Opinion Today

July 8, 2021

Economic Optimism Falls Despite Jobs Recovery, Stock Market Rally As Inflation Jumps
Jed Graham, Investor’s Business Daily
The stock market rally pushing the S&P 500 to all-time highs lifted the personal financial outlook among investors to a new record, the July IBD/TIPP Poll finds. Yet rising financial stress, as stimulus fades and inflation percolates, is weighing on U.S. economic optimism.

Strict Social Distancing in the U.S. Dwindles to 18%
Lydia Saad, Gallup
Fewer than one in five Americans (18%) now say they are completely or mostly isolating themselves from nonhousehold members, a marker of strict social distancing that peaked at 75% near the onset of the pandemic last April. More recently, the rate was 22% in May and has fallen by half since March, when it was 38%.

The Public Prefers a Larger, Comprehensive Infrastructure Bill
Navigator Research
Americans Prioritize Infrastructure Legislation That Goes Beyond Roads and Bridges, Even If It’s Not Bipartisan

As Pandemic Begins to Fade, S…