A survey conducted in February 2025 found that the most important issue for ** percent of Americans was inflation and prices. A further ** percent of respondents were most concerned about jobs and the economy.

As of January 2025, approximately 24 percent of exhibition companies surveyed in eight Central and South American countries reported viewing the state of the economy in their home market as the industry's most important issue over the following 12 to 18 months. Internal management challenges ranked second, selected by 13 percent of respondents.

According to a 2023 survey, young adults in the United States were divided when it came to important political issues such as border security, gun violence prevention, and addressing climate change. However, the majority of young Americans considered the cost of living and inflation a top political issue, regardless of their race and ethnicity.

The current political discourse in the United States focuses on extreme political polarization as a contributor to ills ranging from government shutdowns to awkward family holidays. And indeed, a large body of research has documented differences between liberals and conservatives–primarily focused on Republicans and Democrats in the United States. We combine large international surveys and more fine-grained surveys of United States citizens to compare differences in opinion between Republicans and Democrats to the full range of world opinion on moral issues (N = 37,653 in 39 countries) and issues of free speech (N = 40,786 in 38 countries). When viewed in the full distribution, polarization between Democrats and Republicans appears relatively small, even on divisive issues such as abortion, sexual preference, and freedom of religious speech. The average Democrat-Republic overlap is greater than 70% of the country pair overlaps across eight moral issues, meaning that 70% of the country pairs are more dissimilar from each other than Democrats and Republicans are dissimilar; similarly, the average Democrat-Republic overlap is greater than 79% of the country pair overlaps across five freedom of speech issues. These results suggest that cross-cultural comparisons are useful for putting differences between political partisans within the same country in context.

United States SBOI: sa: Most Pressing Problem: A Year Ago: Others data was reported at 5.000 % in Mar 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 6.000 % for Feb 2025. United States SBOI: sa: Most Pressing Problem: A Year Ago: Others data is updated monthly, averaging 7.000 % from Jan 2014 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 131 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 11.000 % in May 2023 and a record low of 3.000 % in Jul 2024. United States SBOI: sa: Most Pressing Problem: A Year Ago: Others data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Federation of Independent Business. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.S042: NFIB Index of Small Business Optimism. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

Graph and download economic data for New Corporate Securities Issued, Stock, All Industries for United States (Q10122USQ144NNBR) from Q1 1948 to Q1 1964 about issues, equity, securities, corporate, new, industry, and USA.

In 2023, pollution of drinking water was the most concerning environmental issue in the United States according to both Democrats and Republicans. 64 percent of Democrats said they worried a great deal about drinking water quality, compared to 41 percent of Republicans. Meanwhile, 62 percent of Democrats said they worried a great deal about global warming or climate change, compared to just 14 percent of Republicans.

Using a political event coding system, this data collection describes 8,768 events and press items sampled from 42,000 entries in THE NEW YORK TIMES between 1968 and 1972. These data were generated in order to apply events data to the study of the emergence and processing of political issues in the United States and to test a number of hypotheses regarding the types of events associated with various political issues. Approximately 4,600 cases are events in which an actor attempts to influence a target. The remaining cases are reports of press items such as editorials and columns. The data include: (1) whether it was a political event (i.e., one in which an actor directs some action toward a target in a political system in order to influence the behavior of the target) or a press item (i.e., information about the domestic issue from either a newspaper column or a newspaper editorial), (2) the domestic issue (one of 40 possible categories), (3) the domestic subissue, (4) the date and the page of the newspaper in which the article describing the event was found, (5) the press treatment or coverage of the event, (6) the actor initiating the event (coded in one of 100 categories including both governmental and nongovernmental actors), (7) the federal role favored by the actor regarding the issue, (8) whether the actor specialized in dealing with the issue, (9) type of action initiated by the actor, (10) the mode of action, (11) the target of the event, and (12) the weight of the event or press item.

This dataset focuses on the black-white wage gap in the United States. It provides insights into the disparities in hourly wages between black and white workers, as well as different gender and subgroup breakdowns.

