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      'No One's... Having Fun': Surveys Show Soaring US Economic Pessimism

      "An overwhelming share of Americans aren't confident their children's lives will be better than their own."

      Brett Wilkins
      Mar 24, 2023

      A pair of polls published Friday revealed that the rising cost of living is causing financial strain for most Americans—especially people with lower incomes—and that pessimism about the state and future of the country's economy is pervasive and spreading.

      A Wall Street Journal/NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll found that 80% of 1,019 respondents said the nation's economy is in "poor" or "not so good" condition. Asked about the future of the economy, 47% of those polled said they believe it will be worse in a year, while just 15% said they think it improve. Thirty-eight percent of respondents said the economy will be in about the same shape a year from now.

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