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What a difference a year, and possibly an election, makes. Nearly six-in-ten people in the United States (58%) say the economic situation is very or somewhat good, according to a new Pew Research Center survey conducted Feb. 16-March 15. Last spring, 44% of the American public described the economy as good.
This is the most positive assessment of U.S. economic conditions since 2007, and only the second time that half or more of those surveyed have given the economy a thumbs-up. Driving the latest increase is a jump among Republicans over the past year.
The 14-percentage-point rise in overall public opinion about the economy since last year is the largest one-year improvement in public sentiment about economic conditions in the history of this survey. The current rosy assessment stands in stark contrast to where opinion stood immediately after the beginning of the financial crisis in spring 2008, when just 20% said economic conditions were good.
For first time since the economic crisis, Americans  | more positive than negative about economy  | The current economic situation in our country is  | 100 %  | 80  | Bad  | .78 75  | 68  | 65  | 58  | 56  | 54  | 58  | 50  | 48  | 40  | 40  | 40  | 33  | 20 24  | 20  | Good  | 18  | 17  | 2007  | 2009  | 2013  | 2015  | 2011  | 2017  | Source: Spring 2017 Global Attitudes Survey  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 