National Economic Ratings Stay Low, Personal Ratings Slip Too % Rating Each as Excellent/(ood
Americans continue to render extremely bleak assessments of economic conditions, both with respect to the national economy and their own financial situations. Fully 92% of the public rates the national economy as only fair or poor, and a substantial majority (61%) judges their personal finances that way. Both measures are among the most negative recorded in Pew Research Center surveys over the past 15 years.
National Economic Ratings Stay Low,  | Personal Ratings Slip Too  | % Rating Each as Excellent/(ood  | 60  | 38  | 40  | 26  | 20  | Jan  | Jan  | Dec  | 2006  | 2008  | 2008  | Personal Finances  | National Economy 