In December 2024, a public opinion survey found that only *** percent of Americans felt that the economy was in an excellent state. Of the Americans surveyed, ** percent considered the economy to be in a poor state.

According to a survey by Infocus Mekong conducted in January 2024, ** percent of urban and ** percent of rural respondents in Vietnam believed that the economy would not recover until 2025. Meanwhile, *** percent of urban and **** percent of rural respondents expressed optimism regarding the economic recovery in the first quarter of 2024.

While most Americans appear to acknowledge the large gap between the rich and the poor in the U.S., it is not clear if the public is aware of recent changes in income inequality. Even though economic inequality has grown substantially in recent decades, studies have shown that the public's perception of growing income disparities has remained mostly unchanged since the 1980s. This research offers an alternative approach to evaluating how public perceptions of inequality are developed. Centrally, it conceptualizes the public's response to growing economic disparities by applying theories of macro-political behavior and place-based contextual effects to the formation of aggregate perceptions about income inequality. It is argued that most of the public relies on basic information about the economy to form attitudes about inequality and that geographic context---in this case, the American states---plays a role in how views of income disparities are produced. A new measure of state perceptions of growing economic inequality over a 25-year period is used to examine whether the public is responsive to objective changes in economic inequality. Time-series cross-sectional analyses suggest that the public's perceptions of growing inequality are largely influenced by objective state economic indicators and state political ideology. This research has implications for how knowledgeable the public is of disparities between the rich and the poor, whether state context influences attitudes about inequality, and what role the public will have in determining how expanding income differences are addressed through government policy.

According to a survey by Infocus Mekong conducted in January 2024, 31 percent of respondents in Vietnam believed that the economy would not recover until 2025. Meanwhile, nine percent of respondents expressed optimism regarding the economic recovery in the first quarter of 2024.

OS: Diffusion Index: Develop in the Jap Economy's Growth Potential data was reported at -46.500 % in Sep 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of -45.600 % for Jun 2018. OS: Diffusion Index: Develop in the Jap Economy's Growth Potential data is updated quarterly, averaging -49.250 % from Jun 2006 (Median) to Sep 2018, with 50 observations. The data reached an all-time high of -26.700 % in Jun 2013 and a record low of -68.300 % in Mar 2012. OS: Diffusion Index: Develop in the Jap Economy's Growth Potential data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bank of Japan. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Japan – Table JP.S073: Opinion Survey (OS) on the General Public's Views and Behavior: On Economic Conditions .

In September 2024, 45 percent of respondents said Brazil was in a better economic situation than the previous year. Another 35 percent said the country was in a similar situation.

This study is part of a quadrennial series designed to investigate the opinions and attitudes of the general public and a select group of opinion leaders on matters related to foreign policy, and to define the parameters of public opinion within which decision-makers must operate. Part 1 consists of data acquired from interviews of leaders with foreign policy power, specialization, and expertise. These include Congressional members or their senior staff, university administrators and academics who teach in the area of international relations, journalists and editorial staff who handle international news, administration officials and other senior staff in various agencies and offices dealing with foreign policy, religious leaders, senior business executives from FORTUNE 1,000 corporations, labor presidents of the largest labor unions, presidents of major private foreign policy organizations, and presidents of major special interest groups relevant to foreign policy. For Part 2, the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations (CCFR) conducted its opinion survey of the American general public through the Internet. In particular, this study covers the global United States position, international norms and the use of force, multilateralism and international institutions, international norms and economic relations, and policy attitudes and perceptions of United States leaders and the public. Regarding the global United States position, respondents were asked to give their opinions on threats to the vital interests that most Americans consider critical, the fundamental foreign policy goals that they want to pursue, how much they are willing to spend on foreign policy-related items, whether they favor the United States having military bases overseas in general and their support for stationing troops in various specified countries, their views on the Middle East, how active the United States should be in world affairs, their willingness to take action against terrorism, and their support for diplomatic and other nonmilitary actions to solve conflicts. On the topic of international norms and the use of force, respondents gave their opinions on adhering to traditional norms and empowering the United Nations, preventive action against a state seeking weapons of mass destruction, using force against a state supporting terrorists, the use of nuclear weapons, the use of torture, using force against a state conduction genocide, using force to restore a democratic government, and defending a country that has been attacked. Concerning multilateralism and international institutions, respondents were asked their level of support for collective decision-making through international institutions and for empowering the United Nations, their attitudes toward other major international organizations, their support for international agreements, their desire to seek consensus among nations, and their opinions on the idea of spreading democracy. On the subject of international norms and economic relations, respondents were asked about pursuing free trade with certain conditions, globalization and trade in principle, their support for the trading system and institutions, their concerns about inequities, and their opinions on mitigating the effects of trade, achieving equity in trade, trade as a strategic tool, responsibility for development aid, regional trade agreements, and migration. For the sake of comparison, Parts 1 and 2 include many of the same questions asked of both groups. Background information on respondents includes religion, age, income, education, gender, marital status, and employment status. Part 3 is a special telephone survey of the general public designed to be directly comparable to the telephone survey of 2002.

