Americans do not trust the present and future of this country’s economy
reports Mehr News Agency , Economic Trust Index Gallup Span> (ECI) Americans’ assessments of current economic conditions (see it as great, good, medium or weak) and their prospects for the economy (do they believe in the economic situation in the economy Is now recovering or getting worse) summarize.
This index has a theoretical scope of positive (if all Americans evaluate the current conditions excellent or well and say that the economy is improving) to negative 2 (if all Americans are economics Evaluate poorly and say that it is getting worse). The measurements of Gallup have been the highest ECI rating of +1 on January 1 and the lowest rating -1 on October 2.
new results from a survey conducted on February 1-8, in the first month of Donald Trump’s presidency.
fewer Americans now evaluate the economy as severely or negatively, and most of them deal with a moderate evaluation. In February, 5 % of people assessed the situation as excellent or well, down from 5 % in January. At the same time, the share of those who evaluate the economy as poor has declined from 2 % to 5 %. Most Americans now describe the conditions as only average, while in January, this percentage was 2 %.
As a result, the net rating of the current conditions Gallop , percentage of those who evaluate the conditions instead of positive, in the negative level It is 2, while last month was negative.
Among the political parties, Republicans have negatively registered the current situation, with 2 % as good / good and 2 % poor. Democrats are in the next rank with negatives and independents with negative 2. Democrats’ imaginations have been worsened by the current situation this month after Trump’s inauguration, while Republicans have better views. However, given that Trump’s second government is still in its early stages, both parties now see the economic conditions similarly.
Economic perspective is still mainly negative
Currently, 5 % of Americans believe that the economy is improving, and 2 percent say that the economy is getting worse, both of which are similar to January. Economic pessimism has declined in the second half of the year, with the percentage of those who believed that the economy was getting worse reached 5 % in December, but has increased since then.
Economic outlook. The percentage of those who say the economy is improving minus The percentage of those who say they are getting worse Being is, compared to the last -month -old, virtually unchanged at -5.
Stability in the American economic outlook in January and February hide changes in the views of parties during the post-presidential transfer from Democrats to Republicans. Republicans have recorded a net positive economic outlook score, with 2 percent believe that the situation is improving and 2 percent say it is getting worse. This is a significant improvement from the negative score in January, when most people thought the economy was getting worse and 5 percent recovered. These points are compared to the negative score in October before Trump’s victory in the election.
Currently, 5 % of Democrats say the economy is improving, and 2 percent say it is getting worse, resulting in a negative economic outlook score. This score is comparable to the negative score of 1 in January and positive in October.
Independents are closer to the national average and their economic outlook is -1. The net score of their economic outlook was last month.
The Republican Economic Trust Index was first positive for the first time since December. Significant party developments in the economic outlook since October have led to an almost complete change in the overall score of ECI for Republicans and Democrats. Republicans now have a much higher ECI score (positive 1) than Democrats (negative 1), while in October, before the election, these points were negative and positive, respectively. This is the first time since December 5 that Republicans have a positive view of the economy, when Trump’s first presidency was over.
in February, Americans’ economic confidence remained in the negative range, with gradual changes in the positive and negative evaluations of the current conditions that practically neutralized each other. Although the index of economic confidence remains constant at the negative level, party changes show a dynamic image of the situation, as Republicans and Democrats have set up their expectations of economic orientation of the economy due to possible changes in economic policies in the new government.
two major parties’ points are likely to be apart in the coming months, as parties of the parties are increasingly the US economic situation to Trump’s government policies and not Biden are attributed.
