Americans are increasingly pessimistic about the state of the nation’s economy, with 83 percent responding that the situation is “poor or not so good,” with blame being divided on partisan lines, according to a new Wall Street Journal-NORC poll (pdf) released on June 6.
The poll was released as the country is facing the worse inflation rate in 40 years, with consumer goods prices skyrocketing by 8.3 percent from 2021.
About 35 percent of those polled said they were “not satisfied at all” with their current finances, which is the highest level of dissatisfaction recorded since the WSJ started to ask the question starting in 1972.
Only 14 percent of respondents said they were “pretty well satisfied” with their personal financial situation, while 51 percent said they were “more or less satisfied.”…