This Voice of the People poll seeks the opinions of Canadians, on predominantly economic, political, and social issues. The questions ask opinions of the state of the economy as compared to 10 years ago, predictions about the next generation, safety and security, public school trends, and public clinics/hospitals. There are also questions on other topics of interest such as Canadian democracy, politics, and elections. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographic and social variables. Topics of interest include: economy; security; American foreign policy; politics; next generation; elections; public schools; public clinics/hospitals; and general happiness. Basic demographic variables are also included.

Citizens' economic perceptions can shape their political and economic behavior, making those perceptions' origins an important question. Research commonly posits that media coverage is a central source. Here, we test that prospect while considering the alternative hypothesis that media coverage instead echoes public perceptions. This paper applies a straightforward automated measure of the tone of economic coverage to 490,039 articles from 24 national and local media outlets over more than three decades. By matching the 245,947 survey respondents in the Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior to measures of contemporaneous media coverage, we can assess the sequencing of changes in media coverage and public perceptions. Together, these data illustrate that newspaper coverage does not systematically precede public perceptions of the economy, a finding which analyses of television transcripts reinforce. Neither national nor local newspapers appear to strongly influence economic perceptions.

Russia Inflation Expectation: Next 1-2 Months: Increase Significantly data was reported at 30.764 % in Mar 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 29.826 % for Feb 2025. Russia Inflation Expectation: Next 1-2 Months: Increase Significantly data is updated monthly, averaging 34.000 % from Jun 2012 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 97 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 60.742 % in Feb 2022 and a record low of 20.000 % in Feb 2018. Russia Inflation Expectation: Next 1-2 Months: Increase Significantly data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Russian Public Opinion Research Center. The data is categorized under Russia Premium Database’s Household Survey – Table RU.HE007: Inflation Expectations and Perception: Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM). [COVID-19-IMPACT]

According to a survey by Infocus Mekong conducted in January 2024, ** percent of southern and ** percent of northern respondents in Vietnam believed that the economy would not recover until 2025. Meanwhile, *** percent of southern and ***** percent of northern respondents expressed optimism regarding the economic recovery in the first quarter of 2024.

Research has not yet explored whether the misery index or presidential rhetorical optimism about economic conditions can shape public opinion about the appropriate level of government involvement in domestic affairs in the United States. The time series analyses preformed here suggest prior change in the misery index and presidential rhetorical optimism about the economy produce shifts in public opinion, although the magnitude of the shift following changes in the misery index appears to be less substantial than the shift following changes in presidential rhetorical optimism about the economy.

Japan OS: Perception of the Interest Rate Level: Too Low data was reported at 53.300 % in Jun 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 55.400 % for Mar 2018. Japan OS: Perception of the Interest Rate Level: Too Low data is updated quarterly, averaging 52.800 % from Jun 2006 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 49 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 65.100 % in Mar 2016 and a record low of 43.700 % in Mar 2009. Japan OS: Perception of the Interest Rate Level: Too Low data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bank of Japan. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Japan – Table JP.S073: Opinion Survey (OS) on the General Public's Views and Behavior: On Economic Conditions .

