# Americans continue to sour on economy **URL:** \ **Category:** Macro Economic Trends and Risks\ **Created:** [March 26, 2025, 1:41am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/americans-continue-to-sour-on-economy/114925 "2025-03-26T01:41:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gcr2016](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/gcr2016/32/34022_2.png) [@gcr2016](https://discussion.fool.com/u/gcr2016)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/americans-continue-to-sour-on-economy/114925/21 "2025-03-26T15:58:01Z")
> [@buynholdisdead](#): > > \*\* Americans [continue to sour](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/americans-sour-on-economy-as-inflation-expectations-hit-highest-level-since-1991-145631578.html) on the US economic outlook as uncertainty around President Trump’s policies and higher prices weigh on consumer sentiment.\*\* And yet there is this survey. A March 3 survey from Marist found that 45% of Americans say the U.S. is on the correct trajectory. An NBC News [poll](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25597409-nbc-march-2025-poll/) published March 16 [found](https://dailycaller.com/2025/03/17/donald-trump-notches-high-marks-with-voters-on-job-performance-poll-shows/) that 44% shared the same sentiment. “CNN News Central,” noted these figures are “very high” for modern times and significantly higher than those under former President Joe Biden’s administration. [CNN Data Guru Breaks Down Surge In Americans Saying US On ‘Right Track’ Under Trump](https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/cnn-data-guru-breaks-down-surge-in-americans-saying-us-on-right-track-under-trump/ar-AA1BDqh2) ---
**Author:** ![Hawkwin](https://g.foolcdn.com/misc-assets/discourse-member-avatar_120px_green600.png) [@Hawkwin](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Hawkwin)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/americans-continue-to-sour-on-economy/114925/22 "2025-03-26T16:05:51Z")
> [@gcr2016](#): > > And yet there is this survey. Since this is a topic on the economy (and not the more general “right track” - which includes all policies), this is also from that **same survey:** > just 18% of voters rate the economy as “excellent” or “good” — not as low as the poorest economic marks during the Biden administration, according to CNBC polling from 2022, but within a handful of points and as low as that mark has been in NBC News polling since 2014. Majorities of voters disapprove of Trump’s early job performance on the economy (54% disapprove, 44% approve) and how he’s handling inflation and the cost of living (55% disapprove, 42% approve). > It’s a new development for Trump, who never previously had a majority against his handling of the economy in a national NBC News poll. > **[Poll: Trump faces early challenges on the economy as a united GOP backs big...](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/poll-trump-faces-early-challenges-economy-united-gop-backs-big-change-rcna195860)** > > A new NBC News poll shows Trump with a job approval rating as high as he’s ever had. But doubts loom in voters' minds, especially over the economy and government cuts. ---
**Author:** ![buynholdisdead](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/buynholdisdead/32/12874_2.png) [@buynholdisdead](https://discussion.fool.com/u/buynholdisdead)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/americans-continue-to-sour-on-economy/114925/23 "2025-03-26T16:11:35Z")
> [@gcr2016](#): > > And yet there is this survey. Survey’s are only as good as the day they are taken. Yours was on 3/3 mine was on 3/14. The nasdaq on 3/3 was around 18,300 today it is below 18,000. ---
**Author:** ![steve203](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/steve203/32/3302_2.png) [@steve203](https://discussion.fool.com/u/steve203)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/americans-continue-to-sour-on-economy/114925/24 "2025-03-26T16:13:44Z")
> [@UpNorthJoe](#): > > I can’t keep up, are tariffs back on ?? April 2nd, Trump calls it Liberation Day. He’ll liberate more money from our pockets into the government coffers, without calling it a tax hike. Yup, what a genius. Maybe the whole thing is nothing but a shakedown? As I asked, when I posted the bit about the White House “faith advisor” selling blessings, is there anyone in this administration while is NOT running a grift? Steve ---
**Author:** ![buynholdisdead](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/buynholdisdead/32/12874_2.png) [@buynholdisdead](https://discussion.fool.com/u/buynholdisdead)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/americans-continue-to-sour-on-economy/114925/25 "2025-03-26T16:15:22Z")
> [@Kingran](#): > > Studies shows people once they get out, are very reluctant to get back in. A wonderful study by Schwab. Tell it to Buffett. He would be very interested in your point of view. ---
