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Mortgage rates and home prices have spiked over the past couple of years, making homebuying more expensive than ever. High mortgage rates coupled with high home prices have made buying a house significantly more expensive than it's been in previous years. 5 advantages of buying a house when mortgage rates are highThere's no perfect time to buy a house. But mortgage rates are expected to drop throughout the next couple of years. According to the Mortgage Bankers Association's latest forecast, mortgage rates could drop below 5% by the end of 2024.

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☆ Guatemalan presidential candidate Arevalo seen winning runoff with 61%, poll finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Anti-graft presidential candidate of the Semilla political party Bernardo Arevalo holds a campaign rally ahead of the presidential run-off, in Sumpango, Guatemala, July 16, 2023. REUTERS/Cristina Chiquin/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsGUATEMALA CITY, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Guatemalan presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo is seen winning an August 20 runoff election backed by 61% of valid votes, followed by former first lady Sandra Torres, according to a CID Gallup poll published on Wednesday. Arevalo, an ex-diplomat who is running on an anti-corruption platform, scored a surprise second place in June's first round, finishing close behind Torres. "Our growth trajectory continues, as more of us now want change in Guatemala," the candidate said on social messaging platform X. The poll surveyed 1,819 adults face-to-face between August 4 and 13 with an estimated margin of error of plus or minus 2.3%.

Persons: Bernardo Arevalo, Cristina Chiquin, Sandra Torres, Arevalo, Torres, Sofia Menchu, Raul Cortes, Valentine Hilaire, Sarah Morland Organizations: REUTERS, GUATEMALA CITY, Gallup, Organization of American, CID, Thomson Locations: Sumpango, Guatemala, GUATEMALA, June's

☆ Guatemala anti-graft candidate Arevalo seen winning presidential runoff -poll
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Sofia Menchu | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Anti-graft presidential candidate of the Semilla political party Bernardo Arevalo holds a campaign rally ahead of the presidential run-off, in Sumpango, Guatemala, July 16, 2023. REUTERS/Cristina Chiquin/File PhotoGUATEMALA CITY, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Guatemalan presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo is seen winning an Aug. 20 runoff election with 63% of valid votes against his rival, Sandra Torres, according to a CID Gallup poll published on Wednesday by a local think tank. Arevalo won a surprise second place in the initial round in June, finishing close behind Torres, a former first lady. CID Gallup's poll found that 54% of respondents considered Torres "corrupt" and a "liar," compared to 15% and 13%, respectively, for Arevalo. Arevalo led the poll in every age group, region, and education level.

Persons: Bernardo Arevalo, Cristina Chiquin, Sandra Torres, Arevalo, Torres, Luis Von Ahn, Sofia Menchu, Raul Cortes, Sarah Morland, Stephen Eisenhammer, Conor Humphries Organizations: REUTERS, GUATEMALA CITY, Gallup, of American, CID, Liberty and Development Foundation, Thomson Locations: Sumpango, Guatemala, GUATEMALA, Arevalo, Guatemalan

☆ A Groundbreaking Tardigrade Fossil Discovery Offers Clues to Our Past
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Daniela Hernandez | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Brain Science of Aggression and Why Lashing Out Can Feel Good Nearly one in four people surveyed in Gallup's latest Global Emotions Report said they’d recently felt anger. WSJ’s Daniela Hernandez explains the neuroscience behind rage, the roles it plays in our lives and how we can keep it in check. Photo composite: David Fang

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☆ 1 in 5 employees are ‘loud quitting.’ Here’s why it’s worse than 'quiet quitting'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Goh Chiew Tong | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

While quiet quitting is often regarded as a personal rejection of the hustle culture, some workers are no longer keeping discontentment on the down-low — instead, they are engaging in "loud quitting." Almost 1 in 5, or 18%, of global employees are loudly quitting or actively disengaged, according to a new report from Gallup of more than 120,000 global employees. What loud quitting means for companiesLoud quitting can signal "major risks" in an organization that should not be ignored, Gallup said. Quiet or loud quitting employees would also switch jobs for less pay, compared to engaged employees who require a 31% pay increase to consider a job switch, according to Gallup's analysis. "Quiet quitting employees are your organization's low-hanging fruit for productivity gains.

