Opinion Today

August 14, 2021

Consumers reported a stunning loss of confidence in the first half of August
University of Michigan
Consumers reported a stunning loss of confidence in the first half of August. The Consumer Sentiment Index fell by 13.5% from July, to a level that was just below the April 2020 low of 71.8. Over the past half century, the Sentiment Index has only recorded larger losses in six other surveys, all connected to sudden negative changes in the economy: the only larger declines in the Sentiment Index occurred during the economy's shutdown in April 2020 (-19.4%) and at the depths of the Great Recession in October 2008 (-18.1%).

America's Relationship With Work Remains Complicated
Clifford Young, Ipsos
Despite a plurality feeling overworked, the majority would settle for flexibility in their work lives over longer vacations.

Sacred Heart University National Poll
Sacred Heart University’s Institute for Public Policy
Considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their quality of life, more than one-…