**Author:** ![Kingran](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/kingran/32/2318_2.png) [@Kingran](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Kingran)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/americans-continue-to-sour-on-economy/114925/26 "2025-03-26T16:17:27Z")
He is a once in a century genius, the guy who made $100 B in a single stock. Pointing him is useless. We are talking about average people. Let me stop here, the justifications will go wild and extreme. May you live long and prosper. ---
**Author:** ![buynholdisdead](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/buynholdisdead/32/12874_2.png) [@buynholdisdead](https://discussion.fool.com/u/buynholdisdead)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/americans-continue-to-sour-on-economy/114925/27 "2025-03-26T16:18:07Z")
> [@Kingran](#): > > He is a once in a century genius, the guy who made $100 B in a single stock. Pointing him is useless. Ahh so you are saying that not everyone is the same. Interesting. ---
**Author:** ![tjscott0](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/tjscott0/32/1083_2.png) [@tjscott0](https://discussion.fool.com/u/tjscott0)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/americans-continue-to-sour-on-economy/114925/28 "2025-03-26T16:21:39Z")
> [@buynholdisdead](#): > > Survey’s are only as good as the day they are taken. Yours was on 3/3 mine was on 3/14. The nasdaq on 3/3 was around 18,300 today it is below 18,000. The above is similar to following the stock market returns daily. The market seems to go up in the long term, even after the depression. ---
**Author:** ![buynholdisdead](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/buynholdisdead/32/12874_2.png) [@buynholdisdead](https://discussion.fool.com/u/buynholdisdead)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/americans-continue-to-sour-on-economy/114925/29 "2025-03-26T16:34:28Z")
> [@tjscott0](#): > > The market seems to go up in the long term, even after the depression. Yep and there is always a bottom. What some people do not understand is that you do not have to hit the very bottom. You just do not have to take all the losses. ---
**Author:** ![syke6](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/syke6/32/26265_2.png) [@syke6](https://discussion.fool.com/u/syke6)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/americans-continue-to-sour-on-economy/114925/30 "2025-03-26T17:03:49Z")
> [@Kingran](#): > > Studies shows people once they get out, are very reluctant to get back in. A wonderful study by Schwab. The best time to get in is often when things are darkest. In March 2009, the news was the blackest imaginable, and it stayed terrible for months. But that was the market bottom and time to buy. ---
**Author:** ![flyerboys](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/flyerboys/32/2123_2.png) [@flyerboys](https://discussion.fool.com/u/flyerboys)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 9:37pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/americans-continue-to-sour-on-economy/114925/31 "2025-03-26T21:37:44Z")
> [@Kingran](#): > > > [@jerryab2](#): > > > > Stagflation went on FAR LONGER than Covid… Remember? > > There were policy missteps by the administration and Fed caused it I sure do. LBJ knowingly went for guns AND butter, betting the USA’s economic future on 1. “winning” the war on Vietnam at least perceptually, and 2. winning re-election afterwards He achieved neither, Nixon then doubled down on LBJ’s dangerous bets, echoing the arrogance and stupidity, and Ford haplessly passed out WIN “Whip Inflaction Now” buttons, tripling down on economic idiocy. Jimmy Carter bravely took the economic mess on, backing a fully empowered Fed, and it cost him brutally as the first stages of the cure were brutal. And then Reagan breezed into office as desperate voters sought revenge for their plight. And then, 4 years later, it was “Morning in America”. Anybody here eager to replay that saga? Brace brace brace. ---
**Author:** ![dividends20](https://g.foolcdn.com/misc-assets/discourse-member-avatar_120px_gold700.png) [@dividends20](https://discussion.fool.com/u/dividends20)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/americans-continue-to-sour-on-economy/114925/32 "2025-03-26T21:44:54Z")
Pessimists are miserable people. They will always tell you the world is ending. People have lost decades of compounding listening to these guys. Be happy. Dollar cost average. Enjoy life. Get rich slowly. ---
**Author:** ![jerryab2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/jerryab2/32/3274_2.png) [@jerryab2](https://discussion.fool.com/u/jerryab2)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 11:50pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/americans-continue-to-sour-on-economy/114925/33 "2025-03-26T23:50:35Z")
> [@Kingran](#): > > The inflation’s primary drivers are egg prices (not kidding) DUH !!! Demand collapsed due to prices in excess of what consumers could afford. You know, like $100+k for a pickup truck. Some idiots buy at any price. Rational people do NOT. [Previous page](https://discussion.fool.com/t/americans-continue-to-sour-on-economy/114925.md?page=1)