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☆ For the first time, a majority of Democrats say the pandemic is over: poll
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A majority of Democrats now say the pandemic is over. According to a new Gallup online poll, 51% of Democrats agree the pandemic is over in the nation. While 84% of Republicans say the same thing, they crossed the majority threshold in April 2022. Gallup says that 64% of overall Americans agree the pandemic is over, the largest number since it began tracking the question. Last July, only 7% were ready to say the pandemic was over.

Persons: —, Joe Biden, Biden, We're, Megan Brenan Organizations: Gallup, White, Service, Mortgage, of Housing, Urban, US

☆ First there was quiet quitting. Now it's become grumpy staying.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Quiet quitting is getting louder as more unhappy workers are staying put. Welcome to grumpy staying, in which workers begrudgingly skate by in a tightening job market. Gallup's 2023 State of the Global Workplace report, which surveyed 122,416 workers across the world, found that 59% of employees are quiet quitting — and 18% are "loud quitting." Welcome to "grumpy staying," where workers don't have the leverage to quit, and some aren't too pleased about staying. Are you grumpy staying at your job?

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☆ Ozempic’s Other Unexpected Side Effect Is All in Your Head
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Daniela Hernandez | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

S1 E43The Brain Science of Aggression and Why Lashing Out Can Feel Good Nearly one in four people surveyed in Gallup's latest Global Emotions Report said they’d recently felt anger. WSJ’s Daniela Hernandez explains the neuroscience behind rage, the roles it plays in our lives and how we can keep it in check. Photo composite: David Fang

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☆ Nearly 1 in 5 workers are 'loud quitting' at their jobs, a new Gallup poll says — and it's way more extreme than 'quiet quitting'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Nearly 1 in 5 employees worldwide are "loud quitting" at their jobs, a new Gallup report says. Here's what loud quitting looks like in the workplace. Between the 18% of employees loud quitting and the 59% quiet quitting, Gallup estimates low employee engagement costs the global economy $8.8 trillion and accounts for 9% of global GDP. Quiet quitting refers to doing your job just as advertised, not going above and beyond. "The cause of this loud quitting, or even quiet quitting, is really primarily in how people are managed," he said.

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☆ The Brain Science of Aggression and Why Lashing Out Can Feel Good
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Daniela Hernandez | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Brain Science of Aggression and Why Lashing Out Can Feel Good Sadness and anger are on the rise, here’s what scientists understand about itBy Daniela Hernandez Jun 23, 2023 11:00 am Nearly one in four people surveyed in Gallup's latest Global Emotions Report said they’d recently felt anger. WSJ’s Daniela Hernandez explains the neuroscience behind rage, the roles it plays in our lives and how we can keep it in check. Photo composite: David Fang

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☆ In a poll of 120,000 workers around the world, more than half were found to be 'quiet quitting,' and Gallup thinks it could cost the global economy $8.8 trillion
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Gallup says "quiet quitting," in which workers do the bare minimum, is a global phenomenon. Forty-four percent of respondents also said they'd experienced stress at work the previous day. Gallup's 2023 State of the Global Workplace report surveyed 122,416 employed respondents ages 15 and over in more than 160 countries from 2022 to 2023 and concluded that 59% of the workers worldwide were "quiet quitting." The report used respondents' answers to a series of 12 questions to split those surveyed into three categories at work: engaged, not engaged, and actively disengaged. Gallup's report estimated that such low engagement at work was costing the global economy $8.8 trillion, or 9% of global gross domestic product.

