The human cost of cutting Medicaid
May 2, 2025
Helen Levy & Tom Buchmueller (Stephen M. Ross School of Business & visiting scholar at The Brookings Institution) discuss the impact cuts to Medicaid will have on Americans’ health and mortality, “Medicaid coverage improves children’s health at birth, and...
Consumers aren’t seeing any relief ahead for high prices, says U of M’s Joanne Hsu
April 28, 2025
Surveys of Consumers’ director, Joanne Hsu, joined the CNBC Power Lunch to discuss the latest consumer sentiment numbers and the impact of tariffs on how consumers feel about their personal finances.
Consumers aren’t seeing any relief ahead for high prices, says U of M’s Joanne Hsu
April 28, 2025
Surveys of Consumers’ director, Joanne Hsu, joined the CNBC Power Lunch to discuss the latest consumer sentiment numbers and the impact of tariffs on how consumers feel about their personal finances.
Consumers worried about labor markets amid trade policy volatility
April 25, 2025
ANN ARBOR—Consumer sentiment fell for the fourth straight month, plunging 8% from March and reaching its lowest reading since July 2022. While the April decline in current conditions was relatively modest, the expectations index plummeted with drop-offs in personal finances as well as...
Antonucci, Dunning Join American Academy of Arts and Sciences
April 24, 2025
ANN ARBOR— Toni Antonucci and David Dunning, both affiliates of the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR), were among the five distinguished University of Michigan professors chosen for the 2025 class of the American Academy of...
Off the road: 1 in 4 seniors quit driving due to sight issues
April 16, 2025
Research indicates an urgent need for updated vision screening policies and safer infrastructure to protect aging driversANN ARBOR—Older drivers with vision impairment are dramatically more likely to stop driving or avoid challenging road conditions—with severe cases four times more...
US consumer sentiment, inflation expectations deteriorate sharply in April
April 14, 2025
U.S. consumer sentiment fell sharply in April — from 57.0 in March to 50.8 this month — and inflation expectations surged to the highest level since 1981. Surveys of Consumers director, Joanne Hsu, said, This decline was pervasive and unanimous across age, income, education,...
U-M federal research funding fuels innovation, economic growth
April 9, 2025
ANN ARBOR—Federal grants awarded to University of Michigan researchers help to drive innovation and economic growth, supporting thousands of jobs and generating millions in research-related spending across the United States. According to the university’s latest research...
SRC Researchers at the 2025 Population Association of America Annual Meeting
April 4, 2025
Here is a schedule of SRC researchers at the 2025 Population Association of America Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. All times are Eastern Daylight Time.ISR ReceptionThe Institute for Social Research (ISR), in partnership with the University of California, Los Angeles, University of Washington,...
February consumer confidence falls
March 31, 2025
CNN says Americans are increasingly worried about higher inflation and many more are afraid of rising unemployment. “Consumers continue to worry about the potential for pain amid ongoing economic policy developments. Notably, two-thirds of consumers expect unemployment to rise in the...