How the Global Religious Landscape Changed From 2010 to 2020 Conrad Hackett, Marcin Stonawski, Yunping Tong, Stephanie Kramer, Anne Shi and Dalia Fahmy, Pew Research Center The world’s population expanded from 2010 to 2020, and so did most religious groups, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of more than 2,700 censuses and surveys.
Two-Thirds in U.S. Prefer Birth Sex on IDs, in Athletics Megan Brenan, Gallup Roughly two-thirds of Americans support two separate policies prioritizing the birth sex of transgender people over their current gender identity. Sixty-nine percent of U.S. adults continue to believe that transgender athletes should only be allowed to play on sports teams that match their birth sex, and 66% of Americans say a person’s birth sex rather than gender identity should be listed on government documents such as passports or driver’s licenses.
Musk’s OBBB critiques break through Eli Yokley & Cameron Easley, Morning Consult The president’s approval rating stands at 47%, up from 46% last week, while 51% disapprove of his job performance for the third week in a row. While 51% of voters approve of Trump’s handling of immigration, that share still matches a second-term low. Nearly 7 in 10 voters (68%) said they’d seen, read or heard at least something about Musk's criticism of the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Despite overall uncertainty, we are somewhat confident in spending Matt Carmichael, Ipsos Despite the uncertainty we've seen in various consumer indexes, many Americans remain confident about investing, taking out loans or buying a new home, according to the Ipsos Consumer Tracker.
Inflation Expectations Decline; Labor Market Expectations Improve Federal Reserve Bank of New York The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data released the May 2025 Survey of Consumer Expectations, which shows that households’ inflation expectations declined at the short-, medium-, and longer-term horizons. Consumers’ recent pessimism about the labor market eased somewhat, while consumer debt delinquency expectations and expectations about one’s household financial situation improved slightly.
If AI use at work is growing, we don't know it Matt Carmichael, Ipsos Workplaces are using AI at the same rates they were a year ago, according to the Ipsos Consumer Tracker.
