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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHere's *exactly* why Joe Biden's poll numbers aren't getting better
CNNWhat is that top-of-mind issue? The economy -- and inflation in particular.
In a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday, 30% of Americans said inflation was the most urgent issue facing the country at the moment. Less than half that number (14%) named the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
That finding is echoed in a Kaiser Family Foundation survey released Thursday morning. More than half of those polled -- 55% of Americans -- said that the biggest issue facing the country was inflation and rising prices. Just 18% named the Russian invasion of Ukraine as the biggest problem in the country.
AZSkiffyGeek
(11,045 posts)Treefrog
(4,170 posts)AZSkiffyGeek
(11,045 posts)But there's a lot who apparently don't...
Treefrog
(4,170 posts)Somehow gas is still high although the price of oil is dropping.
ck4829
(35,078 posts)maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)Maybe what you read is that this Inflationary period is a global phenomenon, and not unique to the United States.
uponit7771
(90,348 posts)Johnny2X2X
(19,084 posts)But there also is the best wage growth we've seen in decades too. So while everything is on average 7% more expensive than a year ago, people are making on average almost 6% more than they were a year ago. So it's not a good situation, but there are signs that inflation will ease yet this year.
Except for low wage earners, whose incomes went up more than inflation on average, inflation is very real and causing people to fall further behind.
uponit7771
(90,348 posts)... should be addressed is the public sees the greed from corporations.
https://www.businessinsider.com/companies-pocket-largest-profits-in-70-years-amid-inflation-complaints-2021-12
Walleye
(31,032 posts)ck4829
(35,078 posts)PortTack
(32,785 posts)uponit7771
(90,348 posts)getagrip_already
(14,798 posts)It spells trouble for us.
Under tfg's fed, they were literally pumping trillions of dollars a month into stock and equity markets to "stabilize" them.
You can't print trillions of dollars a month and not cause inflation. I don't care what you say.
The fed has stopped that investment, citing inflation pressures, so the feet of the market are no longer being braced up, and it's beginning to fall.
So we are facing a related double whamy of inflation and falling 401k's.
It can all be traced to tfg, but nobody will hear that. It will all be bidens and the dem's fault.
TheRealNorth
(9,481 posts)I think this is mostly supply-driven along with labor costs adding to it.
uponit7771
(90,348 posts)... and not shooting through the moon
https://www.businessinsider.com/companies-pocket-largest-profits-in-70-years-amid-inflation-complaints-2021-12
dem4decades
(11,300 posts)Break from the crime stories, and the Republicans in my state are running on all three. I'm in a miserable fucking mood and this doesn't help.
Bev54
(10,063 posts)If people would look deeper, the economy is doing really well, if more dems were elected they could pass bills to deal with the economy. Why is it still the voters thinking republicans do better with the economy and national security when all the proof shows otherwise.
leftstreet
(36,109 posts)Stand outside a grocery store and tell the person who just spent $200 on three bags of groceries that, actually if you look deeper, the economy is doing well
uponit7771
(90,348 posts)AZSkiffyGeek
(11,045 posts)maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)Pointing fingers put Trump in office.
You should stop thinking so highly of the electorate.
ck4829
(35,078 posts)And elections demonstrate that time and time again.
Take Duncan Hunter - He was convicted and then people STILL voted for him more than the other guy, Ammar Campa-Najjar, a man who was qualified and, you know, not convicted of any crimes. There was a lot of Islamophobia and talking about Ammar's grandfather rather than the issues. Wasn't a coup though, brain trusts voted for him.
treestar
(82,383 posts)ck4829
(35,078 posts)* that obviously excludes pointing fingers at the poor, minorities, the powerless, etc.
But it works. Assigning blame to someone is a form of resistance, especially if the pointed-at has power
ck4829
(35,078 posts)leftstreet
(36,109 posts)So they can call to complain?
The point of the OP is - what are people concerned about and how might that translate in votes
jalan48
(13,876 posts)FloridaBlues
(4,008 posts)The consumer has a role to play as well. Hope the voters dont fall that republicans taking control will stop inflation because if the administration cant wave a wand nor can congress.
panader0
(25,816 posts)Somehow that drop is not reflected at the pump.
Check out the 52 week range.
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/future/brn00?countrycode=uk
ProfessorGAC
(65,112 posts)Crude prices have dropped 20% on futures & 18% on spot.
Gasoline has only fallen 14% on futures & 5.8% spot.
The typical attempts to explain this lag are "Buzz, click, squeak, hum..." doublespeak.
Either retail gas prices are a function of crude prices, or they're not.
And, if futures buyers overbid because they overestimated the impact of reduced flow of 3% of world crude supply, and they lose money, who cares? They're gamblers that made a bad bet. That's their problem
There's no guarantees of profit in commodity buying. They have plunge protection mechanisms, but nothing to brake unwarranted upward spikes. How convenient.
I keep seeing here that it's the oil companies, but they don't set the wholesale price. They set a floor, based upon crude price, using a formula in the regulations. It's the marketeers who need to be grilled by congress (especially Ms.Porter). They've only grilled oil execs who are merely lucky beneficiaries of these unwarranted bets on future price.
They're not going to get to the bottom of the true cause of this ongoing lag situation unless they look into where the real problem exists.