USA Xorte, USA news

Home › News › USA › All articles

Two-thirds of Americans Likely to Decrease Spending on Eating Out and Entertainment in the Next Six Months

added: 24-09-2009

While economists are saying the economic tide is turning, people are still not willing to open their wallets and spend money. Two-thirds of Americans (67%) say they will decrease spending on eating out at restaurants and reduce spending on entertainment (67%), almost the same number who said so in May (66% and 64% respectively).

Slow Price Increases, Moderate Foreclosure Declines Reported in Latest Statistics

added: 24-09-2009

According to ForeclosureWarehouse.com, the Making Home Affordable Program created by the Obama Administration as a way to help struggling homeowners save their homes from foreclosure has had mixed results. After two years of declining prices and increasing foreclosure rates, the program may have helped reduce the numbers but it has failed large numbers of homeowners who were eligible for the program. Wells Fargo and Bank of America had enrolled only 6% and 4%, respectively, of their eligible borrowers.

In Down Economy, Americans Consider Life Insurance More Important Than Ever

added: 24-09-2009

In these challenging economic times, Americans have made numerous adjustments to shore up their family finances. Savings rates are on the rise, debt is being consolidated and slowly paid down, and people are spending and investing their money more conservatively. It may be time to add another trend to the list.

Americans Give President Obama Negative Marks on Handling of Economy

added: 23-09-2009

While much of the focus of President Obama has been on health care reform over the past few weeks, the issue of the economy is still on his plate. Currently, three in five Americans (60%) would rate the job the president is doing on the economy as negative while two in five (40%) would rate his job as positive. This is virtually unchanged from last month when 39% rated President Obama’s economic job performance as positive and 61% rated it as negative.

Business Productivity and Cost Reduction Top Concern for IT Executives

added: 23-09-2009

CIOs, CTOs, and senior IT executives cite business productivity and cost reduction as their top business concern, according to the 2009 IT Industry Trend Survey, commissioned by the Society for Information Management.

National 30-year Fixed Mortgage Rate Hovers Near 5.00%

added: 23-09-2009

The weekly average rate borrowers were quoted on Zillow Mortgage Marketplace for 30-year fixed mortgages was unchanged from last week at 5.04 percent, according to the Zillow Mortgage Rate Monitor, compiled by leading real estate Web site Zillow.com®. Rates for 15-year fixed mortgages fell to 4.45 percent from 4.48 percent, and 5-1 adjustable rate mortgages fell to 4.00 percent, down from 4.02 the week prior.

Economic Downturn Leading to Decline in Employee Commitment

added: 22-09-2009

The cost-cutting actions that employers have been making to deal with the economic crisis have contributed to a sharp decline in the morale and commitment of their workers, especially top performers, according to an annual survey by Watson Wyatt, a leading global consulting firm, and WorldatWork, an international association of human resource professionals.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ for the U.S. Improves Again in August 2009

added: 22-09-2009

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for the U.S. increased 0.6 percent,The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) remained unchanged and The Conference Board Lagging Economic Index™ (LAG) decreased 0.1 percent in August.

U.S. Regional and State Employment and Unemployment in August 2009

added: 22-09-2009

Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed in August. Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia reported over-the-month unemployment rate increases, 16 states registered rate decreases, and 7 states had no rate change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Over the year, jobless rates increased in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The national unemployment rate rose to 9.7 percent in August, up 0.3 percentage point from July and 3.5 points from August 2008.

Investors Brushing off Key Lessons from Financial Crisis

added: 22-09-2009

Despite the most tumultuous year for investors since the Great Depression, Americans appear unfazed and continue to have high hopes for retirement, according to the results of research released by Allianz Global Investors, a leading global investment management firm.

Sites : [172] [173] [174] [175] [176] [177] [178] [179] [180] [181] [182] [183] [184] [185] [186] [187] [188] [189] [190] [191] next »

Menu

Home › News › USA › All articles