Matt Carmichael

1 week ago | ipsos.com | Matt Carmichael

The Ipsos Consumer Tracker asks Americans questions about culture, the economy and the forces that shape our lives. Here's one thing we learned this week.  Why we asked: As the Trump administration continues to take shape, we will check in from time to time on the topics and questions we asked before inauguration to see if things are shifting. What we found: There’s a drop in the idea that having tech developed and manufactured in the U.S. should be a national security issue.

1 week ago | ipsos.com | Matt Carmichael

The Ipsos Consumer Tracker asks Americans questions about culture, the economy and the forces that shape our lives. Here's one thing we learned this week. Why we asked: With everything going on in the U.S. these days, and Covid-early-days levels of uncertainty, we started a new module in the Tracker. It asks a two-part question. How uncertain are you feeling about the impacts of the actions of the government and how satisfied do you feel.

1 week ago | ipsos.com | Matt Carmichael

The Ipsos Consumer Tracker asks Americans questions about culture, the economy and the forces that shape our lives. Here's one thing we learned this week. Why we asked: We wanted to trend some streaming questions we’ve asked in the past, and also dig into some behaviors we hadn’t really measured before, notably the industry bugaboo: churn. What we found: The distribution of how many services we subscribe to hasn’t really changed in the last year or two.

3 weeks ago | ipsos.com | Matt Carmichael

The Ipsos Consumer Tracker asks Americans questions about culture, the economy and the forces that shape our lives. Here's one thing we learned this week. Why we asked: The economic policies of the current administration have revived talk of a recession, talk the administration isn’t arguing with. As the New York Times reports, “Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, has said Mr. Trump’s policies are ‘worth it’ even if they cause a recession.

1 month ago | ipsos.com | Matt Carmichael

The Ipsos Consumer Tracker asks Americans questions about culture, the economy and the forces that shape our lives. Here's one thing we learned this week. Why we asked: The U.S. lags most of the world in terms of its enthusiasm for artificial intelligence. Meanwhile, the U.S. is right up there with the rest of the world in terms of how worried or nervous we are. Most other markets are more balanced in their worry and wonder, and we Americans tilt much more to worry. Why?