The data is derived from the Economic Policy Institute’s State of Working America Data Library, a reputable source for socio-economic research and analysis.

International debt issues to GDP (%) in United States was reported at 21.44 % in 2020, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. United States - International debt issues to GDP - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.

Graph and download economic data for Government-Sponsored Enterprises; GSE Issues; Liability, Transactions (BOGZ1FA403161705A) from 1946 to 2024 about GSE, issues, transactions, liabilities, and USA.

United States Public Debt Transactions: Issues: Nonmarketable: Cash Issue Price data was reported at 5.000 USD mn in 14 May 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 5.000 USD mn for 13 May 2025. United States Public Debt Transactions: Issues: Nonmarketable: Cash Issue Price data is updated daily, averaging 4.000 USD mn from Oct 2005 (Median) to 14 May 2025, with 4915 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 966.000 USD mn in 31 Oct 2022 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 17 Sep 2015. United States Public Debt Transactions: Issues: Nonmarketable: Cash Issue Price data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of the Fiscal Service. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.F: Public Debt Transactions.

Graph and download economic data for Government-Sponsored Enterprises; GSE Issues of FICO; Liability, Level (BOGZ1FL403161763A) from 1945 to 2024 about GSE, issues, liabilities, and USA.

United States PDS: Specific Issues: TIPS: Net Settled Position: 5 Years data was reported at 1.597 USD bn in 30 Apr 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 664.000 USD mn for 23 Apr 2025. United States PDS: Specific Issues: TIPS: Net Settled Position: 5 Years data is updated weekly, averaging -363.000 USD mn from Apr 2013 (Median) to 30 Apr 2025, with 631 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.870 USD bn in 30 Apr 2014 and a record low of -5.577 USD bn in 25 Dec 2024. United States PDS: Specific Issues: TIPS: Net Settled Position: 5 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.Z044: Primary Dealer Statistics: Specific Issues.

This survey was conducted by the Gallup Organization. A national sample of 1,003 adults were interviewed April 11-13, 1997. Major topics covered: Clinton job performance; Janet Reno; volunteerism; Franklin Delano Roosevelt;

Please Note: This dataset is part of the historical CISER Data Archive Collection and is also available at the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at https://doi.org/10.25940/ROPER-31088313. We highly recommend using the Roper Center version as they may make this dataset available in multiple data formats in the future.

Graph and download economic data for Net Issues of International Debt Securities for Issuers in Financial Institutions Sector (Banks), All Maturities, Nationality of Issuer in Latin America and Caribbean (DISCONTINUED) (IDSGBAMNINI4U) from Q2 1987 to Q2 2015 about Caribbean Economies, Latin America, issues, sector, maturity, financial, debt, securities, Net, banks, and depository institutions.

Graph and download economic data for Number of Commercial Paper Issues with a Maturity Between 1 and 4 Days (MKT14MKTVOL) from 2001-01-02 to 2025-07-10 about 1-4 days, issues, commercial paper, maturity, commercial, and USA.

A 2024 survey found that over half of U.S. individuals indicated the cost of accessing treatment was the biggest problem facing the national healthcare system. This is much higher than the global average of 32 percent and is in line with the high cost of health care in the U.S. compared to other high-income countries. Bureaucracy along with a lack of staff were also considered to be pressing issues. This statistic reveals the share of individuals who said select problems were the biggest facing the health care system in the United States in 2024.

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Contents

This Voice of the People poll seeks the opinions of Canadians, on predominantly economic, political, and social issues. The questions ask opinions about corruption, democracy, government, and world issues. There are also questions on topics such as the reduction and elimination of incidences of torture, familiarity with global institutions, predictions about the next generation, public school trends, and public clinics/hospitals. There are also questions on other topics of interest such as problems facing Canada, private/public sector contribution to the improvement of social services, trust in people, and globalization/globalisation. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographic and social variables. Topics of interest include: economy; corruption; American foreign policy; politics; next generation; elections; public schools; public clinics/hospitals; torture; global institution; democracy; and trust. Basic demographic variables are also included.