toward home ownership.