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Just half of all New Yorkers plan to stay in the city over the next five years, and anger over quality of life has skyrocketed since the pandemic — with just 30% saying they’re happy here, according to a damning poll from the The Citizens Budget Commission. The non-profit think tank’s first such post-pandemic survey, released Tuesday, also found that only 37% of New Yorkers thought public safety in their neighborhood was excellent or good, down from 50% six years ago. When asked if they planned to stay in the Big Apple until 2028, only 50% of those surveyed said...

The number of full-time jobs has plummeted since June 2023, with Americans turning to part-time jobs and working multiple jobs to make up the difference as economic factors like high inflation continue to put stress on consumers, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Since June, the number of full-time jobs has declined more than 1.8 million, from 134,787,000 to 132,946,000 as of February, according to the Federal Reserve of St. Louis. In that same time, the number of part-time employees working less than 35 hours per week has risen from 26,248,000 to 27,941,000, an increase of...

Former President Donald Trump is trouncing his Republican challengers in the Texas primary race as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis falls to third place, the latest CWSResearch/Defend Texas Liberty PAC Texas survey found.The survey asked respondents, “If the upcoming 2024 Republican Primary for president were held today, and the candidates were Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Chris Christie, Tim Scott, Nikki Haley, Mike Pence, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Doug Burgum, for whom would you vote?”Notably, both former Vice President Mike Pence and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott have since dropped out of the GOP primary race.RELATED: Exclusive — Jack Posobiec Says DeSantis Campaign...

More than a month ago, we wrote why with the yen at risk of an “Explosive” downward spiral – which has since been confirmed – we explained why China may soon devalue the yuan, and a few weeks later when this latest prediction was again promptly confirmed, we wrote “Whispers Of Yuan Devaluation After Biggest Weekly Plunge Since 2015.” Fast forward to Monday, when China’s Onshore yuan’s selloff has accelerated to levels which until recently most “experts” FX strategists (with a few exceptions) said were impossible, and after breaking 6.7 per dollar for the first time since 2020 the yuan...

Regular readers are familiar with my narratives on the U.S. Greater Depression, and (in particular) some of the government’s own charts which depict this economic meltdown most vividly. The collapse in the “civilian participation rate” (the number of people working in the economy) and the “velocity of money” (the heartbeat of the economy) indicate an economy which is not merely in decline, but rather is being sucked downward in a terminal (and accelerating) death-spiral. However, even that previously published data, and the grim analyses which accompanied it could not prepare me for the horror story contained in data passed along...

Barack Obama is facing poll numbers that are now in the same territory as President George W. Bush´s following Hurricane Katrina. The Quinnipiac University Polling Institute released numbers on Tuesday showing that just 38 percent of registered voters approve of the job Obama is doing as president, with a whopping 56 percent saying they disapprove. The president has lost his landslide electoral edge among young voters, too, with a negative 41–49 percent rating among 18- to 29-year-old voters. His once formidable support among Hispanics has also evaporated: They now support him by an historically small 50–43 percent margin.

Obama’s approval rating plummetsBy Amie Parnes - 12/29/11 05:34 PM ET President Obama enjoyed a surge in popularity this week — but the bounce proved to be remarkably short-lived. A Gallup tracking poll released Thursday showed that Obama is once again underwater, plummeting to 41 percent approval and 50 percent disapproval, a sharp drop from earlier in the week. A survey released Monday showed the president had a sudden uptick in the opinion poll, with 47 percent of respondents approving of the way he was handling his job and 45 percent disapproving. It was the first time since July that...

President Obama's approval numbers have taken a hit in swing-state Pennsylvania, the latest Quinnipiac University survey out this morning shows. Just 43 percent of voters approve of the job he's doing, while 54 percent disapprove, according to the survey, which is a slip from his June numbers.

<p>A truck driver died early today after losing control on the Bay Bridge S-curve at high speed and plummeting 200 feet below to Yerba Buena Island, the most serious collision yet since the new detour was installed, the California Highway Patrol said.</p>

California could pay the price for the foreclosure crisis for years to come, thanks to Proposition 13, the 1978 voter initiative that caps property taxes. As banks feverishly dump foreclosed homes at cut-rate prices, and as neighboring homes change hands at similar bargain-basement rates, those amounts are enshrined as the new basis for determining property tax until the homes are sold again. Under Prop. 13, that basis can rise a maximum of just 2 percent a year, even if the home is worth significantly more. The consequence is likely to be a revenue crunch for the public services funded by...

Satisfaction with American Congress PlummetsOctober 12, 2008 (Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Adults in the United States are particularly critical of the way the House of Representatives and the Senate are doing their job, according to a review of four recent public opinion polls. In a survey by Opinion Research Corporation released by CNN, 23 per cent of respondents approve of the way Congress is performing. The approval rating for the U.S. legislative branch stands at 15 per cent in a study by CBS News, and 13 per cent in polls by Opinion Dynamics for Fox News and Hart/Newhouse for...

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Sales of new homes dropped 8.3% in August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 795,000, the slowest sales pace since June 2000, the Commerce Department estimated Thursday. Sales are now down 21.2% in the past year, with no sign of a bottom in the crippled housing market. Read the full government report. "This is just hideous," wrote Ian Shepherdson, chief U.S. economist for High Frequency Economics. "This is more evidence that it's going to be a long and -- for a lot of people -- a painful process," said Mike Schenk, economist for the Credit Union...

WASHINGTON — Oil prices fell by almost 3 percent Tuesday, dipping below $64 a barrel as demand and perceived supply threats ease. After a seven-day selloff, crude futures are at their lowest level since late March. Falling oil prices are not uncommon at this time of year, when gasoline consumption traditionally tapers off and winter fuels demand has yet to ramp up. But the market has been especially weak lately, falling roughly 18 percent since mid-July, because fears of a powerful Atlantic hurricane season have so far proved unwarranted and because traders are increasingly skeptical that a diplomatic standoff between...

<p>WASHINGTON - With California ranking among the less-polluted states, industries across the nation reduced the release of toxic chemicals by more than 1 billion pounds in 2001 for the largest decrease in nearly 15 years, according to Environmental Protection Agency figures released Monday.</p>