“Consumer confidence has remained largely unchanged…” – Richard Curtin
February 3, 2016
“Consumer confidence has remained largely unchanged, as the January reading was just 0.6 percent below last month’s level. The small downward revisions were due to stock market declines that were reflected in the erosion of household wealth, as well as weakened prospects for the...
Monitoring the Future (MTF) series show the use of both alcohol and cigarettes by U.S. teenagers reached their lowest points since the study began in 1975.
December 22, 2015
Use of several dangerous illicit drugs & including MDMA heroin, amphetamines and synthetic marijuana & also declined this year. Marijuana use, however, remained level. Teen cigarette smoking drops to historic low in 2015 Cigarillo use increases estimates of teen smoking rates by half Most...
New federal support enhances Health and Retirement Study (HRS)
December 7, 2015
The Health and Retirement Study has received significant support from the National Institutes of Health to carry out new enhancements to the resource for aging research. Read more information here.