Persons: Gallup, they'd, —, it'd, Gallup didn't, Gen Zers, Zers weren't Organizations: Service, Gallup, Deloitte

☆ How return-to-office battles and remote work are making America's burnout problem worse
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Jennifer Liu | In Jljenniferliu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Americans are among the most stressed out workers in the world, and ongoing debates about in-person versus remote work could be a big reason why, according to Gallup's latest report on the state of the global workforce. More than half, 53%, of U.S. workers say they're stressed on a daily basis, and it jumps higher for women — 57%, among the highest shares in the world. It's a notch higher than the 44% of global workers who say they're stressed every day. When people value work so highly, it's important that organizations actively work to make sure their work environments improve their employees' lives, Harter adds. That could become harder as hybrid and remote work become mainstays of the work experience.

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☆ Nearly half of Americans are concerned about the safety of their money in banks, survey finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Nearly half of US adults are worried about the safety of their money in banks, per a Gallup survey. The survey found that 48% of adults were concerned about their money being in banks. Of those, 19% said they were "very" worried and 29% said they were "moderately" concerned about their funds. The majority of Republicans surveyed — 55% — said they were at minimum moderately worried about the safety of their funds. More than half of those without a college degree said they were very or moderately concerned but only 36% of those with a college degree said they were worried.

☆ Why sympathy for the Palestinians among Americans is shifting and at an all-time high
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-08 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Sympathy toward the Palestinians among US adults is at a new high of 31%, according to Gallup data. Social media is changing the way Americans perceive the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. The police used tear gas and fired stun grenades as young Palestinians threw firecrackers back, according to multiple reports. But while the cycles of violence in the long-running conflict between Israelis and Palestinians remain unchanged, the way Americans perceive the conflict is altering. Gallup Poll conducted between conducting the poll between Feb 1-23, 2023.

☆ Gen Z, Millennials Are Now As Sick and Tired of Their Jobs As Boomers
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( Aki Ito | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Young workers may not possess the experience or wisdom of their older colleagues. When Gartner asked people what was preventing them from going into the office, Gen Zers were more likely than other generations to cite social anxiety. Pollak, the consultant, told me about a client who complained that their Gen Z employees were "abusing" the company's vacation policy. But these are the very people who can help young workers feel more seen and motivated in their jobs. My suggestions are targeted to shore up engagement among young workers, but they'd actually be good for everyone.

☆ If you think you're being 'quiet fired,' just talk to your boss and find out what's up
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-25 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Career expert Vicki Salemi defines "quiet firing" as when companies push an employee to resign, rather than directly terminating them. Workplace experts say that you should talk to your boss and find out what's going on, and also keep a record of the signs or occurrences that make you think you're being quiet fired. And while Wigert's explanation of quiet firing involves managers, talking to your boss can be an important thing to do if you see some early signs of quiet firing. Not everyone may want to talk their to manager if they think they're being pushed out through quiet firing. They may think they have a "bad boss" that they can't talk to about their concerns or these signs they noticed.

☆ Finland is offering free vacations for people to come and learn how to be happy after being named the happiest country in the world
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Finland has been named the happiest country in the world for the sixth year running. Visit Finland's masterclass is scheduled to take place over four days in mid-June. After repeated success in the area, Visit Finland is now offering ten people the chance to come to the country and learn how to be happy like the Finnish. Visit Finland's "Masterclass of Happiness" is scheduled to take place over 4-days in June at the Kuru luxury retreat in Finland's Lake District. The participants will also be filmed during the visit with the material used for Visit Finland's advertising, according to the website.

☆ Companies Are Laying Off Middle Managers, That's a Huge Mistake
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Aki Ito | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

But in recent weeks, as companies brace for tougher times ahead, the assault on middle managers has picked up new steam. At Meta, Mark Zuckerberg is eliminating layers of middle management, demoting many supervisors to the ranks of the supervised. Zuckerberg offered a telling explanation for his decision: He doesn't want to have "managers managing managers, managing managers, managing managers, managing the people who are doing the work." In the UKG survey, 42% of middle managers said they were often or always stressed — a higher share than either frontline workers or C-suite executives. The businesses most likely to weather the current economic turmoil, Harter says, are those that unlock the hidden value of middle managers.

