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Economic Anxiety Index®

The latest results from our ongoing Marketplace-Edison Research Poll measuring economic anxiety in America.

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African-Americans, women and millennials have more economic anxiety than the rest of the country

by Sarah Menendez
Mar 7, 2018
Whether your economic anxiety has increased or decreased in the last year depends on who you are, according to the latest Marketplace-Edison Research Poll.
Pedestrians walk by a building advertising available retail space on Lexington Avenue on February 8, 2018 in New York. 
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Would a Mexican-U.S. border wall help or hurt the economy?

by Mark Salay
May 1, 2017
In our latest Marketplace-Edison Research Poll, we asked Americans how they felt about President Trump's border wall, and other stances on immigration.
Border Patrol agents patrol the U.S.-Mexico border at Friendship Park in San Ysidro, California, in April..
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A lot of people are worried about crumbling infrastructure

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
May 1, 2017
Our Marketplace-Edison Research Poll shows strong support for rebuilding America.
Eighty-three percent of respondents to our Marketplace-Edison Research Poll told us they support the idea of Congress passing a large infrastructure bill to repair roads, bridges and airports.
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Austin, Texas, already faces costs for its 'sanctuary city' practices

by Andy Uhler
Apr 28, 2017
Local police say they won't make arrests based on legal status, but there's state and federal pressure to change that.
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We asked what was stressing you out about the economy. You had a lot to say.

by Hayley Hershman
Apr 28, 2017
A mother and son sit down to discuss their financial anxieties.
While most Americans aren't as anxious about the economy as they used to be, 18- to 24-year-olds are still feeling the stress.
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When people living illegally in the U.S. stay home, stores lose customers

by Andy Uhler
Apr 28, 2017
Many Latino immigrants in Austin, Texas, are frequenting local businesses less on fears of arrest and deportation.
Immigrant families in McAllen, Texas, walk to a Catholic-run "immigrant respite center" before taking a bus from the border into the interior of the United States.
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How much do manufacturing jobs really matter?

by Mitchell Hartman
Apr 27, 2017
Eighty percent of respondents to the Marketplace-Edison Research Poll say manufacturing is "very" or "somewhat" important to their local economy.
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Majority of Americans feel 'forgotten' by government

by Annie Baxter
Apr 26, 2017
Poll respondents are cynical about Washington politicians and distrust them.
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Wisconsin wants Medicaid recipients to pony up more money

by Dan Gorenstein
Apr 26, 2017
'It’s just another punch in the gut,' one enrollee says.
A handful of states are piloting programs to expand Medicaid to food assistance. Some experts say it could help address wider health issues faced by patients on Medicaid.
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Run government as a business? Americans are split

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Apr 25, 2017
Marketplace polling shows views differ by age, gender and party
President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order surrounded by small business leaders in the Oval Office of the White House January 30, 2017 in Washington, DC.
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