--- title: "Data Feed: Obama’s NSA speech, global investors’ outlook, flu tracking" description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers." date: "2014-01-21" authors: - name: "George Gao" job_title: "Former " link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/" url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/01/21/data-feed-obamas-nsa-speech-global-investors-outlook-flu-tracking/" --- # Data Feed: Obama’s NSA speech, global investors’ outlook, flu tracking *A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.* **Politics** [Obama’s NSA speech has little impact on skeptical public](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2014/01/20/obamas-nsa-speech-has-little-impact-on-skeptical-public/), Pew Research Center [Christie’s image turns more negative](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2014/01/20/christies-image-turns-more-negative/), Pew Research Center [Obama averages 45.8% job approval](http://www.gallup.com/poll/166964/obama-averages-job-approval-year-five.aspx), Gallup [N.Y. poll: Yes to medical marijuana, no to recreational use](http://www.siena.edu/uploadedfiles/home/parents_and_community/community_page/sri/SNY%20January%202014%20Poll%20Release%20--%20FINAL.pdf), Siena Research Institute [Obamacare in red and blue America: Two charts tell the story](http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116272/how-red-states-are-holding-back-obamacare), New Republic [Americans aren’t polarized, just better sorted](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/01/21/americans-arent-polarized-just-better-sorted/), The Washington Post [K Street pays top dollar for revolving door talent](http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2014/01/21/revolving-door-lobbyists-government-experience/), Sunlight Foundation **Economy** [Many Baby Boomers reluctant to retire](http://www.gallup.com/poll/166952/baby-boomers-reluctant-retire.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=All%20Gallup%20Headlines), Gallup [In U.S., 67% dissatisfied with income, wealth distribution](http://www.gallup.com/poll/166904/dissatisfied-income-wealth-distribution.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=All%20Gallup%20Headlines), Gallup [From getting a raise to spending less, Americans appreciate advice](http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/01/from-getting-a-raise-to-spending-less-many-americans-say-bring-on-the-advice/), with [topline](http://www.langerresearch.com/uploads/1157HouseholdExpenses.pdf), ABC News [Map: Changes in home prices in U.S.](http://www.newyorkfed.org/home-price-index/), Federal Reserve Bank of New York **Health & Society** [Poll: Views from Latino Americans](http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2014/01/21/263502571/a-new-poll-takes-a-look-at-views-from-latino-america), NPR [Who will reach college age in the next 14 years?](http://chronicle.com/article/Who-Will-Reach-College-Age-in/144061/#00/0-1) The Chronicle of Higher Education [Twitter users’ diversity becomes an ad selling point](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304419104579323442346646168?mod=Business_newsreel_2), The Wall Street Journal [Map: Tracking the flu week by week](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/national/weekly-flu-report/), The Washington Post [Marijuana possession enforcement intensity down 42%](http://www.samefacts.com/2014/01/archive/drug-policy/u-s-marijuana-possession-enforcement-intensity-is-down-over-40/), The Reality-Based Community [Scientific collaboration has increased](http://www.nber.org/papers/w19819), National Bureau of Economic Research **International **[Poll: 59% of global investors say the global economy is improving](http://www.bloomberg.com/infographics/2014-01-21/global-investor-poll.html#global-poll), Bloomberg [In Latin America, tax revenues continue to rise, but are low and varied](http://www.oecd.org/tax/latin-america-tax-revenues-continue-to-rise-but-are-low-and-varied-among-countries-according-to-new-oecd-eclac-ciat-report.htm), OECD [Internet use in Latin America ](http://www.vanderbilt.edu/lapop/cow/cow.03.01202014.en-large.png), Vanderbilt [OECD employment rate nudges up to 65.2%](http://www.oecd.org/std/labour-stats/QES-0114.pdf), OECD [Where is the unemployment rate highest?](http://www.ilo.org/global/research/global-reports/global-employment-trends/2014/WCMS_233936/lang--en/index.htm) International Labor Organization [World economic situation and prospects for 2014](http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/policy/wesp/index.shtml), United Nations [Euro area house prices down by 1.3%](http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/2-21012014-AP/EN/2-21012014-AP-EN.PDF), Eurostat [China’s GDP grew 7.7% in preliminary results](http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/PressRelease/201401/t20140121_503020.html), National Bureau of Statistics in China [In Britain, record number of young adults living with parents](http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/jan/21/record-numbers-young-adults-living-with-parents), Guardian [Burglaries in Australia: By the numbers](http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/interactive/2014/jan/19/burglaries-australia-statistics-interactive), Guardian *Got new data to share? 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