☆ 'Quiet' is the workplace word of 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-25 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Bare Minimum Monday, another workplace buzzword of 2023, also relates to quiet quitting. Experts think those "quiet" trends and more are set to continue throughout 2023 and beyond. "Quiet hiring" is one of the "biggest workplace buzzwords" of 2023 per Insider's reporting. Emily Rose McRae of Gartner's HR Practice said per reporting from GMA that quiet hiring is a workplace trend in 2023 in part because of a shortage in talent. Other buzzwords of the year from Insider's reporting relate to quiet quitting even if they don't use the word quiet.

☆ The US economy needs immigrants. A rising share of both Democrats and Republicans don't want them.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

But a growing share of both Democrats and Republicans wants less immigration. This sentiment could be in response to the rise of migrants at the southern border in recent years. But a rising share of both Democrats and Republicans want the country to reduce immigration. After plummeting during 2020 due to the pandemic, the US Border Patrol reported a record-high nearly 1.7 million encounters with migrants at the US-Mexico border in 2021. Last year, a new record was set with over 2 million encounters.

☆ Half of Americans say their financial position has worsened in the last year — the most since the Great Recession, Gallup poll finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Aidan Pollard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

50% of Americans surveyed in a new Gallup poll said their financial situations are worsening. Lower-income Americans were the most likely to say their finances have deteriorated. Low-income Americans were the most likely to say their situation has deteriorated, according to Gallup, with 61% of respondents responding negatively. Upper-class Americans were more likely to say their situations remained the same or improved, per the poll. In 2020, 74% of respondents said they expected their financial situations would improve.

☆ Americans are pessimistic. With 2024 looming, Biden can't afford to squander the State of the Union.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

His State of the Union address will likely highlight his administration's wins thus far. Biden has some real wins to tout — but he's running out of timeTonight, Biden will have the best opportunity of the year to bridge this divide. True, fewer Americans are watching State of the Union addresses than in the past. Presidents are supposed to say the state of the union is strong, while the opposition party casts a more dour outlook. Even as Americans are largely satisfied with their quality of life, they're still pessimistic about the general direction of the country.

☆ Employees are checked out at work more than ever — and it doesn't matter it they're remote, hybrid, or onsite, Gallup study finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Bethany Biron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The drop spans demographics and work styles, including remote, hybrid, and onsite. Americans are reporting higher than ever levels of dissatisfaction and malaise at work, a new Gallup poll found. At the same time, 18% of American workers said they actively disengaged at work, an increase of 2% from 2021. "The real fix is this simple: better leaders in the workplace," Clifton wrote. Great managers help colleagues learn and grow, recognize their colleagues for doing great work, and make them truly feel cared about.

☆ Recession fears won't stop 'the big quit' in 2023, says LinkedIn
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Goh Chiew Tong | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

This is based on the latest findings from LinkedIn's Workforce Confidence Index research conducted among more than 4,000 employees across Singapore, Australia and India. "As professionals expand their skill sets, they are gaining more transferable skills that can be applied to multiple job roles and improves their likelihood of securing a job," Chhabria added. Pooja Chhabria career expert, LinkedInThat has set the stage for post-pandemic work and these desires will not go away anytime soon. This is why employees may not be looking to stay at their job for a long time, according to LinkedIn. Pooja Chhabria career expert, LinkedIn

☆ Need motivation for 2023? Here are three ideas from scientists and coaches on how to make it your best work year yet.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Rebecca Knight | Shana Lebowitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Use the fresh slate of a new year as an excuse to rev your motivation. We scoured Insider's trove of content for the best tips, tricks, and strategies to rev up your motivation at work in 2023. Gabriele Oettingen, a psychology professor at New York University and the University of Hamburg, calls it "WOOPing." Fishbach, the author of "Get It Done: Surprising Lessons From the Science of Motivation," told Insider. Knapp and Zeratsky helped set up the design-sprint process at Google, so they know a thing or two about time management.

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