In Europe, Japan, U.S., Views of Economic Conditions Returning to Pre- Crisis Levels The currenteconomic situation in our country is good
There are also signs of growing public faith in an economic recovery in some of the largest economies. Roughly four-in-ten Americans (40%), Europeans (38%) and Japanese (37%) say economic conditions are good in their countries. Such sentiment is up 30 percentage points in Japan from the low point in 2012; up 23 points from the low in the United States in 2009; and up 23 points from the low in 2013 for the median of five European Union nations. European and Japanese views, while far from positive, have now returned to or exceed pre-financial-crisis levels. But American attitudes, while rebounding, are still more negative than they were in 2007. This modest recovery in public economic sentiment parallels a gradual pickup in economic growth in many of these economies.
In Europe, Japan, U.S., Views of Economic Conditions  | Returning to Pre- Crisis Levels  | The currenteconomic situation in our country is good  | 60 %  | 50  | 46  | 36  | 40 38 U.S. EU  | 36  | 38 U.S. EU  | 37 Japan  | 28  | 2002 2004 2006 2008  | 2010 2012  | 2015  | Note: EU median ofFrance Germany, Italy, Poland and the UK  | Source: Spring 2015 Global Attitudes survey. Q3.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 