credit crisis / http://backend.userland.com/rss ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½WebTeam A majority of Russians (54%) in 2013 approved of the way Vladimir Putin was handling his job as president, but this rating is 29 percentage points lower than the 83% approval he received at the end of his previous presidency in 2008. /poll/167408/putin-popularity-waned-home-olympics.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/167408/putin-popularity-waned-home-olympics.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 13 Feb 2014 07:00:00 GMT Already distrustful of their national governments, the public's confidence has nearly bottomed out in Portugal, Spain, Italy, and Greece. Fewer than one in five in these countries trust their national governments. /poll/165647/trust-government-sinks-new-low-southern-europe.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/165647/trust-government-sinks-new-low-southern-europe.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 30 Oct 2013 17:30:00 GMT Portuguese disapproval of their leadership has surged in the past year as record percentages are struggling to afford the basics. /poll/165629/economic-hardship-political-discontent-surge-portugal.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/165629/economic-hardship-political-discontent-surge-portugal.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 29 Oct 2013 20:30:00 GMT Portuguese remain more confident in their financial institutions than residents of other European countries that received bailouts during the eurozone crisis. Confidence in banks in Cyprus, Slovenia, and Spain drops further. /poll/165245/portuguese-trust-banks-buoyant-bailout-countries.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/165245/portuguese-trust-banks-buoyant-bailout-countries.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 04 Oct 2013 06:00:00 GMT Greeks and other Europeans lead the world in pessimism about the future direction of their lives. Nearly four in 10 Greeks expect their lives in five years to be worse than their present ones. /poll/163556/greeks-pessimistic-globally.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/163556/greeks-pessimistic-globally.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 18 Jul 2013 06:00:00 GMT Greeks and residents in six other European Union countries were among the least likely in the world to express confidence in their banks last year, with trust levels all below 30%. /poll/162602/european-countries-lead-world-distrust-banks.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/162602/european-countries-lead-world-distrust-banks.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT Economic confidence worldwide has improved little since the height of the downturn in 2009. Gallup's global Economic Confidence Index stood at 18 in 2012, up from 10 in 2009. Economic confidence is lowest in Europe, at -35, and highest in Asia, at 32. /poll/162071/global-economic-confidence-little-changed-2009.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/162071/global-economic-confidence-little-changed-2009.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 29 Apr 2013 06:00:00 GMT Cyprus residents' confidence in their banks and views on EU leadership, their own financial prospects, and well-being worsened significantly last year, even before the current banking crisis. /poll/161540/cyprus-residents-outlook-already-bleak-bank-crisis.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/161540/cyprus-residents-outlook-already-bleak-bank-crisis.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 29 Mar 2013 06:00:00 GMT