{"id":803935,"date":"2026-05-18T00:31:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T00:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/803935\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T00:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T00:31:15","slug":"americans-are-frustrated-with-struggling-economy-in-new-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/803935\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans are ‘frustrated’ with ‘struggling’ economy in new poll"},"content":{"rendered":"

Americans are largely pessimistic about the state of the economy,<\/a> a new CBS News\/YouGov poll found.<\/p>\n

In the survey, released May 17, respondents largely called financial conditions<\/a> “uncertain” and the economy “struggling.”<\/p>\n

The survey revealed respondents’ approval of President Donald Trump<\/a>‘s handling of inflation has hit its lowest point since taking office for the second time.<\/p>\n

Twenty-seven percent of respondents approved of how Trump is handling inflation, dipping below his previous low of 31% in April. That approval rating dropped even among Republicans, from 74% in March to 63% in the new poll. The survey\u00a0also found that more than three-quarters of respondents say their income is not keeping up with inflation.<\/p>\n

Inflation reached the highest level since 2023 in April,<\/a> with the\u00a0Bureau of Labor Statistics’ consumer price index showing that prices rose 0.6% from March to April and were up 3.8% from a year ago when released earlier this month.<\/p>\n

\"Gas<\/p>\n

Gas prices for regular unleaded gas are inching closer to $4 a gallon as the price of one pump exceeds $100 for over 29 gallons of gas at the Amoco B Well Market, in Topeka, Kansas, on May 11, 2026.<\/p>\n

Not ‘even a little bit’: <\/strong>Trump says he doesn’t think about Americans’ finances in Iran talks<\/a><\/p>\n

Respondents ‘frustrated’ with Trump’s economic policies<\/p>\n

Sixty-five percent of respondents told pollsters that they believe Trump’s policies are making the economy worse in the short term and 50% said the administration is making the economy worse in the long term.<\/p>\n

When asked how they would describe the way they feel about the Trump administration’s handling of the economy, 38% said they were “frustrated” and 32% said they were “angry.”<\/p>\n

Nearly 70% of respondents said they are not getting a clear understanding of the situation in the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S.-Israel war on Iran has caused oil shipping to virtually cease in the waterway, leading to a rise in oil and gas prices.<\/a><\/p>\n

Photos from Trump’s national prayer event in Washington<\/p>\n

1 of 14<\/p>\n

A woman participates in Rededicate 250: National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving on the National Mall in Washington, DC. on May 17, 2026.<\/p>\n

A 5.4% rise in gas prices in April drove the increase in the consumer price index, following a record 21.2% spike in March. Gas prices are up 28.4% for the year.<\/p>\n

Fifty-nine percent of respondents said that gas prices were a financial hardship and 26% said that they are an inconvenience.<\/p>\n

Trump has said that he doesn’t\u00a0think about Americans\u2019 financial situation “not even a little bit<\/a>” when potentially negotiating an end to the war.<\/p>\n

Contributing: Rachel Barber, USA TODAY<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Americans think economy is ‘struggling’ and ‘uncertain’ in new poll<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Americans are largely pessimistic about the state of the economy, a new CBS News\/YouGov poll found. In the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":803936,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[12],"tags":[9331,64,79,5005,9334,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-803935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-americans","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-president-donald-trump","tag-respondents","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116592764640925027","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/803936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}