Twenty-two percent of Americans describe current U.S. economic conditions as “excellent” or “good,” down slightly from the prior month, marking the lowest figure recorded since December’s 22%.
Since early 2022, Americans have consistently been most likely to describe the economy’s current conditions as “poor.” The latest measure finds 46% of Americans viewing the economy this way, only slightly higher than the April reading but the highest since November.
The net effect of these changes is that the index’s current conditions component dipped to -24 from -20 in April and is the lowest score for this component since November (-31).
Read it all.GALLUP POLL: Right now, do you think that economic conditions in the country are getting better or getting worse?
— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) May 31, 2024
May 2024
Getting better: 26% [-7]
Getting worse: 70% [+7]
October 2020
Getting better: 42%
Getting worse: 53%
[+/- change vs March]
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