In fact, the resemblance between how people talk about crime and how they talk about the economy is eerily strong.

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For one thing, people were much more positive about crime trends in their own areas — which they could observe at first hand — than they were about the nation as a whole.

The US is powering ahead of its European allies in the economic recovery after the pandemic. Murder rates plummeted last year. But if you ask Americans about the economy and crime, you’re ...

Canada’s economy is stuck in a state of “suspended animation,” with major new investments largely on hold, but may start to recover in the coming months, according to the head of one of the ...

The latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist survey finds the economy is still top of mind for Americans — and that both parties are vulnerable on different issues.

Retailers large and small say they’re struggling to contain an escalation in store crimes — petty shoplifting to organized sprees of large-scale theft that clear entire shelves of products.

Americans’ views of President Joe Biden’s job performance have ebbed since the start of the year, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds. The public’s views of the national economy remain ...

Biden has a genuinely impressive domestic record on the economy and social cohesion (which is one reason crime is going down). But he remains the worst possible salesman of his achievements.

The economy is troubled too. The broad measures of economic health typically trotted out are gross domestic product and the unemployment and inflation rates, but these figures often seem at odds ...

Economic distress is amplified on budget-strapped consumers during inflationary periods, said Burt Flickinger, retail expert and managing director of retail consultancy Strategic Resource Group.