Economy News Americans Say The Economy Is A Top Election Issue Here S How Economists Are Grading It

Trump says the U.S. economy is the ‘best.’ But a new poll reveals what Americans really think

The new CBS News/YouGov poll, released on Sunday, showed that there is a disconnect between Trump’s messages on the economy and Americans’ perceptions on the issue. The poll came as Trump declared on ... Read More

Poll: By a 2-to-1 margin, Americans say Trump has done more to raise prices than lower them

A new Yahoo/YouGov survey finds that a greater number of U.S. adults now blame Trump for inflation than blamed Joe Biden in 2022. Read More

Donald Trump Gets Brutal New Poll on Inflation, Economy

The economy is a key concern to American voters, with a Gallup poll showing that they overwhelmingly cited economic pressures as the key reason they voted for Trump in the November 2024 presidential ... Read More

Most Americans say country is on the wrong track, blame Trump for inflation: Poll

Two-thirds of Americans say that the country is "pretty seriously off on the wrong track," while just under a third say the country is moving in the right direction, according to an ABC ... Read More

4. Latinos’ ratings of the U.S. economy and their top economic concerns

Most Latinos rate the economy negatively, and 61% say Trump’s policies have made it worse. Relatively few expect it to improve soon. Read More

Consumer spending is the U.S. economy's main driver. Here's how it's doing

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Bankrate analyst Ted Rossman about consumer spending and debt, and what it tells us about the overall health of the economy. Read More

CBS News poll finds rising concern over government shutdown impact on economy, Americans personally

Anthony Salvanto, Ph.D., is CBS News' executive director of elections and surveys. He oversees the CBS News Poll and all surveys across topics and heads the CBS News Decision Desk that estimates ... Read More

How the K-Shaped Economy Is Hurting Everyone But the Rich

Talk of the K-shaped economy is brewing once again. The moniker first gained traction in 2020 to describe the divergence between how rich and poor Americans were experiencing the pandemic recovery. Read More

Hiltzik: How bad is Trump's economy? Election results say it's very bad, and getting worse

It was Bill Clinton's campaign guru James Carville who codified the insight that the Democratic Party's electoral prospects were destined to rise as Americans' feelings of economic well-being slid: ... Read More

Big banks say economy is 'resilient', Americans feel otherwise

The government shutdown still has Americans in the dark about a lot of key economic data but some of the nation's biggest banks say the U.S. economy remains generally resilient. However, the majority ... Read More

Most Americans say country is on the wrong track, blame Trump for inflation: Poll

Over 6 in 10 say Trump and GOP are out of touch. Even more say that about Dems. Two-thirds of Americans say that the country is "pretty seriously off on the wrong track," while just under a third say ... Read More