Home Ownership Out of Reach
Q: “Given your household’s current financial situation, how dificult would it be for you to qualify for a mortgage?”
Not at all dificult
6%
Not very dificult
11%
Somewhat dificult
28% Very
Dificult 46%
High home prices & interest rates
59%
High home prices
17% $13.8 13.6 Source: Online Newsmax/TIPP poll from Jan. 3-5, 2024, of 544 adults who rent/live with others
200B 300B 400B 500B 600B
516.5B
Smoking No Longer Cool
Total number of cigarettes sold in the United States*
190.2B ’63 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2021 *Includes sales to armed forces personnel stationed outside the U.S. Sources: Federal Trade Commission, Statista
Landing Poses Most Hazards 202Other
Number of accidents in commercial civil aviation by flight phase (2005-2023)*
Rejected takeoff
25 Takeoff 118
Initial climb
85 Cruise 65 Approach 738 Taxi in 115 Landing 45 14.5% 1.8% 8.5% 6.1% 4.7% 8.3% 53% 3.2%
*IATA members, accounting for 94% of all international flights. 2023 data up to the end of June. Sources: IATA, Statista
Small business Military Police Medical
Church/organized religion Supreme Court Banks
Public schools Presidency
Tech companies Organized labor Newspapers Criminal justice Television news Big business
Congress 65% 60% 43% 34% 32% 27%
26% 26% 26% 26% 25%
18% 17%
14% 14%
8%
Sources: Survey of 1,013 U.S. respondents (18+ y/o) June 1-22, 2023; Statista, Gallup
13.6 11.8 11.1 9.5 8.5 7.3 3.7
*Purchasing power parity. Figures rounded. U.S. data refers to the federal minimum wage. (Figure is higher in some states.) Sources: OECD, Statista
Losing Faith in Institutions
O
nly the military and small businesses saw a great deal or a fair amount of trust in them
from a majority of U.S. respondents to a new Gallup poll. Congress, on the other hand, was trusted by only 8% of Americans.
Share of U.S. respondents who say they
have a great deal/quite a lot of trust in the following institutions
2.4 1.8
Not sure 9%
Q: “Which is a bigger factor preventing you from owning a home?”
Neither 13%
Not sure 2%
High interest rates
8%
Federal Minimum Wage Lags
Real hourly minimum
wage in U.S. dollars*
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