Economic ratings are poor – and getting worse – in most countries surveyed
Majorities of adults in 18 of 24 countries surveyed this spring rate their nation’s economic situation poorly.
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Majorities of adults in 18 of 24 countries surveyed this spring rate their nation’s economic situation poorly.
A median of 70% of adults across 19 countries say children in their country will be worse off than their parents financially when they grow up.
The vast majority of U.S. adults have heard at least a little about cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin or Ether.
As of the third quarter of 2021, 50.3% of U.S. adults 55 and older said they were out of the labor force due to retirement.
People in Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria overwhelmingly point to the United States and China, the world’s two largest economies.
The urgency expressed by Pope Francis on global poverty and inequality is grounded in harsh reality. 4.4 billion people – 71% of the global population of 6.2 billion – lived on $10 or less per day in 2011, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of the most recently available data.
Trade will likely be a topic of discussion when President Obama visits Japan on Wednesday. Most Americans see trade with Japan as a good thing and back a treaty on Pacific trade.
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