Only 26% Think Economy is Improving
In today’s Rasmussen Consumer Index, only 26% of Americans believe the economy is getting better while 52% Americans feel it is continuing to get worse. This issue even crosses political lines with more Democrats and Republicans viewing the economy getting worse than better.
Nationally, 26% of adults believe the economy is getting better, while 52% disagree and say it is getting worse. Democrats are much more optimistic than Republicans. Thirty-five percent (35%) of Democrats think the economy is getting better, while only 16% of Republicans feel the same way. Meanwhile, 45% of Democrats say the economy is getting worse and 62% of Republicans say the same thing.
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Among investors, 30% think the economy is getting better, while 48% say it is getting worse.
Since I think this consumer index changes each day, here is a screen shot of the article:
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This Rasmussen survey sounds accurate. The people
in the financial world, with whom I talk each week, seem to be of the same opinion as this poll. The media and government spin deceive us. They want us to believe that there are “green shoots”, that the economy is improving, so that we’ll see more transparency, hope and change–that we’ll go out and spend money and enhance the GDP. Like most intelligent Americans, we are simply waiting for the next two ‘bubbles’ to burst–commercial real estate loans and consumer credit card debt, not to mention double digit inflation by year’s end–and I’m not even an economist!