This survey focuses on personal finances, perception of the economy, credit card use, and overall debt, including mortgages, bank loans, and installment loans. The primary focus is on the source of the respondents' economic information and their habits regarding the communication of economic information with others. Maintains queries on media exposure, computer use, telephone service, level of educational attainment, and political affiliation.

This survey focuses on current issues including US action against Iraq, and rating of President Bush's decisions in the Persian Gulf, settlement without war, role of the United Nations, war and threat of heavy casualties, Bush's deadline for Saddam Hussein, and support for President Bush. Additional questions are asked on civil rights, recession, economic downturn, and NCAA violations.

Russia Inflation Perception: Last 1-2 Months: Can't Respond data was reported at 8.846 % in Jan 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 8.000 % for Dec 2023. Russia Inflation Perception: Last 1-2 Months: Can't Respond data is updated monthly, averaging 8.000 % from Apr 2017 (Median) to Jan 2024, with 81 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 16.186 % in Jan 2018 and a record low of 3.500 % in May 2017. Russia Inflation Perception: Last 1-2 Months: Can't Respond data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Russian Public Opinion Research Center. The data is categorized under Russia Premium Database’s Household Survey – Table RU.HE007: Inflation Expectations and Perception: Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM). [COVID-19-IMPACT]

We investigate public attitudes toward the fiscal union: a policy advocated in official European Union documents and designed to address asynchronous economic fluctuations in the eurozone. We employ survey questions and conjoint analyses embedded in population-based panel surveys in Italy, and draw expectations from theories of tax-and-transfer schemes, public insurance, ideology, diffuse support, identity and trust. High-income right-wing individuals with weak European identity and negative assessment of EU membership are more likely to oppose the measure. However, high-income respondents display greater willingness to pay, especially in order to keep the euro, whereas lower-income participants are readier to ditch the currency if the monetary union does not deliver good economic performance. The political feasibility of this policy seems therefore to rest on the willingness to contribute by the core constituency supporting the euro. We also investigate the preferences for the institutional design of the policy.

A broad literature in the field of political science is dedicated to clarifying the link between economic variables and public opinion on the current government. In this study, we undertake a microanalysis using individual-level data to evaluate the relationship between economic perceptions and government approval in Chile. The case of Chile is particularly interesting because the country has undergone a democratic transition process and exhibits significant variations in economic performance. Based on two different surveys covering nearly 30 years (1995–2022), we find that Chileans, on average, prioritize the national economy over their own economic circumstances when evaluating government performance. The predominance of sociotropic effects over egotropic effects is highly robust and does not change according to the survey used. However, with regard to the time dimension, we do not find a clear predominance of current perceptions over future perceptions, or vice versa.

This Voice of the People poll seeks the opinions of Canadians, on predominantly economic, political, and social issues. The questions ask opinions of the state of the economy, business and political leaders and predictions for 2006, and world progress. There are also questions on other topics of interest such as job safety, news media, world issues, and industrial disputes. The respondents were also asked questions so that they could be grouped according to geographic and social variables. Topics of interest include: global economy; 2006; job safety; media; and industrial disputes. Basic demographic variables are also included.

This collection, A Longitudinal Study of Public Response, was conducted to understand the trajectory of risk perception amidst an ongoing economic crisis. A nation-wide panel responded to eight surveys beginning in late September 2008 at the peak of the crisis and concluded in August 2011. At least 600 respondents participated in each survey, with 325 completing all eight surveys. The online survey focused on perceptions of risk (savings, investments, retirement, job), negative emotions toward the financial crisis (sadness, anxiety, fear, anger, worry, stress), confidence in national leaders to manage the crisis (President Obama, Congress, Treasury Secretary, business leaders), and belief in one's ability to realize personal objectives despite the crisis. Latent growth curve modeling was conducted to analyze change in risk perception throughout the crisis. Demographic information includes ethnic origin, sex, age, marital status, income, political affiliation and education.