Americans are growing increasingly pessimistic about the outlook for the economy following a turbulent year of soaring inflation, rising gas prices, and decreased purchasing power, a new survey has found.
According to McKinsey’s American Opportunity Survey (AOS), which looks at Americans’ perceptions of the current and future state of the U.S. economy, Americans across the board are showing an increasing lack of optimism.
McKinsey, alongside opinion-polling firm Ipsos, surveyed 2,010 Americans in the fall of 2022.
When it comes to access to economic opportunity, it’s apparently perceived by many as becoming increasingly out of reach, with McKinsey’s scores of U.S. economic outlook, which is scaled from 0 to 200, showing a 14-point drop, from 99 to 85, in overall economic sentiment compared to a similar survey conducted just six months ago….